The statistic depicts the results of an online survey concerning the expected back-to-college purchases by U.S. parents and their children in college from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, 57 percent of respondents expected to purchase dorm accessories and supplies such as bedding or storage solutions.
Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?*
parent who had at least one child attending college this fall
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* Multiple answers were possible. Items below 57 percent are not presented in this chart for 2015.
The survey has a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points.
The source does not provide any information regarding the exact age of respondents.
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Deloitte. (July 27, 2015). Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/
Deloitte. "Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?*." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/
Deloitte. (2015). Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/
Deloitte. "Which Back-to-college Items Will You or Your Children Be Purchasing This Season?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/
Deloitte, Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
Which back-to-college items will you or your children be purchasing this season?* [Graph], Deloitte, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319128/back-to-college-us-expected-purchase-by-category/
