Table 3. SEX AND INCOME BEFORE TAXES (Single Males): Average annual expenditures and characteristics of single consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1993-94 All Complete reporting of income Single Complete Less $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 Item Males reporting than to to to to to and of income $5,000 $9,999 $14,999 $19,999 $29,999 $39,999 over ________________________________________________________________________________ Number of consumer units (in thousands)... 12,455 10,979 1,222 1,962 1,630 1,373 2,020 1,101 1,670 Income before taxes 1/.................... $23,443 $23,443 $2,462 $7,352 $12,384 $17,116 $24,462 $33,880 $65,591 Income after taxes 1/..................... 21,132 21,132 2,414 7,186 11,797 16,070 22,284 30,507 56,919 Age of reference person................... 43.7 43.8 33.8 49.1 49.8 44.8 40.7 40.6 44.2 Average number in consumer unit:.......... Persons.................................. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Children under 18........................ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Persons 65 and over...................... 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 Earners.................................. 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 Vehicles................................. 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.7 Percent distribution: Sex of reference person: Male................................... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Percent homeowner........................ 36 37 16 26 37 35 39 46 56 With mortgage........................... 18 19 6 4 10 12 22 32 45 Without mortgage........................ 18 18 10 23 27 23 16 14 11 Renter................................... 64 63 84 74 63 65 61 54 44 Black.................................... 11 11 15 15 11 10 8 12 4 White and other.......................... 89 89 85 85 89 90 92 88 96 Elementary (1-8)......................... 8 8 8 22 13 6 2 0 1 High school (9-12)....................... 35 35 31 33 45 48 40 28 18 College.................................. 56 57 61 44 42 46 57 72 81 Never attended and other................. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 At least one vehicle owned............... 79 79 56 66 80 83 89 91 88 Average annual expenditures............... $20,340 $20,919 $10,572 $10,572 $15,369 $17,424 $23,168 $27,869 $40,848 Food..................................... 2,670 2,745 1,857 1,831 2,225 2,613 3,017 3,301 4,044 Food at home............................ 1,210 1,243 767 999 1,122 1,376 1,392 1,358 1,552 Cereals and bakery products............ 188 194 105 168 172 213 222 197 246 Cereals and cereal products........... 66 67 53 43 61 86 71 62 91 Bakery products....................... 122 126 51 125 111 127 151 135 155 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs......... 309 310 212 257 275 347 353 361 345 Beef.................................. 97 96 59 74 79 110 108 124 111 Pork.................................. 58 59 45 51 61 82 62 55 60 Other meats........................... 45 47 30 47 36 48 59 42 53 Poultry............................... 54 52 41 42 44 48 60 62 62 Fish and seafood...................... 41 41 25 26 41 44 47 57 45 Eggs.................................. 15 16 12 17 14 15 16 22 14 Dairy products......................... 127 134 78 119 145 141 131 150 163 Fresh milk and cream.................. 58 62 40 62 57 58 65 59 82 Other dairy products.................. 69 72 38 57 88 83 66 91 81 Fruits and vegetables.................. 204 209 119 150 199 207 229 223 304 Fresh fruits.......................... 60 61 30 53 57 55 65 68 88 Fresh vegetables...................... 55 54 33 37 62 61 57 62 63 Processed fruits...................... 55 57 31 34 48 55 63 67 89 Processed vegetables.................. 36 38 24 26 33 37 44 25 64 Other food at home..................... 382 396 253 304 332 468 457 427 494 Sugar and other sweets................ 43 44 33 34 29 54 57 52 44 Fats and oils......................... 30 31 23 22 22 37 40 36 34 Miscellaneous foods................... 167 172 109 126 172 207 196 186 202 Nonalcoholic beverages................ 112 118 71 113 87 147 135 124 133 Food prep. by cu, out-of-town trips... 29 30 19 8 21 23 30 29 81 Food away from home..................... 1,461 1,502 1,090 832 1,103 1,237 1,625 1,944 2,493 Alcoholic beverages...................... 411 449 342 212 301 477 499 697 631 Housing.................................. 