Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure

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

Chart 3. Per-person spending of single people and married couples ages 27 to 29 by type of outlay, 2008–09
Category	Single people	Married couples
Food	$5,099	$3,583
Alcoholic beverages	$635	$260
Housing	$13,887	$10,091
Apparel	$1,194	$645
Transportation	$5,344	$5,085
Health care	$792	$867
Entertainment	$1,673	$1,400
Education	$902	$595
Personal insurance and pensions	$3,946	$4,189