A comparative analysis of households expenditure on clothingand footwear in the European countries Cover Image

Komparatywna analiza wydatków na odzież i obuwie w europejskich gospodarstwach domowych
A comparative analysis of households expenditure on clothingand footwear in the European countries

Author(s): Marlena Piekut
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: household; expenditure; clothing and footwear; cluster analysis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the household expenditure on clothing and footwear in the European countries. The research problems concern such issues as: an indication of the degree of differentiation and the rate of change in households expenditure on clothing and footwear in 1995-2012; a comparison of the expenditure on clothing and footwear and Clusters Analysis of European countries grouped by the similar share of clothing and footwear expenditure in the total expenditure of households. I used two clustering methods in the following study. The selection of the countries for cluster analysis was based on the value of the Tabular Accuracy Index.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 36/1
  • Page Range: 386-396
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish