DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06710.v1
title: Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1994: Interview Survey and Detailed Expenditure Files
title: Version 1

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.
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
DS2: Member Characteristics and Income, First Quarter
DS3: Detailed Expenditures, First Quarter
DS4: Income File, First Quarter
DS5: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Second Quarter
DS6: Member Characteristics and Income, Second Quarter
DS7: Detailed Expenditures, Second Quarter
DS8: Income File, Second Quarter
DS9: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Third Quarter
DS10: Member Characteristics and Income, Third Quarter
DS11: Detailed Expenditures, Third Quarter
DS12: Income File, Third Quarter
DS13: Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income, Fourth Quarter
DS14: Member Characteristics and Income, Fourth Quarter
DS15: Detailed Expenditures, Fourth Quarter
DS16: Income File, Fourth Quarter
DS17: Major Household Appliances
DS18: Rented Living Quarters
DS19: Owned Living Quarters (Detailed Property Description)
DS20: Owned Living Quarters (Disposed-of Property)
DS21: Owned Living Quarters (Mortgage Payments)
DS22: Owned Living Quarters (Lump Sum Home Equity Loans)
DS23: Owned Living Quarters (Line of Credit Home Equity Loans)
DS24: Owned Living Quarters (Ownership Costs)
DS25: Utilities and Fuels (Telephone Expenses)
DS26: Utilities and Fuels (Screening Questions)
DS27: Utilities and Fuels (Detailed Questions)
DS28: Construction, Repairs, Alterations, and Maintenance of Property (Screening Questions)
DS29: Construction, Repairs, Alterations, and Maintenance of Property (Job Description)
DS30: Appliances, Household Equipment, and Other Selected Items (Purchase of Appliances)
DS31: Appliances, Household Equipment, and Other Selected Items (Other Household Equipment)
DS32: Household Equipment Repairs and Service Contracts
DS33: Furniture Repair and Reupholstering
DS34: Home Furnishings and Related Household Items (Purchases)
DS35: Home Furnishings and Related Household Items (Rental or Leasing of Furniture)
DS36: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Clothing)
DS37: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Infants' Clothing, Watches, Jewelry, and Hairpieces)
DS38: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Sewing Materials)
DS39: Clothing and Sewing Materials (Clothing Services)
DS40: Rented and Leased Vehicles (Screening Questions)
DS41: Rented and Leased Vehicles (Detailed Questions for Leased Vehicles)
DS42: Owned Vehicles (Detailed Questions)
DS43: Owned Vehicles (Disposed-of Vehicles)
DS44: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Vehicle Maintenance and Repair)
DS45: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Licensing, Registration, and Inspection of Vehicles)
DS46: Vehicle Operating Expenses (Other Vehicle Operating Expenses)
DS47: Insurance Other Than Health (Detailed Questions)
DS48: Hospitalization and Health Insurance (Detailed Questions)
DS49: Hospitalization and Health Insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Plans Not Paid by CU)
DS50: Medical and Health Expenditures (Expenses)
DS51: Medical and Health Expenditures (Reimbursements)
DS52: Educational Expenses (Expenses Paid Directly by the Consumer Unit)
DS53: Subscriptions and Memberships
DS54: Books and Entertainment Expenses
DS55: Trips and Vacations (Not Fully Reimbursed)
DS56: Trips and Vacations (Fully Reimbursed)
DS57: Trips and Vacations (Trip Expenses for Non-Consumer Unit Members)
DS58: Trips and Vacations (Local Overnight Stays)
DS59: Miscellaneous Expenses
DS60: Expense Patterns for Food and Beverages
DS61: Expense Patterns for Selected Services and Goods
DS62: Credit Liability (Second Quarter Only)
DS63: Credit Liability (Credit Balances)
DS64: Credit Liability (Credit Finances)
DS65: Aggregation File
DS66: Label File
DS67: Universal Classification Code
DS68: Vehicle Make and Model
description: Noninstitutional civilian population of the United
States.
description: (1) Starting with this collection, the Interview
 Survey and the Detailed Expenditure Files (EXPN) are being released
 together in one data collection by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2)
 Part 69, Documentation File, is an ASCII text file that includes a
 sample computer program and a list of the FMLY and MEMB variables by
 start position. Parts 65 and 66 (Aggregation File and Label File) are
 processing files used by the program in Part 69. (3) The codebook is
 provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format
 was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using
 PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on
 how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the
ICPSR Website on the Internet.