Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1992 : Diary Survey / United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6318.

ICPSR ; 6318

Consumer Expenditure Survey Series ; 6318

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cost and standard of living--United States.

Cost and standard of living.

United States.

Consumption (Economics)--United States.

Consumption (Economics).

Consumers--United States.

Consumers.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The ongoing Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) provides a continuous flow of information on the buying habits of American consumers and also furnishes data to support periodic revisions of the Consumer Price Index. The survey consists of two separate components: (1) a quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer unit in the sample is interviewed every three months over a 15-month period, and (2) a Diary Survey completed by the sample consumer units for two consecutive one-week periods. The Diary Survey contains consumer information on small, frequently purchased items such as food, beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline, housekeeping supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal care products and services. Participants were asked to maintain expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two consecutive one-week periods. Information was also elicited at the end of the two-week period on work experience, occupation, industry, retirement status, earnings from wages and salaries, net income from business or profession, net income from one's own farm, and income from other sources. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit income, and characteristics and earnings of the reference person and his or her spouse. A consumer unit consists of all members of a particular housing unit who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or some other legal arrangement. Consumer unit determination for unrelated persons is based on financial independence. Member Characteristics (MEMB) files contain selected characteristics for each consumer unit member, including reference person and spouse. The Detailed Expenditures (EXPN) files present weekly data on expenditures at the Universal Classification Code (UCC) level, while the Inco... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06318

Contents:

Part 1: 1992 First Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 2: 1992 First Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 3: 1992 First Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 4: 1992 First Quarter: Income; Part 5: 1992 Second Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 6: 1992 Second Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 7: 1992 Second Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 8: 1992 Second Quarter: Income; Part 9: 1992 Third Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 10: 1992 Third Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 11: 1992 Third Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 12: 1992 Third Quarter: Income; Part 13: 1992 Fourth Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 14: 1992 Fourth Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 15: 1992 Fourth Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 16: 1992 Fourth Quarter: Income; Part 17: 1992 Publication Aggregation; Part 18: 1992 Publication Labels; Part 19: 1992 Universal Classification Codes and Titles; Part 20: Sa...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61156929

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