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 2021 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 2021 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（Consumer Expenditure Survey，CE）项目包含两项调查：季度访谈调查与年度日记调查。两项调查联合开展，可提供美国消费者的消费习惯相关信息，涵盖其支出、收入以及消费单元（consumer unit，即家庭与个人消费者）的特征数据。本项目的调查数据由美国人口普查局为美国劳工统计局（Bureau of Labor Statistics，BLS）采集。CE覆盖全部消费品类别的数据采集，涵盖食品、住房、服装及服务、交通、娱乐以及自费医疗成本。CE相关表格是获取艺术相关消费估算值的便捷工具，其包含多项艺术相关消费类别，具体如下：
- 入场消费：戏剧、话剧、歌剧与音乐会门票，电影、公园及博物馆门票
- 阅读消费：报纸与杂志、书籍、电子阅读器
- 其他艺术相关消费：乐器、摄影器材、视听设备、玩具、游戏用品及工艺美术用品

CE的重要性在于，它是全美唯一一项可覆盖消费者全维度支出与收入信息，以及消费者自身特征的联邦调查。经济政策制定者可借助该调查分析政策变动对不同经济群体的影响；美国人口普查局将其作为补充贫困衡量标准（Supplemental Poverty Measure）阈值的数据来源；企业与学术研究人员可依托其开展消费者消费习惯与趋势研究；其他联邦机构亦可使用该数据；而最为重要的是，该调查可用于定期修订消费者物价指数（Consumer Price Index，CPI）的商品与服务市场篮子及其相对权重。
最新的表格数据为2021年版，包含两类内容：1）面向全部消费单元的详细表格，涵盖当前可获取的最细粒度支出数据，以及各支出项的方差与报告占比（下载菜单中标记为"Other"）；2）按人口统计特征划分的日历年度总占比表格，可提供各人口群体的年度总支出与占比情况（下载菜单中标记为"Excel"）。此外，可访问CE官网的“特色CE表格”与“经济新闻发布”板块，获取最新的表格数据与新闻稿。
1980年至2021年的CE公开使用微数据，包含访谈调查数据、日记调查数据以及元数据（paradata，即数据采集流程相关信息），可在CE官网获取。