Consumer Expenditure Survey
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of Labor |
| Sub-Agency: | US Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Category: | Income, Expenditures, Poverty, and Wealth |
| Date Released: | 1984 |
| Date Updated: | Annual |
| Time Period: | Quarterly Interview Survey and weekly Diary Survey |
| Frequency: | Annual |
| Description: | The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys, the quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau. |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Raw Data Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Statistical |
| Keywords | Consumer expenditures, Consumer spending |
| Unique ID | 319 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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| Agency Program Page | http://www.bls.gov/cex/ |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=cx |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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Consumer spending
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| Granularity | US |
| Geographic Coverage | US |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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| Data Collection Instrument | http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=cx |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| Additional Metadata | ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.txt |
Statistical Information
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Statistical Methodology
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