Consumer Expenditures

This is a model which relates EASI updated Income Distribution, Age of Head of Household A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. In 100-percent tabulations, the count of households or householders always equals the count of occupied housing units. In sample tabulations, the numbers may differ as a result of the weighting process., and Tenure to information modeled against the latest Consumer Expenditures (CEX) study results. This study is based upon the results of the latest Consumer Expenditure Survey done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Survey consists of two components. The first is a diary survey completed for two consecutive 1 week periods and the second is an interview in which a comprehensive survey of expenditures is reviewed every three months and repeated every three months for 5 time periods. This second rotating interview sample consists of 5,000 consumer units per quarter (3 months). The interview survey includes large expenditures such as property, automobiles, and major appliances or other expenditures that occur on a regular basis. This interview survey includes about 95% of all expenditures.

These data are used by The Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise the market basket of goods and services used in the Consumer Price Index. A consumer unit is all members of a particular household A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. In 100-percent tabulations, the count of households or householders always equals the count of occupied housing units. In sample tabulations, the numbers may differ as a result of the weighting process. who are related by blood, marriage adoption or other legal arrangement or a person living alone or sharing a household A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. In 100-percent tabulations, the count of households or householders always equals the count of occupied housing units. In sample tabulations, the numbers may differ as a result of the weighting process. or a room or 2 or more people living together who share responsibility for 2 out 3 of the major expenditures (food, housing, and other expenses).

Expenditures are defined as transaction costs including sales taxes, of goods and services acquired during the survey year. These include expenditures for gifts and for contributions and payments for pensions and personal insurance.