In this report, a study is carried out on each item of the cultural. expenditure (miscellaneous items) in the Annual Report on Family Income and Expenditure Survey by Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Prime Minister, 1958 to 1967.
The method of the. investigation is similar to the previous report ; that is, the cross section analysis was attempted and “elasticity” was used to measure effects of family income and members.
The results are as follows :
(1) α
1's and α
2's obtained with formal education, recreational activities, medical care, and entertainment expenditure have mostly minus values, while those obtained with miscellaneous items plus values.
(2) In those days when the general national income was relatively low, the formal education expenditure did not increase in proportion to the income level and the number of family members.
(3) Studies on the disbursement to recreational, medical, and entertainment items show that money was mainly spent on more urgent items among them in the low income years mentioned above, but when the income rose to a certain level in later years, money was also spent on less urgent items.
(4) In the latter half of 1950's, a rise in the percentage of the cultural expenditure was caused by the item “miscellaneous” in the cultural expenditure, but in the first half of 1960's it was caused by items of the cultural expenditure excluding “miscellaneous”.
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