2008

Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)

Microdata Users' Workshop

July 14 - 15, 2008
Postal Square Building
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC

Join fellow Consumer Expenditure Survey microdata users for a series of informative & practical sessions geared to all levels of expertise!

Sessions will cover topics such as:

  • Basic techniques in using the microdata
    • What’s on the files
    • Combining data files
    • Creating subsets of data within and across files
  • Advanced topics in using the microdata
    • Using sample weights for estimation and variances
    • Using the new imputed income variables
  • Theoretical considerations in using the data
    • To weight or not to weight
    • Using interviews independently vs. summing across interviews
  • Special topics highlighting uses of the data
  • Optional hands-on PC sessions using the microdata
  • Q & A free-for-all to tell us what you want us to know!

The workshop is free to all participants.

If you would like to attend, complete the workshop registration form (Word document). A zip file utility is necessary to extract this file. How to view zipped files.

PDF version of the CE Microdata Users' Workshop Flyer

 

Last Modified Date: April 10, 2008