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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. (full source, footnote)
Full Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2003
available at http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm, accessed 25 July 2005.
Data files are available directly from
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ce, accessed 25 July 2005.
Consumer Expenditure Survey data are collected in independent quarterly
Interview and weekly Diary surveys of approximately 7,500 sample
households selected nationwide. Each survey has its own independent
sample. For the Diary survey, respondents complete a diary of expenses
for two consecutive 1-week periods. The Diary survey is designed to
obtain data on frequently purchased but more ephemeral items, such as
food or housekeeping supplies, that respondents are less likely to
recall over time. For the Interview survey, respondents report data to
an interviewer. Respondents are interviewed five times over an 18-month
time period--once every 3 months.
Full Footnote: For details about the Consumer Expenditure Survey and definitions of groups examined in this presentation, see the footnote for the pie charts in the first tab. Abbreviated definitions of expenditure categories follow:
Money Income Before Taxes: total money earnings and selected money receipts during the twelve months prior to the interview date including wages, salaries, and all other money earnings of all consumer unit members from all jobs, self-employment income, Social Security and other income sources.
Food and Alcohol: expenditures for food at home, food away from home, and alcoholic beverage purchases. Food at home includes all expenditures for food at grocery stores or other food stores and food prepared by the consumer unit on trips. It excludes the purchase of nonfood items. Food away from home includes all meals at restaurants, carryouts, and vending machines. Alcoholic beverages includes beer, wine, distilled spirits, and other alcoholic beverages.
Housing: all expenditures associated with owned dwellings including property taxes, mortgages, and interest, rented dwellings and other lodging. Expenses include utilities, fuels, and public services, household operations, and household furnishings and equipment.
Apparel: expenditures for clothing, footwear, other garments, and jewelry for men and women, boys and girls, as well as associated services such cleaning, repair, alterations, and storage.
Transportation: spending on public transportation and expenditures for purchases, rentals, leases, financing, insurance, licenses and the like as well as charges for gas and oil, maintenance and repairs, and so on for vehicles including cars and trucks, motorcycles, campers, trailers, and private airplanes.
Health Care: expenditures on commercial health insurance, HMOs, Medicare, Medicare supplemental insurance, medical, physician, hospital, and nursing home services, prescription and non-prescription drugs, and medical supplies, equipment, rentals, and repair.
Entertainment: expenditures for fees and admissions to sports events, concerts, movies, club memberships, recreational and fraternal organizations, recreational instruction, movie rentals, recreation on trips, and the like; includes television, radio, and sound equipment, rentals, and repairs; pets, toys, and playground equipment and related expenses; and other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services related to hobbies, athletics, and other leisure pursuits.
Miscellaneous Spending: combines multiple small categories including expenditures on personal care products and services; on reading materials and related clubs; on education including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment for public and private nursery, elementary, and high schools, colleges, universities, and other schools; on tobacco products and supplies; and on miscellanea such as bank,legal, and accounting fees, funerals, cemetary plots, union dues, occupational expenses, and non-mortgage or vehicle related finance charges.
Cash Contributions: cash contributions to people or organizations outside the consumer unit such as alimony, child support, support for students away from home, and contributions to religious, educational, charitable, or political organizations.
Personal Insurance and Pensions: expenditures on endowments, personal life, income, mortgage, personal liability, accident, disability, and other nonhealth insurance other than for homes and vehicles; also retirement plans, pensions, and employee-paid Social Security contributions.
Federal Income Taxes: Federal income taxes withheld in survey year to pay for income earned in survey year plus additional taxes paid to cover underpayment or underwithholding in the prior year.
State and Local Taxes: state and local income taxes withheld in survey year plus additional taxes paid to cover underpayment or underwithholding in the prior year, as well as taxes on personal property other than on a dwelling, Social Security taxes paid by the self-employed, and the like.
Full Footnote: For details about the Consumer Expenditure Survey and definitions of groups examined in this presentation, see the footnote for the pie charts in the first tab. Abbreviated definitions of expenditure categories follow:
Money Income Before Taxes: total money earnings and selected money receipts during the twelve months prior to the interview date including wages, salaries, and all other money earnings of all consumer unit members from all jobs, self-employment income, Social Security and other income sources.
Food and Alcohol: expenditures for food at home, food away from home, and alcoholic beverage purchases. Food at home includes all expenditures for food at grocery stores or other food stores and food prepared by the consumer unit on trips. It excludes the purchase of nonfood items. Food away from home includes all meals at restaurants, carryouts, and vending machines. Alcoholic beverages includes beer, wine, distilled spirits, and other alcoholic beverages.
Housing: all expenditures associated with owned dwellings including property taxes, mortgages, and interest, rented dwellings and other lodging. Expenses include utilities, fuels, and public services, household operations, and household furnishings and equipment.
Apparel: expenditures for clothing, footwear, other garments, and jewelry for men and women, boys and girls, as well as associated services such cleaning, repair, alterations, and storage.
Transportation: spending on public transportation and expenditures for purchases, rentals, leases, financing, insurance, licenses and the like as well as charges for gas and oil, maintenance and repairs, and so on for vehicles including cars and trucks, motorcycles, campers, trailers, and private airplanes.
Health Care: expenditures on commercial health insurance, HMOs, Medicare, Medicare supplemental insurance, medical, physician, hospital, and nursing home services, prescription and non-prescription drugs, and medical supplies, equipment, rentals, and repair.
Entertainment: expenditures for fees and admissions to sports events, concerts, movies, club memberships, recreational and fraternal organizations, recreational instruction, movie rentals, recreation on trips, and the like; includes television, radio, and sound equipment, rentals, and repairs; pets, toys, and playground equipment and related expenses; and other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services related to hobbies, athletics, and other leisure pursuits.
Miscellaneous Spending: combines multiple small categories including expenditures on personal care products and services; on reading materials and related clubs; on education including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment for public and private nursery, elementary, and high schools, colleges, universities, and other schools; on tobacco products and supplies; and on miscellanea such as bank,legal, and accounting fees, funerals, cemetary plots, union dues, occupational expenses, and non-mortgage or vehicle related finance charges.
Cash Contributions: cash contributions to people or organizations outside the consumer unit such as alimony, child support, support for students away from home, and contributions to religious, educational, charitable, or political organizations.
Personal Insurance and Pensions: expenditures on endowments, personal life, income, mortgage, personal liability, accident, disability, and other nonhealth insurance other than for homes and vehicles; also retirement plans, pensions, and employee-paid Social Security contributions.
Federal Income Taxes: Federal income taxes withheld in survey year to pay for income earned in survey year plus additional taxes paid to cover underpayment or underwithholding in the prior year.
State and Local Taxes: state and local income taxes withheld in survey year plus additional taxes paid to cover underpayment or underwithholding in the prior year, as well as taxes on personal property other than on a dwelling, Social Security taxes paid by the self-employed, and the like.