Survey of consumer finances
By: Federal Reserve Board.
Publisher: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Finance, Personal -- United States; Families -- Economic aspects -- United States; Disposable income -- United States; Consumers -- Research -- United States; Consumption (Economics) -- United States; Household surveys -- United States
Other titles: SCF; FRB OSS-2 SCF index; Panel survey of consumer finances.; Survey of changes in family finances.; Survey of financial characteristics of consumers.; Survey of pension providers.
Description: "The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of U.S. families. The survey also gathers information on the use of financial institutions." For each year of the survey, the SCF website provides access to the collected data and associated replicate weight files in various SAS and ASCII formats. The site also provides full documentation of the survey data, including codebooks and survey instruments used; and it provides a description of survey results, including articles reprinted from the Federal Reserve Bulletin, revised data tables in ASCII and Excel formats, and time series chartbooks. "Also included here are the data and related information from the 1962 Survey of Financial Characteristics of Consumers and the 1963 Survey of Changes in Family Finances. These surveys are the most direct precursors of the SCF. Similar information on the 1983 and 1989 Surveys of Pension Providers is provided as well." documentation of survey data, including codebooks and survey instruments used. "Also included here are the data and related information from the 1962 Survey of Financial Characteristics of Consumers and the 1963 Survey of Changes in Family Finances. These surveys are the most direct precursors of the SCF. Similar information on the 1983 and 1989 Surveys of Pension Providers is provided as well."
Notes: Title from Survey homepage (publisher's website; last viewed Dec. 13, 2006).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.