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Archetypes

Ten published household profiles, each with its own weight schedule drawn from BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey 2000 standard tables. Five demographic; five income-quintile. The National Average is the headline citation surface.

Demographic

Homeowner, Renter, Working Parent, Retiree, plus National Average

Income quintile

lowest, second, middle, fourth, highest

Headline

National Average

Weights source

CEX 2000

Tables 1, 3, 5, 7

Demographic archetypes

Derived from BLS CEX 2000 Tables 3 (housing tenure), 5 (consumer unit composition), and 7 (age of reference person). The National Average is the headline citation surface; no archetype is methodologically privileged. Each archetype's weights sum to 1.0.

Slug	Archetype	What it represents	Action
national_average	National Average Headline	The headline citation surface. Weighted from BLS CEX 2000 single-table consumer-unit average.	View →
homeowner	Homeowner	Owner-occupied household profile from CEX 2000 Table 3. Owned-shelter operating cost replaces rent.	View →
renter	Renter	Tenant-occupied household profile from CEX 2000 Table 5. Market-rent shelter dominates.	View →
working_parent	Working Parent	Household with own children under 18 from CEX 2000 Table 7. Higher Household Goods share captures childcare implicitly.	View →
retiree	Retiree	Age-65+ reference person profile from CEX 2000 Table 7. Healthcare premium augmentation set to zero (Medicare).	View →

Income-quintile archetypes

Derived from BLS CEX 2000 Table 1 (income before taxes, quintiles of consumer units). Useful for inequality-aware analysis: the lowest income quintile carries a much higher healthcare-premium share than the highest.

Slug	Archetype	What it represents	Action
income_lowest_quintile	Income — Lowest Quintile	First income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. Higher healthcare premium share.	View →
income_second_quintile	Income — Second Quintile	Second income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1.	View →
income_middle_quintile	Income — Middle Quintile	Third income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1.	View →
income_fourth_quintile	Income — Fourth Quintile	Fourth income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1.	View →
income_highest_quintile	Income — Highest Quintile	Fifth income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. Lower healthcare premium share.	View →