A TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIVERSIFICATION IN THE CONSUMPTION STRUCTURE IN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE EU COUNTRIES

The aim of the article was to identify differences in the consumption structure in households in the EU countries in 2010. Ward's method was used to identify the types of the EU countries with different structures of consumption in households and to present the diversification. The research problem in question was analysed on the basis of the data from Eurostat and the International Statistics Yearbook, published annually by the Central Statistical Office. As a result of the research with Ward's method eight types of the EU countries with different consumption structures in households were distinguished.