|Gasoline and motor oil||973||977||986||1,006||1,082||1,098||1,017||1,055||1,291||1,279||1,235|
|Other vehicle expenses||1,776||1,843||1,953||2,015||2,058||2,230||2,206||2,254||2,281||2,375||2,471|
NOTES: Data are based on survey results. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the term consumer unit rather than household. BLS defines a consumer unit as 1) members of a household related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangement; 2) a person living alone; sharing a household with others; rooming in a private home, lodging, or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel but who is financially independent; or 3) two or more persons living together and making joint expenditure decisions.
Other transportation includes both local transit (e.g., bus and taxi travel) and long-distance travel (e.g., airplane trips.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey data query, January, 2004.