Figure 2. Consumption shares, selected years, 1935–2013
Category	1935–36 wage and clerical workers	1941	1944	1950 all families	2013
Consumption	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Food, including alcohol	34.7	30.9	35.9	31.4	16.2
Total housing	33.2	29.0	26.1	27.2	40.2
Clothing	10.9	12.0	16.0	11.5	3.3
Total transportation	8.5	12.0	6.3	13.4	20.4
Medical care	4.0	4.7	5.5	5.2	8.2
Recreation and entertainment	2.6	4.4	2.8	4.4	5.6
Note: See appendix for notes about data sources. Shares sum to less than 100 because only selected consumption categories are shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.