DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08199.v1
title: Federal Budget Outlays, 1971-1980 [United States]
title: Version 1

description: This collection contains expenditure data for the 150
 largest United States federal government programs, which make up close
 to 90 percent of total federal spending. The source of information on
 federal funding activity is the GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL
 FUNDS (GDFF) series, published annually from 1968-1980 by the Federal
 Information Exchange System, a component of the Community Services
 Administration (CSA). The files released here have been further
 processed by the Intergovernmental Fiscal Analysis Project (at the
 University of Michigan) and the Inter-university Consortium for
 Political and Social Research (ICPSR), as part of an effort to develop
 a comprehensive database for monitoring and analyzing the distribution
 of federal funding in the United States. The files differ not only by
 units of analysis, but also by what the variables measure. There are
 three kinds of variables: (1) dollar amount of program expenditures,
 (2) amount expended per capita, and (3) percent of total federal funds
 spent on programs in geographic areas. In Part 1, Expenditures by
 State, the geographic region is the unit of analysis, and data cover
 the 50 states, the District of Columbia, census regions and divisions,
 and the nation as a whole. The variables are dollar amounts rounded
 off to thousands for each of 150 programs measured at 11 time points
 (10 years plus a transition quarter). In Part 2, Per Capita
 Expenditures by State, per capita expenditures (rounded off to
 thousands) for the top 150 federal programs are measured at 11 time
 points. For Part 3, Percent Concentration of Expenditures by State,
 percent concentration figures (which are equivalent to state share of
 total national program expenditures for the top 150 programs) are
 measured at 11 time points. In Part 4, Dollar Expenditures by State by
 Year, the record units are geographic units (the 50 states, the
 District of Columbia, and census regions) by time point. This file
 contains dollar expenditures (rounded off to thousands) for the top
 150 programs. For Part 5, Per Capita by State by Year, the variables
 are per capita expenditures rounded off to thousands. In Part 6,
 Percent Concentration by State by Year, the variables are percent
 concentration figures (equivalent to state shares of total national
 program expenditures). In Part 7, Dollar Expenditures (Unit Is
 Program) for Each State by Year, the federal program is the unit of
 analysis and variables describe program characteristics, including
 type of recipient, House committee jurisdiction, hard dollars vs. soft
 dollars, appropriation account number, program name, type of
 assistance, and type of recipient. The remaining variables describe
 the program expenditures for each of 11 time points for 66 geographic
 units. For Part 8, Per Capita Expenditures (Unit Is Program) for Each
 State by Year, variables include per capita expenditures on the
 program for the 66 geographic units measured at 11 time points. For
 Part 9, Percent Concentration (Unit Is Program) for Each State by
 Year, variables include percent concentration of expenditures (share
 of the total federal expenditure for the geographic unit) for 66
states/regions for 11 time points.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Expenditures by State
DS2: Per Capita Expenditures by State
DS3: Percent Concentration of Expenditures by State
DS4: Dollar Expenditures by State by Year
DS5: Per Capita Expenditures by State by Year
DS6: Percent Concentration by State by Year
DS7: Dollar Expenditures (Unit Is Program) for Each State by Year
DS8: Per Capita Expenditures (Unit Is Program) for Each State by Year
DS9: Percent Concentration (Unit Is Program) for Each State by Year