Clothing Demand in the United States: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis

Abstract

This paper examined factors influencing clothing expenditures by households in the United States. In particular, the impact of various household characteristics on clothing expenditures was investigated using data from the 1972–73 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Ex penditure Survey. The results indicated that income plays a major role in concert with demographic characteristics in determining household expenditures on clothing and services. Expenditures were positively related to income and education and negatively related to age of household head. Households headed by blacks with wives in the labor force spent more on clothing than other households. Location also proved to be a significant variable with urban households spending more on clothing expenditures than rural households. The results should provide information concerning the demand for clothing under different economic and demographic conditions.

Inter-regional Analysis of Household Apparel Expenditures in the United States

“…Given the reliance of these studies on economic theory for a theoretical framework, some measure of income is typically included. As economic theory predicts, empirical support for a positive relationship between income (or total expenditures) and apparel expenditures was found (Dardis et al, 1981;DeWeese, 1993;DeWeese and Norton, 1991;Douthitt and Fedyk, 1988;Nelson, 1989;Norum, 1989Norum, ,1992Wagner and Hanna, 1983;Zhang and Norton, 1995). Total consumption expenditures, used in several studies to proxy income (Dardis et aL, 1981;Nelson, 1989;Wagner and Hanna, 1983), provide a better fit in models built for prediction purposes (Dardis et al, 1981).…”

“…During the past fifteen years, US clothing demand has received iucreasmg attention from academic researchers (Dardis et al, 1981;DeWeese, 1993;DeWeese and Norton, 1991;Nelson, 1989;Norum, 1989Norum, ,1992Wagner and Hanna, 1983;Zhang and Norton, 1995), Researchers measured income elasticities, explored the effect of family life cycle and composition, and analyzed the role of labor participation in clothing demand. Region, although included in many of the analyses, was not a primary focus of any of the studies.…”

“…Region, although included in many of the analyses, was not a primary focus of any of the studies. On the basis of the pattem established by Dardis et al (1981), most researchers have measured region in a consistent way. With the north-east, north central (or mid-west), west, and south used as the regional areas, the west was typically the category omitted in dummy-variable analysis.…”

A Study of Urban Household Demand for Clothing Items by Income

“…우리나라 가계의 중요한 소비재의 하나인 의류에 대한 수요탄력 성은 가계의 의류소비패턴을 밝히는 중요한 분석지표 임에도 불구하고 가계소비재에 대한 수요분석은 주로 식품에 대한 수요탄력성을 추정하는 것 (Kim & Sakong, 1994;Lee & Choi, 1999;Yoon et al, 2003) (Dardis et al, 1981). (Eastwood, 1984;Philips, 1983).…”

Effect of Ageing on Household Demand for Clothing, Food, Housing, and Medical Care Commodities in Korea

“…Using data from the 1972-73 Consumer Expenditure Survey, Dardis, Derrick, and Lehfeld (1981) tested the determinants of clothing expenditure. They found that clothing expenditure was pos itively related to income, education, and family size.…”