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on Consumer Financial Behavior\n\nAny or all the material in this publication may be quoted or reproduced.  \nJANUARY 1979  \nANNUAL BUDGETS  \nIncreases in budgets for retired couples were greater than for thefour-person younger family between autumn 1976 and autumn 1977.Retired couple budget increases ranged from 6.6%to 7.2%while budgetsfor the four-person younger family increased between 4.4%and 6.1%.Retired couples were faced with greater increases for food,housing andespecially medical care.  \nFamily budgets represent the costs of three hypothetical lists of goodsand services to portray three relative standards of living-lower,inter-mediate,and higher—for each of two precisely specified family types.The four-person family consists of a 38-year-old husband employed fulltime,his nonworking wife,a boy of 13,and a girl of 8.The retired coupleconsists of a husband,age 65 or over,and his wife.  \nAn urban family of four in autumn 1977 could expect the average cost ofan intermediate budget to amount to about $17,106,a5.4%increase over1976.Average cost of lower budget amounted to $10,481,4.4%increase,while the higher budget amounted to $25,202,a 6.1%increase.Costs ofthree hypothetical budgets for urban retired couples were $7,198(up  \n6.8%)for the intermediate,$5,031(up 7.2%)for the lower,and $10,711(up 6.6%)for the higher.  \nPrices based on the Consumer Price Index have increased since fall1977 for specific categories as follows:food-11.3%,housing-9.8%,transportation—6.6%,clothing and personal care—4.1%,and medicalcare 8.5%.  \n## SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD\n\nSize of a family living in a typical dwelling has shown generally decliningtrend.As far back as 1890,there were 63 million people living in 12.7million housing units,or five persons per unit on average.That figure hadfallen to about four and a half by 1920,and down to three and half by1940.This ratio remained almost constant over the next twenty years,butsince then,it has declined to just under three persons per unit—or 213million people to 74 million units in 1976.  \nSize of the typical household has decreased over this long(1890-1976)time span.By 1976,two-thirds of all residential units were occupied byhouseholds of between one and three persons.About 20%were occupiedby a single person,and only a third were lived in by a family of four ormore.About two-thirds of the housing units in 1976 were owner occupiedin contrast to one-half or less before 1940.  \n## CONSUMER CONFIDENCE\n\nConference Board's Consumer Confidence Index(1969-1970=100)inOctober stood at 102.0,a gain of over six points as compared with theprior probe.While optimism is somewhat more pervasive than it was inearly summer,it is still below the level recorded early in 1978.  \nIn October,8.1%of all those contacted indicate they will purchase anautomobile-new or used-in the next six months.Ratio is up from 7.1%recorded in the preceding month.  \nInterest in homes also increased.In October,4.6%of all survey partici-pants said that they would purchase a house in the months to come,whichis up from 3.8%the month before.Both home and automobile buyingintentions,however,are still below the levels recorded in the earlymonths of 1978.  \nAppliance buying plans increased marginally to 29.8%of those surveyedfrom a prior 29.2%.  \n## PERSONAL INCOME\n\nPersonal income increased $17.3 billion (1.0%)in November to aseasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,784.5 billion.Private wages andsalaries increased $10.5 billion (1.1%).Government wages and salariesincreased $1.3 billion(0.6%).Farm proprietors'income increased $1.4billion(5.1%)in November,and transfer payments $0.9 billion(0.4%).  \n## LEADING INDICATORS\n\nComposite index of leading economic indicators increased 0.5%inOctober to a level of 139.2(1967=100),according to preliminary De-partment of Commerce data.This index has been rising much moreslowly this year than it did last year.But the fact that the 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