Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2013: Diary Survey Files

The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program provides a continuous and comprehensive flow of data on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. These data are used widely in economic research and analysis, and in support of revisions of the Consumer Price Index. The CE program is comprised of two separate components (each with its own survey questionnaire and independent sample), the Diary Survey and the quarterly Interview Survey (ICPSR 36237). This data collection contains the Diary Survey component, which was designed to obtain data on frequently purchased smaller items, including food, housing, apparel and services, transportation, entertainment, and out-of-pocket health care costs. Each consumer unit (CU) recorded its expenditures in a diary for two consecutive 1-week periods. Although the diary was designed to collect information on expenditures that could not be easily recalled over time, respondents were asked to report all expenses (except overnight travel) that the CU incurred during the survey week. The 2013 Diary Survey release contains five sets of data files (FMLD, MEMD, EXPD, DTBD, DTID), and one processing file (DSTUB). The FMLD, MEMD, EXPD, DTBD, and DTID files are organized by the quarter of the calendar year in which the data were collected. There are four quarterly datasets for each of these files. The FMLD files contain CU characteristics, income, and summary level expenditures; the MEMD files contain member characteristics and income data; the EXPD files contain detailed weekly expenditures at the Universal Classification Code (UCC) level; the DTBD files contain the CU's reported annual income values or the mean of the five imputed income values in the multiple imputation method; and the DTID files contain the five imputed income values. Please note that the summary level expenditure and income information on the FMLD files permit the data user to link consumer spending, by general expenditure category, and household characteristics and demographics on one set of files. The DSTUB file provides the aggregation scheme used in the published consumer expenditure tables. The DSTUB file is further explained in Section III.F.6. "Processing Files" of the Diary Survey Users' Guide. A second documentation guide, the "Users' Guide to Income Imputation," includes information on how to appropriately use the imputed income data. Demographic and family characteristics data include age, sex, race, marital status, and CU relationships for each CU member. Income information was also collected, such as wage, salary, unemployment compensation, child support, and alimony, as well as information on the employment of each CU member age 14 and over. The unpublished integrated CE data tables produced by the BLS are available to download through NADAC (click on "Other" in the Dataset(s) section). The tables show average and percentile expenditures for detailed items, as well as the standard error and coefficient of variation (CV) for each spending estimate. The BLS unpublished integrated CE data tables are provided as an easy-to-use tool for obtaining spending estimates. However, users are cautioned to read the BLS explanatory letter accompanying the tables. The letter explains that estimates of average expenditures on detailed spending items (such as leisure and art-related categories) may be unreliable due to so few reports of expenditures for those items.

消费者支出调查（CE）项目持续且全面地提供有关美国消费者购买习惯的数据流，包括其支出、收入以及消费者单位（家庭和单身消费者）特征等方面的数据。这些数据广泛应用于经济研究和分析，并支持消费者价格指数的修订。CE项目由两个独立的部分组成（每个部分都有其自身的调查问卷和独立样本），即日记调查和季度访谈调查（ICPSR 36237）。本数据收集包含日记调查部分，旨在获取频繁购买的小型商品的数据，包括食品、住房、服装及服务、交通、娱乐和自付医疗保健费用。每个消费者单位（CU）在连续两个1周期间内记录其支出。尽管日记设计用于收集随时间难以回忆的支出信息，但受访者被要求报告在调查周内CU发生的所有支出（除过夜旅行外）。2013年日记调查发布包含五套数据文件（FMLD、MEMD、EXPD、DTBD、DTID），以及一个处理文件（DSTUB）。FMLD、MEMD、EXPD、DTBD和DTID文件按收集数据的日历年季度组织。这些文件各有四个季度数据集。FMLD文件包含CU特征、收入和汇总支出；MEMD文件包含成员特征和收入数据；EXPD文件包含按通用分类代码（UCC）级别的详细每周支出；DTBD文件包含CU报告的年度收入值或五次多重插补方法中五个收入估计值的平均值；DTID文件包含五个收入估计值。请注意，FMLD文件中的汇总支出和收入信息允许数据用户通过一般支出类别链接消费者支出，以及在一套文件中关联家庭特征和人口统计信息。DSTUB文件提供了出版消费者支出表中使用的汇总方案。DSTUB文件在《日记调查用户指南》的第三部分F.6节“处理文件”中进一步解释。另一份用户指南“收入插补用户指南”包括如何适当地使用插补收入数据的信息。人口和家庭特征数据包括每个CU成员的年龄、性别、种族、婚姻状况和CU关系。还收集了收入信息，例如工资、薪水、失业补偿、子女抚养费和赡养费，以及每个14岁及以上CU成员的就业信息。美国劳工统计局（BLS）生产的未公开发布的整合CE数据表可通过NADAC下载（在数据集（s）部分点击“其他”）。这些表格显示了详细项目的平均和百分位支出，以及每个支出估计的标准误差和变异系数（CV）。BLS未公开发布的整合CE数据表作为获取支出估计的便捷工具提供。然而，用户应小心阅读随表格附带的BLS解释信。信中解释称，由于详细支出项目（如休闲和艺术相关类别）的支出报告很少，因此对这些项目的平均支出估计可能不可靠。