NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Composition of Consumer Unit: One Parent, at Least One Child Under 18 Series ID: CXUTOTALEXPLB0609M Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Consumer Expenditure Surveys Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: U.S. Dollars Date Range: 1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01 Last Updated: 2023-09-14 4:14 PM CDT Notes: Composition of consumer unit refers to the classification of interviewed families according to: (1) relationship of other family members to the reference person; (2) age of the children of the reference person; and (3) combination of relationship to the reference person and age of the children. Stepchildren and adopted children are included with the reference person's own children. The reference person is the first member mentioned by the respondent when asked to "Start with the name of the person or one of the persons who owns or rents the home." It is with respect to this person that the relationship of the other consumer unit members is determined. For more details about the data or the survey, visit the FAQs (https://www.bls.gov/cex/csxfaqs.htm). DATE VALUE 1984-01-01 16836 1985-01-01 17368 1986-01-01 16141 1987-01-01 16521 1988-01-01 18616 1989-01-01 19186 1990-01-01 19239 1991-01-01 21653 1992-01-01 20826 1993-01-01 20937 1994-01-01 21668 1995-01-01 22631 1996-01-01 24953 1997-01-01 26352 1998-01-01 26567 1999-01-01 27900 2000-01-01 28923 2001-01-01 29634 2002-01-01 30185 2003-01-01 30535 2004-01-01 32824 2005-01-01 35365 2006-01-01 35491 2007-01-01 38239 2008-01-01 37129 2009-01-01 36763 2010-01-01 36933 2011-01-01 37553 2012-01-01 38667 2013-01-01 37752 2014-01-01 39979 2015-01-01 45745 2016-01-01 42211 2017-01-01 47951 2018-01-01 47945 2019-01-01 48615 2020-01-01 47060 2021-01-01 54227 2022-01-01 56240