Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1990 : 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) ; 9821.

ICPSR ; 9821

Consumer Expenditure Survey Series ; 9821

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 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 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 ch... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09821

Contents:

Part 1: 1990 First Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 2: 1990 First Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 3: 1990 First Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 4: 1990 First Quarter: Income; Part 5: 1990 Second Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 6: 1990 Second Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 7: 1990 Second Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 8: 1990 Second Quarter: Income; Part 9: 1990 Third Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 10: 1990 Third Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 11: 1990 Third Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 12: 1990 Third Quarter: Income; Part 13: 1990 Fourth Quarter: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income; Part 14: 1990 Fourth Quarter: Member Characteristics; Part 15: 1990 Fourth Quarter: Detailed Expenditures; Part 16: 1990 Fourth Quarter: Income; Part 17: 1990 Publication Aggregation; Part 18: 1990 Publication Labels; Part 19: 1990 Universal Classification Codes and Titles; Part 20: 19...

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61164253

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.