| Appendix
1: Item structure 1987 and 1998 |
| 1987-97 item structure |
1998 item structure |
| MAJOR GROUP:
HOUSING |
MAJOR GROUP:
HOUSING |
SHELTER
|
SHELTER
|
 Pure
rent-renter occupied
|
 Rent of
primary residence
|
  Rent of dwelling |
  Rent of primary
residence |
  Lodging while out
of town |
 Lodging
away from home
|
  Lodging while at
school |
  Housing at school,
excluding board |
| |
  Other lodging away
from home
  including
hotels and motels |
 Rental
equivalence and household
 insurance
|
 Owners' equivalent
rent of primary
 residence |
  Owners' equivalent
rent |
  Owners' equivalent
rent of primary
  residence |
  Unsampled
household insurance |
 
|
 Tenants'
insurance
|
 Tenants'
and household insurance
|
  Tenants' insurance |
  Tenants' and
household insurance |
 Maintenance
and repair services
|
|
  Property
maintenance and repair
  services |
|
 Maintenance
and repair commodities
|
|
  Materials,
supplies, equipment for
  home
repairs |
|
  Other property
maintenance
  commodities |
|
FUELS AND
UTILITIES
|
FUELS AND
UTILITIES |
FUELS
|
FUELS |
 Fuel oil
and other fuels
|
 Fuel oil and other
fuels |
  Fuel oil |
  Fuel oil |
  Other fuels |
  Other household
fuels |
 Gas
(piped) and electricity
|
 Gas (piped) and
electricity |
  Electricity |
  Electricity |
  Utility natural
gas service |
  Utility natural
gas service |
 Other
utilities and public services
|
 Water and sewer
and trash collection
 services |
  Telephone
services, local charges |
  Water and sewerage
maintenance |
  Water and sewerage
maintenance |
  Garbage and trash
collection |
  Community antenna
and cable
  television |
|
  Garbage and trash
collection |
|
  Interstate
telephone services |
|
  Intrastate
telephone services |
|
HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHINGS AND
OPERATIONS
|
HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHINGS AND
OPERATIONS
|
 Textile
house furnishings
|
 Window and
floor coverings and other
 linens
|
  Linens, curtains,
drapes, sewing
  materials |
  Floor coverings |
| |
  Window coverings |
| |
  Other linens |
 Furniture
and bedding
|
 Furniture
and bedding
|
  Bedroom furniture |
  Bedroom furniture |
  Sofas |
  Living room,
kitchen, and dining room
  furniture |
  Living room chairs
and tables |
  Other furniture |
  Other furniture |
  Unsampled
furniture |
 Household
appliances
|
 Appliances
|
  Refrigerators and
home freezers |
  Major appliances |
  Laundry equipment |
  Other appliances |
  Stoves, ovens,
portable dishwashers,
  window air
conditioners |
  Unsampled
appliances |
 Other
household equipment and
 furnishings
|
 Other
household equipment and
 furnishings
|
  Floor/window
coverings, outdoor/
  infant/laundry
equipment |
  Clocks, lamps, and
decorator items |
  Clocks, lamps, and
decorator items |
  Indoor plants and
flowers |
  Tableware, serving
pieces, nonelectric
  kitchenware |
  Dishes and
flatware |
  Lawn and garden
equipment, tools,
  hardware |
  Nonelectric
cookware and tableware |
  Small kitchen
appliances, sewing
  machines,
portable heating/cooling
  equipment |
 Tools,
hardware, outdoor equipment
 and supplies
|
  Indoor plants and
fresh cut flowers |
  Tools, hardware
and supplies |
  Unsampled
household equipment
  parts,
small furnishings |
  Outdoor equipment
and supplies |
| |
  Unsampled tools,
hardware, outdoor
  equipment and
supplies |
 Housekeeping
supplies
|
 Housekeeping
supplies
|
  Laundry and
cleaning products |
  Household cleaning
products |
  Household paper
products, including
  stationery |
  Household paper
products |
  Other household
products, lawn and
  garden
supplies |
  Miscellaneous
household products |
 Housekeeping
services
|
 Household
operations
|
  Postage |
  Housekeeping
services |
  Unsampled
baby-sitting |
  Gardening and lawn
care services |
  Domestic service |
  Moving, storage,
freight expense |
  Other household
services |
  Repair of
household items |
  Appliance and
furniture repair |
  Unsampled
household operations |
  Care of invalids,
elderly, and
  convalescents
in the home |
|
  Unsampled
rent/repair of household
  equipment, sound
equipment |
|
 Television
and sound equipment
|
|
  Television sets |
|
  Video cassette
recorders, disc players,
  and tapes |
|
  Audio components,
radios, recordings,
  and other |
|
  Unsampled
accessories for electric
  equipment |
|
 Information
processing equipment
|
|
  Information
processing equipment |
|