Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 667):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 34 rows and 9 columns.

In dollars. Data are for a child in a two-child family. Excludes expenses for college. Expenditures based on data from the 1990-92 Consumer Expenditure Survey updated to constant dollars (of year shown) using the Consumer Price Index. For more on the methodology, see report cited below and Notes sheet

Footnotes

1. Expenses include personal care items, entertainment, and reading materials.
2. Expenses include personal care items, entertainment, and reading materials.
3. Expenses include personal care items, entertainment, and reading materials.