Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Consumer Expenditure, Volume 2, Issue 4

Chart 2. Per-person spending of single people and married couples ages 21 to 23 by type of outlay, 2008–09
Category	Single people	Married couples
Food	$3,508	$2,976
Alcoholic beverages	$622	$210
Housing	$7,063	$6,352
Apparel	$664	$685
Transportation	$3,211	$4,212
Health care	$329	$897
Entertainment	$980	$1,044
Education	$1,849	$2,143
Personal insurance and pensions	$1,122	$1,356