Releases

2016

• Almost every third household had a pet in 2016 (20.4.2020)
• Value of welfare services for households an average of good EUR 7,000 per year (2.10.2018)
• One-half of households have a health care centre under two kilometres away (19.4.2018)
• Over one-half of the expenses of lowest income earners are spent on housing and food (13.3.2018)
• Consumption expenditure of persons aged over 64 growing (28.12.2017)
• Share of households with cars has stabilised, number of pet owners is increasing (3.11.2016)

2012

• Greenhouse gas emissions caused by households consumption have decreased (7.10.2014)
• Grocery stores are close to the home (26.5.2014)
• Economic significance of welfare services is biggest for families with children (28.4.2014)
• Finns spent around 50 per cent more in 2012 than in 1985 (28.2.2014)
• Consumption expenditure of student households decreased from 2006 to 2012 (30.12.2013)

2006

• Effect of economic cycles is strongest on expenditure spent on durables, services and leisure-time (8.6.2009)
• Households profit from the use of welfare services provided by the society (30.6.2008)
• Food expenditure has increased by one-fifth in two decades (17.6.2008)
• Own-account worker households' consumption has grown most in 2001-2006 (19.12.2007)