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How and why has the way in which the average British family spends its money changed over the past 25 years? Those are the key questions examined in this report, using data from the UK FES between 1975 and 1999. It looks not only at broad changes in total spending, but also at how the division of expenditure between basics and non-basics and between durable goods, non-durable goods and services has altered over time.
Authors
Laura Blow
Andrew Leicester
Head of Data Services
Zoe is Head of Data Services. She joined the IFS in 1998 as a researcher and moved into Data Services in 2011.
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/re.ifs.2004.0065
- ISBN
- 978-1-903274-31-6
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
L, Blow and A, Leicester and Z, Oldfield. (2004). Consumption trends in the UK, 1975-99. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/consumption-trends-uk-1975-99 (accessed: 26 April 2024).
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