Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1988 : 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) ; 9570.

ICPSR ; 9570

Consumer Expenditure Survey Series ; 9570

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.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The ongoing Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) provides a continuous, comprehensive flow of data on the buying habits of American consumers. In addition, these data are used to maintain and to review the Consumer Price Index. The Diary, or recordkeeping, component of the CES contains expenditure data for items purchased on a daily or weekly basis. Participants from consumer units, which are roughly equivalent to households, are asked to maintain expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two consecutive one-week periods. Diaries are designed to record 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. Information is also elicited at the end of the two-week period on work experience, occupation, industry, retirement status, member earnings from wages and salaries, net income from business or profession, net income from one's own farm, and income from other sources. The unit of analysis for the Consumer Expenditure Surveys is the consumer unit, consisting 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. 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. 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 UCC level, while the Income (DTAB) files contain weekly data on income... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09570

Contents:

Part 1: 1988 First Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 2: 1988 First Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 3: 1988 First Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 4: 1988 First Quarter: Income; Part 5: 1988 Second Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 6: 1988 Second Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 7: 1988 Second Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 8: 1988 Second Quarter: Income; Part 9: 1988 Third Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 10: 1988 Third Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 11: 1988 Third Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 12: 1988 Third Quarter: Income; Part 13: 1988 Fourth Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 14: 1988 Fourth Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 15: 1988 Fourth Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 16: 1988 Fourth Quarter: Income; Part 17: 1988 Publication Aggregation; Part 18: 1988 Publication Labels; Part 19: 1988 Universal Classification Codes and Their Titles; Part ...

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61163035

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.