Re: Workers, Recreation, and Political Participation

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> How much money do American workers spend on recreation (movies,
> sports, dining out, pleasure travels, etc.)?  What's the median sum
> spent by workers on recreation?

Release: <ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/cesan.txt>.

For more detail: <http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv>.

There's a line for "entertainment" - none for travel. In 2002, the
mean expenditure on travel was $2,079, or 5% of annual expenditures
of $40,677.

Doug