What is the Consumer Expenditure Survey?
The Consumer Expenditure Survey collects information from the Nation’s households and families on their buying habits (expenditures), income, and household characteristics. The strength of the survey is that it allows data users to relate the expenditures and income of consumers to the characteristics of those consumers. The survey consists of two components, a quarterly Interview Survey and a weekly Diary Survey, each with its own questionnaire and sample.
Related Questions
- I understand that, beginning with publication of the 2004 tables, the Consumer Expenditure Survey results include imputed income data. What does this mean for the typical user?
- What are the standard errors as reported in the Consumer Expenditure Survey standard error tables?
- Can the Consumer Expenditure Survey data be compared across income brackets?