6,464 6,530 3,503 3,742 5,468 5,092 6,765 8,585 12,420 Shelter................................. 4,265 4,264 2,466 2,463 3,455 3,375 4,464 5,446 8,193 Owned dwellings........................ 1,540 1,546 380 484 935 882 1,505 2,227 4,388 Mortgage interest and charges......... 800 821 184 142 257 281 761 1,265 2,859 Property taxes........................ 390 382 118 183 311 301 342 499 918 Maintenance, rep., ins., oth. exp..... 349 343 79 158 368 301 402 464 610 Rented dwellings....................... 2,428 2,422 1,873 1,783 2,181 2,357 2,750 2,939 3,125 Other lodging.......................... 297 296 213 196 338 136 209 280 680 Utilities, fuels, and public services... 1,248 1,243 715 845 1,241 1,137 1,317 1,628 1,845 Natural gas............................ 150 150 81 101 161 144 150 208 217 Electricity............................ 447 439 240 334 429 424 495 552 589 Fuel oil and other fuels............... 58 59 37 53 56 56 41 57 112 Telephone.............................. 476 481 308 283 449 435 519 668 742 Water and other public services........ 117 113 49 75 146 78 111 144 186 Household operations.................... 144 144 33 50 137 115 94 159 417 Personal services...................... 18 20 0 3 50 25 5 14 42 Other household expenses............... 126 124 33 46 87 90 89 145 375 Housekeeping supplies................... 151 168 81 112 118 133 203 226 260 Laundry and cleaning supplies.......... 40 43 32 28 36 26 47 57 68 Other household products............... 66 73 24 50 50 59 99 110 100 Postage and stationery................. 46 52 25 34 31 48 57 59 93 Household furnishings and equipment..... 655 712 208 273 518 334 687 1,125 1,705 Household textiles..................... 22 24 3 31 4 17 23 44 38 Furniture.............................. 161 169 41 67 75 65 194 311 437 Floor coverings........................ 31 36 1 1 13 7 14 9 163 Major appliances....................... 63 66 15 20 79 53 79 135 94 Small appliances, misc. housewares..... 36 38 16 18 25 22 46 90 52 Miscellaneous household equipment...... 343 379 131 136 321 171 332 536 921 Apparel and services..................... 793 841 376 350 736 663 836 1,315 1,593 Men and boys............................ 402 427 202 182 315 254 490 800 730 Men, 16 and over....................... 391 415 201 161 313 242 482 783 712 Boys, 2 to 15.......................... 11 12 1 21 2 12 8 17 18 Women and girls......................... 59 67 10 14 83 50 37 68 180 Women, 16 and over..................... 48 57 8 12 80 22 31 59 166 Girls, 2 to 15......................... 10 9 3 3 3 28 5 9 14 Children under 2........................ 16 18 3 1 97 9 15 4 9 Footwear................................ 113 120 62 55 111 160 74 147 218 Other apparel products and services..... 204 211 100 98 130 189 220 296 455 Transportation........................... 3,851 3,825 1,548 1,782 2,332 3,636 5,236 4,877 7,088 Vehicle purchases (net outlay).......... 1,609 1,565 473 678 694 1,472 2,421 1,976 3,027 Cars and trucks, new................... 728 700 130 397 293 576 772 917 1,746 Cars and trucks, used.................. 780 768 292 281 398 853 1,517 935 964 Other vehicles......................... 101 97 51 0 3 43 132 124 318 Gasoline and motor oil.................. 669 674 416 454 537 731 841 832 903 Other vehicle expenses.................. 1,295 1,299 518 560 916 1,229 1,691 1,761 2,373 Vehicle finance charges................ 130 133 26 33 72 121 208 267 222 Maintenance and repairs................ 519 504 217 226 349 563 700 614 825 Vehicle insurance...................... 433 442 198 195 373 431 580 616 707 Veh. rent., leas., licen., oth. chges.. 213 219 78 106 122 115 204 264 619 Public transportation................... 278 287 141 89 186 204 282 308 785 Health care.............................. 890 915 560 668 1,133 969 874 912 1,256 Health insurance........................ 405 413 170 338 540 432 386 393 584 Medical services........................ 315 330 311 187 365 340 312 361 470 Drugs................................... 128 128 57 104 191 149 130 107 141 Medical supplies........................ 41 44 22 39 37 47 46 51 61 Entertainment............................ 1,144 1,185 562 477 770 1,097 1,359 1,502 2,504 Fees and admissions..................... 330 328 177 150 197 217 332 467 773 Television, radios, sound equipment..... 413 426 238 224 330 381 477 674 694 Pets, toys, and playground equipment.... 124 135 50 54 87 127 176 188 256 Other supplies, equip., and services.... 277 296 97 49 157 372 373 172 781 Personal care products and services...... 