Consumer Expenditure Survey Anthology, 2011
Table of Contents
Part I. Survey Research and Methodology
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Gemini Project overview
(PDF)
A major multiyear redesign of the Consumer Expenditure Survey has commenced.
The mission of the Gemini project is to promote improved expenditure estimates by
reducing measurement error.
Jennifer Edgar and Adam Safir
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An introduction to the Contact History Instrument (CHI) for the Consumer Expenditure Survey
(PDF)
The Contact History Instrument is designed to capture information about the data
collection effort and the interviewer’s interactions with the respondent. An overview
of the CHI is given, with examples of information that the CHI data provide about
data collection efforts.
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CE source selection for publication tables (PDF)
The methods used to select the appropriate survey—the Interview or Diary Survey—
for items published in CE data tables are described, and results are shown from the latest
analysis.
Brett Creech and Barry Steinberg
Part II. Analyses Using Survey Data
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Health care spending patterns of U.S. consumers, by age, 1998, 2003, and 2008 (PDF)
The share of total spending allocated to health care varies substantially by age group
and has changed over the last decade.
Ann C. Foster and Craig J. Kreisler
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How consumers used the 2008 tax rebates: spending, saving, or paying off debt
(PDF)
In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service mailed economic stimulus payments to more
than 130 million income tax filers. Data obtained from responses to supplemental
questions to the Interview Survey component of the Consumer Expenditure Survey
were analyzed to see who received the payments and how they were used.
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Household spending by single persons and married couples in their twenties: a comparison
(PDF)
The twenties are a period of transition for consumers. Differences in spending patterns
between the early and late twenties within the single and married-couple categories are
examined, followed by a comparison between single persons and married couples in their
early and late twenties.
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