The phrase "actual consumption patterns" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the real or observed behaviors of consumers regarding their purchasing or usage of products and services.
Example: "The study aimed to analyze the actual consumption patterns of households to better understand their spending habits."
Alternatives: "real consumption trends" or "genuine consumption behaviors."
Finally, we calibrated the outputs from the regression models against reported energy consumption data from RECS to better reflect actual consumption patterns.
More specifically, we examine whether or not there are associations between young people's interests in the consumption of modern goods; their actual consumption patterns; and their sexual behaviour.
Surprisingly, diets high in fresh fruits and vegetables resulted in greater DEHP exposure than actual consumption patterns for adolescents and women of reproductive age.
In order to address this problem, the initiative has instituted a "pull" system as the general norm, as mentioned previously, whereby heath facilities place resupply orders as needed based on actual consumption patterns.
We have generally instituted a "pull" system to manage commodities and other supplies, whereby health facilities place resupply orders as needed based on actual consumption patterns and stock-alert thresholds.
In addition, studies based on actual consumption patterns are not able to explain why a certain attribute of an individual (e.g. being a boy as against a girl) is likely to enhance their opportunities for early year investments such as that in health care [ 12].
Their actual consumption pattern therefore reflects their preferences.
The disadvantage of relying on the actual consumption pattern is that we will not be able to observe how individuals valued the attributes of a health service and how this value affected their choice of care [ 10, 11].
This was an innovative attempt to capture the process by which preferences evolve, as the construct was drawn on the qualitative way of looking at the health-seeking behaviour; the focus however was on the analysis of actual consumption pattern (revealed preference).
Most epidemiologic studies dealing with the MeHg issue use mercury (Hg) levels in hair as the only indicator of human exposure, without relating this signal to actual fish consumption patterns among populations.
In spite of the remarkable development of technology, most studies for building energy controls to evaluate or estimate the energy performance have not accurately reflected actual building's energy consumption patterns.
