Consumer Expenditure Survey Summary Tables

The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys: the quarterly Interview survey and the annual Diary survey. Combined, these two surveys provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The CE collects all on all spending components including food, housing, apparel and services, transportation, entertainment, and out-of-pocket health care costs. The CE tables are an easy-to-use tool for obtaining arts-related spending estimates. They feature several arts-related spending categories, including the following items: Spending on Admissions Plays, theater, opera, and concerts Movies, parks, and museums Spending on Reading Newspapers and magazines Books Digital book readers Spending on Other Arts-Related Items Musical instruments Photographic equipment Audio-visual equipment Toys, games, arts and crafts The CE is important because it is the only Federal survey to provide information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes, as well as the characteristics of those consumers. It is used by economic policymakers examining the impact of policy changes on economic groups, by the Census Bureau as the source of thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure, by businesses and academic researchers studying consumers' spending habits and trends, by other Federal agencies, and, perhaps most importantly, to regularly revise the Consumer Price Index market basket of goods and services and their relative importance. The most recent data tables are for 2020 and include: 1) Detailed tables with the most granular level of expenditure data available, along with variances and percent reporting for each expenditure item, for all consumer units (listed as "Other" in the Download menu); and 2) Tables with calendar year aggregate shares by demographic characteristics that provide annual aggregate expenditures and shares across demographic groups (listed as "Excel" in the Download menu). Also, see Featured CE Tables and Economic News Releases sections on the CE home page for current data tables and news release. The 1980 through 2020 CE public-use microdata, including Interview Survey data, Diary Survey data, and paradata (information about the data collection process), are available on the CE website.

消费者支出调查（CE）项目包括两项调查：季度访谈调查和年度日记调查。这两项调查共同构成了对美国消费者购买习惯的全面信息，包括他们在支出、收入以及消费者单元（家庭和单身消费者）特征方面的数据。该调查数据由美国人口普查局（U.S. Census Bureau）收集，以供美国劳工统计局（BLS）使用。CE调查涵盖了所有支出组成部分，包括食品、住房、服装及服务、交通、娱乐以及自付医疗保健费用。CE表格是获取艺术相关支出估计的便捷工具，其中包括以下艺术相关支出类别：门票支出、戏剧、剧院、歌剧和音乐会、电影、公园和博物馆；阅读支出、报纸和杂志、书籍、数字阅读器；以及其他艺术相关物品支出，如乐器、摄影设备、视听设备、玩具、游戏、艺术和手工艺品。CE调查的重要性在于，它是唯一一项提供消费者支出、收入全范围信息以及消费者特征的联邦调查。它被经济政策制定者用于分析政策变化对经济群体的影响，作为人口普查局制定补充贫困衡量标准阈值的依据，被企业和学术研究人员用于研究消费者的支出习惯和趋势，被其他联邦机构使用，或许最重要的是，用于定期修订消费者价格指数的商品和服务市场篮子及其相对重要性。最新的数据表格涵盖2020年数据，包括：1）详细表格，包含最细粒度的支出数据，以及每个支出项目的方差和报告百分比，对所有消费者单元（在下载菜单中列示为“其他”）；2）表格，按人口统计特征提供日历年综合份额，包括跨人口群体的年度综合支出和份额（在下载菜单中列示为“Excel”）。此外，请参阅CE主页上的“特色CE表格”和“经济新闻发布”部分，获取当前的数据表格和新闻发布。1980年至2020年的CE公共使用微观数据，包括访谈调查数据、日记调查数据和辅助数据（关于数据收集过程的信息），可在CE网站上获取。