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Factors Affecting Expenditures of Single‐Parent Households
Author(s) -
Lino Mark
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x9001800301
Subject(s) - consumer expenditure survey , clothing , affect (linguistics) , demographic economics , business , economics , public economics , labour economics , aggregate expenditure , psychology , geography , archaeology , communication
Single‐parent households compose an increasing share of all households with children, and these households often face financial constraints. This study exam ines the factors influencing the housing, transportation, food, and clothing ex penditures of such households. Data from the 1984–85 Consumer Expenditure Survey for 224 single‐parent households were used for the analyses. A double‐log model was employed. After‐tax income significantly affected all four expenditures in a positive direction. One or more of the expenditures were affected by house hold size; the sex, age, race, education, and employment status of the single parent; and automobile ownership. These results provide public policy makers with information on the expenditure patterns of single‐parent households, and provide family resource management professionals with information on how the characteristics of such households affect expenditures.