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Table 5 Private consumption

From: Analysing Gordon’s trade-off by adapting Thurow’s approach of pure public good to the German energy sector

Private consumption of private households in Germany 2008 according to their household type

Income groups in €

Single

Single with child(ren)

Couples

Couples without child(ren)

Couples with child(ren)

Other households

All households

1418

1740

2757

2622

3017

3142

<900

799

1046

1842

1685

1737

1662

900–1300

1086

1146

1250

1237

1360

1176

1300–1500

1291

1339

1491

1493

1480

1364

1500–2000

1509

1630

1722

1725

1711

1672

2000–2600

1818

2003

2133

2128

2151

2068

2600–3600

2156

2604

2558

2551

2571

2580

3600–5000

2551

3273

3150

3172

3123

3269

5000–18,000

3329

3692

4207

4236

4175

4576

Consumption dispersiona

2.35

2.12

1.53

1.62

1.38

1.46

  1. Source: Own calculation based on German Federal Statistical Office, 2011./= no declaration, the number of cases is too small
  2. aConsumption dispersion: ratio of the consumption of the highest available income group to the consumption of the average household of the social group