198 208 135 127 159 176 230 252 347 Reading.................................. 125 131 59 55 106 99 145 180 273 Education................................ 377 377 921 411 540 299 210 131 208 Tobacco products and smoking supplies.... 224 228 175 213 204 208 288 298 206 Miscellaneous............................ 561 576 323 243 308 326 621 828 1,385 Cash contributions....................... 842 904 38 158 418 693 970 1,546 2,560 Personal insurance and pensions.......... 1,789 2,006 174 304 669 1,076 2,119 3,445 6,331 Life and other personal insurance....... 153 157 33 65 79 89 163 191 455 Pensions and Social Security............ 1,636 1,849 141 239 590 988 1,955 3,254 5,876 Money income before taxes 1/.............. 23,443 23,443 2,462 7,352 12,384 17,116 24,462 33,880 65,591 Wages and salaries....................... 16,945 16,945 1,417 2,695 6,049 10,913 19,097 27,706 50,955 Self-employment income................... 1,635 1,635 (57) 52 562 347 1,239 2,403 6,815 Soc. Sec., priv. and gov. retirement..... 2,905 2,905 306 3,188 4,405 4,158 2,383 2,390 2,950 Int., divid., rent. inc., property inc... 987 987 42 81 404 441 766 869 4,106 Unemp. and workers' compen., vet. ben.... 300 300 61 99 291 533 474 270 336 Pub. ass., supp. sec. inc., foodstamps... 164 164 275 624 131 0 11 0 1 Regular contributions for support........ 324 324 259 459 326 537 268 65 275 Other income............................. 183 183 157 154 217 187 223 178 153 Personal taxes 1/......................... 2,311 2,311 47 166 587 1,046 2,178 3,373 8,672 Federal income taxes..................... 1,769 1,769 19 101 389 798 1,682 2,598 6,714 State and local income taxes............. 459 459 11 27 119 198 402 676 1,768 Other taxes.............................. 83 83 17 39 80 50 94 98 191 Income after taxes 1/..................... 21,132 21,132 2,414 7,186 11,797 16,070 22,284 30,507 56,919 Net change in total assets and liabilities (1,061) (1,119) 107 (1,554) (791) (330) (1,898) (36) (2,244) Net change in total assets............... 1,757 2,003 471 (273) (136) (306) 1,218 2,441 10,446 Net change in total liabilities.......... 2,818 3,122 364 1,281 655 23 3,117 2,477 12,690 Other money receipts...................... 260 292 220 89 189 483 514 348 223 Mortgage principal paid, owned property... (298) (290) (63) (53) (126) (137) (312) (395) (924) Estimated market value of owned home...... 32,115 32,114 9,560 12,054 26,624 23,299 29,476 43,200 80,683 Est. monthly rental value of owned home... 221 223 75 115 200 173 208 296 495 Gifts of goods and services............... 766 829 513 272 732 483 794 845 1,999 Food.................................... 43 45 15 42 23 15 20 23 137 Housing................................. 166 181 146 67 107 71 111 188 517 Housekeeping supplies................. 15 17 9 8 15 20 14 21 31 Household textiles.................... 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 1 Appliances and misc. housewares....... 13 14 1 5 13 6 24 25 23 Major appliances.................... 6 7 0 0 1 2 15 10 17 Small appl. and misc. housewares.... 7 7 1 5 11 4 9 15 6 Miscellaneous household equipment..... 64 74 22 9 29 6 27 71 292 Other housing......................... 73 73 113 45 51 39 43 60 170 Apparel and services.................... 179 197 35 54 206 116 178 304 475 Males 2 and over...................... 32 38 9 25 4 16 41 98 64 Females 2 and over.................... 55 62 10 14 83 50 37 62 158 Children under 2...................... 15 17 3 1 97 9 15 4 8 Other apparel products and services... 77 80 13 13 21 41 85 139 246 Jewelry and watches................. 61 64 12 11 19 29 65 112 201 All other apparel products and serv. 16 17 1 1 2 12 20 27 45 Transportation.......................... 60 66 13 9 17 33 172 47 126 Health care............................. 84 94 177 31 200 93 42 45 100 Entertainment........................... 68 72 17 25 37 53 96 96 168 Toys, games, hobbies, and tricycles... 21 21 5 9 15 19 31 32 37 Other entertainment................... 48 51 12 16 22 34 65 63 132 Education............................... 45 50 81 5 54 37 26 26 128 All other gifts......................... 120 126 29 38 86 65 150 118 348 __________________________________________ 1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only; see glossary Note that all values have been rounded, and therefore some rounded values equal zero. This is particularly evident in the characteristics section. When data are not reported or are not applicable (i.e., missing values), values are set to zero. Note also that some data are likely to have large sampling errors.