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Consumer Expenditure Survey

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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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Date Released: 1984
Date Updated: Annual
Time Period: Quarterly Interview Survey and weekly Diary Survey
Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog
Frequency: Annual
Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical

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

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Additional Metadata: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.txt

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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
Technical Documentation: http://www.bls.gov/cex/
Granularity: US
Unit of Analysis: Consumer spending
Geographic Coverage: US
Unit of Analysis: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm

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Consumer Expenditure Survey

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