Survey of Consumer Finances, 1951

<p>This data collection is one in a series of financial surveys of consumers conducted annually since 1946. In a nationally representative sample, the head of each spending unit (usually the husband, the main earner, or the owner of the home) was interviewed. The basic unit of reference in the study was the spending unit, but some family data are also available. The questions in the 1951 survey covered the respondent's attitudes toward national economic conditions and price activity, as well as the respondent's own financial situation. Other questions examined the spending unit head's occupation, and the nature and amount of the spending unit's income, debts, liquid assets, changes in liquid assets, savings, investment preferences, and actual and expected purchases of cars and other major durables. In addition, the survey explored in detail the subject of housing, e.g., previous and present home ownership, value of respondent's dwelling, and mortgage information. Other questions concerned GI insurance dividends and investment preferences. The 1951 survey included a separate questionnaire for farmers that contained differing questions on sources of income and housing. Personal data include number of people in the spending unit, age, sex, and education of the head, and the race and sex of the respondent. (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)</p>
<p><strong>Please Note</strong>: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR at <a href="https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03609.v1">https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03609.v1</a>. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.</p>

本数据集是自1946年起每年开展的消费者金融调查系列之一。在全国代表性样本中，每个支出单位（spending unit）的负责人（通常为丈夫、主要收入者或房屋所有者）接受了访谈。本研究的基本参考单位为支出单位，但也包含部分家庭数据。1951年调查中的问题涵盖了受访者对国家经济状况和价格变动的态度，以及其自身的财务状况。其他问题调查了支出单位负责人的职业，以及支出单位收入、债务、流动资产（liquid assets）、流动资产变化、储蓄、投资偏好的性质与金额，还有汽车及其他主要耐用品（major durables）的实际与预期购买情况。此外，调查还详细探讨了住房相关主题，例如过往及当前的房屋所有权、受访者住房价值及抵押贷款信息。个人数据包括支出单位的人数、负责人的年龄、性别及教育程度，以及受访者的种族与性别。