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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.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	Consumer expenditures, Consumer spending
Unique ID	319

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.bls.gov/cex/#data
Agency Program Page	http://www.bls.gov/cex/
Agency Data Series Page	http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=cx

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Consumer spending
Granularity	US
Geographic Coverage	US

Data Description

Collection Mode	http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm
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

Technical Documentation	http://www.bls.gov/cex/
Additional Metadata	ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.txt

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology
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Non-response adjustment
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics

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