Neyslukönnun - 01.07.1993, Blaðsíða 8

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................. 3
1. Introduction.........................................................................................
2. Definitions ................................................................................................. 8
3. Conduct of the Survey ...................................................................................... 9
4. Participants in the Survey ................................................................................. 11
5. Findings ................................................................................................. 16
Table 1 An overview of household expenditure surveys 1939-1990....................................... 38
Table 2 Average household size by regions in the expenditure surveys of 1985/1986 and 1990........... 11
Table 3 Average size of household and children per household by type and residence in the 1990
expenditure survey......................................................................... 12
Table 4 Regional distribution of households in the 1990 expenditure survey in comparison with the
National Register................................................................................. 13
Table 5 Size of housing in the 1990 household expenditure survey..................................... 14
Table 6 Type of housing in the 1990 household expenditure survey............................................ 14
Table 7 Households in the 1990 household expenditure survey by occupation of main income earner...... 15
Table 8 Size of households in the 1990 expenditure survey by household income and occupation of
main income earner................................................................................ 15
Table 9 Average income of households in the 1990 expenditure survey by residence, type of
household and occupation.......................................................................... 16
Chart 1 A comparison between the age distribution of the whole nation and households in the 1990
expenditure survey................................................................................ 13
Tables and charts
Table I Household expenditure according to the expenditure surveys of 1990 and 1985/86 .............. 19
Table II Average household expenditure per year in the 1990 expenditure survey by residence............... 20
Table III Average household expenditure per year in the 1990 expenditure survey by type of household .. 22
Table IV Average household expenditure per year by couples with children aged 0-19 years in the
1990 expenditure survey.......................................................................... 26
Table V Average household expenditure per year by occupation of main income earner in the 1990
expenditure survey............................................................................... 28
Table VI Average household expenditure per year in the 1990 expenditure survey by household income.. 32
Table VII Average household expenditure per year for couples with children in the 1990 survey by
household income................................................................................. 34
Table VIII Percentage of households in the 1990 expenditure survey with certain durable consumer goods. 36
Chart I Average household expenditure in the surveys of 1978/1979, 1985/1986 og 1990..................... 37
Chart II Break-down of household expenditure in the surveys of 1978/1979, 1985/1986 og 1990 .............. 37
Previous publications on household expenditure surveys and bases for the Consumer Price Index............ 39
The series Statistics of Iceland......................................................................... 39