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Household Spending, Personal Spending and the Control of Money in Marriage

Bibliographic Data

ID2326737
AuthorsJan Pahl (corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume24
Issue1
Pages119-138
Publication date1990-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038590024001009
OpenAlexW2024942268
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited6

Patterns of spending within a household reflect not only the sources and amount of the household's income, but also who controls money within the household. This idea is explored using data from a study of 102 married couples, who were interviewed both together and separately. Three areas of spending are examined: food and daily living expenses, leisure expenditure, and domestic rates or poll tax. The results suggest that though in absolute terms men contribute more to the domestic economy than do women, in relative terms women contribute a higher proportion of their income. Compared with men, women hold less back, both absolutely and relatively, for their personal expenditure

Aggregate expenditure · Consumer expenditure · Consumer Expenditure Survey · Consumer spending · Control (management) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Personal consumption expenditures price index · Personal income · Public economics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

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