Metodologiczne aspekty badań konsumpcji w ujęciu bezpośrednim

The main aim of this paper is to present statistical methods that can be used in the process of the assessment of financial conditions of Polish households as measured by using direct analysis. Presented is the problem of using weights in the process of the estimation of basic statistics such as the arithmetic mean and median. The analysis of the diversification of consumption was performed using distributions of disposable income and expenditures of Polish households. An analysis of the structure of household expenditure was also performed, using the COICOP/HBS classification. Presented are statistical tools, numerical as well as graphical, which can be used in the process of direct consumption analysis.