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in the lowest income group, the share decreases to 13.6% in the highest income
group. The relativity of the inferior good characteristic of the FEW-nexus goods is
increasing.
The single man households (Table 3) show a similar consumption structure as
the single woman households. Single men spend on average 380 e—22% of total
consumption—for FEW-nexus commodities. In the lowest income group (under 900
e), this spending decreases to only 270 e for FEW-nexus commodities, whereas
this value increases with rising income and reaches its highest value with 510 e
in the highest income group, while the economic significance decreases with rising
income. The FEW-nexus share decreases from 32% in the lowest income group to
15% in the highest income group.
The meaning of the FEW-nexus for the consumption decisions of the households
decreases with rising income. The relativity of the inferior character is not so distinct
as in the group of single women.
For the single parent’s households, a slightly different picture is revealed (Table 4).
The average single parent’s household uses 24.2% (535 e) of its consumption budget
for FEW-nexus expenditures. In the lowest income group, the households spend
364 e for FEW-nexus good; i.e. these households use on average 28.3% of their
consumption budget for FEW-nexus goods.
This share decreases also for the single parents to 19.9% in the highest income
group but the absolute expenses of the households increase with rising income from
364 e in the lowest income group (900–1300) to 877 e. The highest income group
spends more than twice the amount of the lowest income group for FEW-nexus goods.
The FEW-nexus goods change their character for this household group with rising
income. For the households with a monthly net income between 2000 and 2600
e the FEW-nexus goods are relative superior commodities, the meaning of these
goods increases with growing income but for the households with higher income the
meaning diminishes and changes into a relative inferior good.
In the following, we will analyse, which picture is created by the analysis of the
couple households.
The couples without children spend on average 693 e on FEW-nexus related
goods (Table 5). This accounts to only 21.7% of the consumption budget for these
commodities, which is lower than in the case of the single parent households. The
households of the lowest income group spend nearly 28% of their consumption
budget for FEW-nexus products, but, atypically in this social group, the saturation
point of the highest share spent on these goods is reached in the second lowest income
group and after this peak the share decreases slightly to 24% in the highest income
group. However, as in the previous social groups the absolute amounts spent for the
FEW-nexus increase continuously up to the highest income group (1096 e).
For the couples without children, the FEW-nexus commodities are slightly relative
inferior goods.
The couples with children present a different picture in contrast to the previous
social groups. The average households spend 22.6% of their consumption budget for
the FEW-nexus goods. These households spend on average 867 e for these commodities. This spending reaches its saturation point in relative terms in the income group
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in the lowest income group, the share decreases to 13.6% in the highest income
group. The relativity of the inferior good characteristic of the FEW-nexus goods is
increasing.
The single man households (Table 3) show a similar consumption structure as
the single woman households. Single men spend on average 380 e—22% of total
consumption—for FEW-nexus commodities. In the lowest income group (under 900
e), this spending decreases to only 270 e for FEW-nexus commodities, whereas
this value increases with rising income and reaches its highest value with 510 e
in the highest income group, while the economic significance decreases with rising
income. The FEW-nexus share decreases from 32% in the lowest income group to
15% in the highest income group.
The meaning of the FEW-nexus for the consumption decisions of the households
decreases with rising income. The relativity of the inferior character is not so distinct
as in the group of single women.
For the single parent’s households, a slightly different picture is revealed (Table 4).
The average single parent’s household uses 24.2% (535 e) of its consumption budget
for FEW-nexus expenditures. In the lowest income group, the households spend
364 e for FEW-nexus good; i.e. these households use on average 28.3% of their
consumption budget for FEW-nexus goods.
This share decreases also for the single parents to 19.9% in the highest income
group but the absolute expenses of the households increase with rising income from
364 e in the lowest income group (900–1300) to 877 e. The highest income group
spends more than twice the amount of the lowest income group for FEW-nexus goods.
The FEW-nexus goods change their character for this household group with rising
income. For the households with a monthly net income between 2000 and 2600
e the FEW-nexus goods are relative superior commodities, the meaning of these
goods increases with growing income but for the households with higher income the
meaning diminishes and changes into a relative inferior good.
In the following, we will analyse, which picture is created by the analysis of the
couple households.
The couples without children spend on average 693 e on FEW-nexus related
goods (Table 5). This accounts to only 21.7% of the consumption budget for these
commodities, which is lower than in the case of the single parent households. The
households of the lowest income group spend nearly 28% of their consumption
budget for FEW-nexus products, but, atypically in this social group, the saturation
point of the highest share spent on these goods is reached in the second lowest income
group and after this peak the share decreases slightly to 24% in the highest income
group. However, as in the previous social groups the absolute amounts spent for the
FEW-nexus increase continuously up to the highest income group (1096 e).
For the couples without children, the FEW-nexus commodities are slightly relative
inferior goods.
The couples with children present a different picture in contrast to the previous
social groups. The average households spend 22.6% of their consumption budget for
the FEW-nexus goods. These households spend on average 867 e for these commodities. This spending reaches its saturation point in relative terms in the income group