DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03949
title: Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2002: Interview Survey and Detailed Expenditure Files
title: Archival Version

description: The ongoing Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) provides a
continuous flow of information on the buying habits of American
consumers and also furnishes data to support periodic revisions of
the Consumer Price Index. The survey consists of two separate
components: (1) a quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer
unit in the sample is interviewed every three months over a 15-month
period, and (2) a Diary Survey completed by the sample consumer units
for two consecutive one-week periods. The Interview Survey was
designed to collect data on major items of expense, household
characteristics, and income. The expenditures covered by the survey
are those that respondents can recall fairly accurately for three
months or longer. In general, these expenditures include relatively
large purchases, such as those for property, or expenditures that
occur on a fairly regular basis, such as rent, utilities, or
insurance premiums. Excluded are nonprescription drugs, household
supplies, and personal care items. Including global estimates on
spending for food, it is estimated that about 90 to 95 percent of
expenditures are covered in the Interview Survey. The Detailed
Expenditure Files were created from all the major expenditure
sections of the Interview Survey questionnaires and contain the most
detailed expenditure data from the Interview Survey. Parts 71-75
contain processing files used by the Interview Survey Sample Program
(Part 70).
description: National probability sample of households designed to
represent the total noninstitutional civilian population.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, First Quarter, 2002
DS2: Member Characteristics and Income, First Quarter, 2002
DS3: Detailed Expenditures, First Quarter, 2002
DS4: Income File, First Quarter, 2002
DS5: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Second Quarter, 2002
DS6: Member Characteristics and Income, Second Quarter, 2002
DS7: Detailed Expenditures, Second Quarter, 2002
DS8: Income File, Second Quarter, 2002
DS9: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Third Quarter, 2002
DS10: Member Characteristics and Income, Third Quarter, 2002
DS11: Detailed Expenditures, Third Quarter, 2002
DS12: Income File, Third Quarter, 2002
DS13: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Fourth Quarter, 2002
DS14: Member Characteristics and Income, Fourth Quarter, 2002
DS15: Detailed Expenditures, Fourth Quarter, 2002
DS16: Income File, Fourth Quarter, 2002
DS17: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, First Quarter, 2003
DS18: Member Characteristics and Income, First Quarter, 2003
DS19: Detailed Expenditures, First Quarter, 2003
DS20: Income File, First Quarter, 2003
DS21: Major Household Appliances
DS22: Rented Living Quarters
DS23: Owned Living Quarters (Detailed Property Description)
DS24: Owned Living Quarters (Disposed-of Property)
DS25: Owned Living Quarters (Mortgage Payments)
DS26: Owned Living Quarters (Lump-sum Home Equity Loans)
DS27: Owned Living Quarters (Line of Credit Home Equity Loans)
DS28: Owned Living Quarters (Ownership Costs)
DS29: Utilities and Fuels for Owned and Rented Properties (Telephone Expenses)
DS30: Utilities and Fuels for Owned and Rented Properties (Additional Telephone Expenses)
DS31: Utilities and Fuels (Screening Questions)
DS32: Utilities and Fuels (Detailed Questions)
DS33: Construction, Repairs, Alterations, and Maintenance of Property (Screening Questions)
DS34: Construction, Repairs, Alterations, and Maintenance of Property (Job Description)
DS35: Appliances, Household Equipment, and Other Selected Items (Purchase of Appliances)
DS36: Appliances, Household Equipment, and Other Selected Items (Other Household Equipment)
DS37: Household Equipment Repairs and Service Contracts
DS38: Home Furnishings and Related Household Items (Rental, Leasing, or Repair of Furniture)
DS39: Home Furnishings and Related Household Items (Purchases)
DS40: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Clothing)
DS41: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Infants' Clothing, Watches, Jewelry, and Hairpieces)
DS42: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Sewing Materials)
DS43: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Clothing Services)
DS44: Rented and Leased Vehicles (Screening Questions)
DS45: Rented and Leased Vehicles (Detailed Questions for Leased Vehicles)
DS46: Owned Vehicles (Detailed Questions)
DS47: Owned Vehicles (Disposed-of Vehicles)
DS48: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Vehicle Maintenance and Repair, Parts and Equipment)
DS49: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Licensing, Registration, and Inspection of Vehicles)
DS50: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Other Vehicle Operating Expenses)
DS51: Insurance Other Than Health (Detailed Questions)
DS52: Hospitalization and Health Insurance (Detailed Questions)
DS53: Hospitalization and Health Insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Plans Not Paid by Consumer Unit)
DS54: Medical and Health Expenditures (Payments for Medical Expenses)
DS55: Medical and Health Expenditures (Reimbursements for Medical Expenses)
DS56: Educational Expenses
DS57: Subscriptions, Memberships, Books, and Entertainment Expenses (Subscriptions and Memberships)
DS58: Subscriptions, Memberships, Books, and Entertainment Expenses (Books and Entertainment Expenses)
DS59: Trips and Vacations (Not Fully Reimbursed)
DS60: Trips and Vacations (Fully Reimbursed)
DS61: Trips and Vacations (Trip Expenses for Non-Consumer Unit Members)
DS62: Trips and Vacations (Local Overnight Stays)
DS63: Miscellaneous Expenses
DS64: Miscellaneous Expenses (Contributions)
DS65: Expense Patterns for Food, Beverages, and Other Selected Items (Food and Beverages)
DS66: Expense Patterns for Food, Beverages, and Other Selected Items (Selected Services and Goods)
DS67: Credit Liability (Credit Balances, Second Quarter Only)
DS68: Credit Liability (Credit Balances, Fifth Quarter Only)
DS69: Credit Liability (Finance Charges, Fifth Quarter Only)
DS70: Interview Survey Sample Program
DS71: Stub Parameter File for Interview Sample Program
DS72: Stub Parameter File for Detailed Expenditures for Interview Sample Program
DS73: Inputs for Interview Sample Program
DS74: Universal Classification Codes
DS75: Vehicle Make and Model
DS76: Output From Interview Sample Program
description: Noninstitutional civilian population of the United
States.
description: Starting with the 1994 collection, the Interview
Survey and the Detailed Expenditure Files (EXPN) are released together
in one data collection by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.This
release includes files from the first quarter of 2003 in addition to
the files containing data from interviews conducted during the four
quarters of 2002.For the Income Files (Parts 4, 8, 12, 16, and
20) the documentation is in error. There are 7 variables, and the
length of record is 34. The variable GIFT was deleted starting with
the 2002 files.