1 | Food away from home as a share of household food expenditures has risen steadily since 1970, reaching its highest level of 43.1 percent in 2012 | ||
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4 | Year | Share of household expenditures for food expenditures1 | |
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7 | 1970 | 25.9 | |
8 | 1971 | 26.1 | |
9 | 1972 | 26.7 | |
10 | 1973 | 26.9 | |
11 | 1974 | 26.4 | |
12 | 1975 | 28.1 | |
13 | 1976 | 29.6 | |
14 | 1977 | 30.4 | |
15 | 1978 | 31.4 | |
16 | 1979 | 31.9 | |
17 | 1980 | 32.0 | |
18 | 1981 | 32.9 | |
19 | 1982 | 34.2 | |
20 | 1983 | 35.0 | |
21 | 1984 | 35.2 | |
22 | 1985 | 35.5 | |
23 | 1986 | 36.2 | |
24 | 1987 | 36.4 | |
25 | 1988 | 36.4 | |
26 | 1989 | 36.0 | |
27 | 1990 | 35.8 | |
28 | 1991 | 35.9 | |
29 | 1992 | 36.5 | |
30 | 1993 | 37.6 | |
31 | 1994 | 37.9 | |
32 | 1995 | 38.9 | |
33 | 1996 | 38.3 | |
34 | 1997 | 39.1 | |
35 | 1998 | 39.7 | |
36 | 1999 | 39.7 | |
37 | 2000 | 40.4 | |
38 | 2001 | 40.0 | |
39 | 2002 | 39.3 | |
40 | 2003 | 40.6 | |
41 | 2004 | 40.8 | |
42 | 2005 | 41.8 | |
43 | 2006 | 42.6 | |
44 | 2007 | 42.8 | |
45 | 2008 | 42.2 | |
46 | 2009 | 42.1 | |
47 | 2010 | 42.2 | |
48 | 2011 | 42.3 | |
49 | 2012 | 43.1 | |
50 | 1Food away-from-home expenditures divided by total food expenditures, for all families and individuals. | ||
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53 | Total expenditures on food away from home include expense-account meals, food furnished to inmates and patients, and food and cash donated to schools and institutions.These items are not included in expenditures on food away from home for all families and individuals. | ||
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58 | Source: Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Expenditures http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-expenditures.aspx. | ||
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63 | chart data: http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/602677/foodaway.xls | ||
64 | linking url: http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-choices-health/food-consumption-demand/food-away-from-home.aspx | ||
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