The Data Is A Random Sample From The US Department Of Labor’s 2016 Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) And Provides
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Description of Dataset:
The data is a
random sample from the US Department of Labor’s 2016 Consumer Expenditure
Surveys (CE) and provides information about the composition of households and
their annual expenditures (https://www.bls.gov/cex/).
It contains information from 30 households, where a survey responder provided
the requested information; it is all self-reported information. This dataset
contains four socioeconomic variables (whose names start with SE) and four
expenditure variables (whose names start with USD).
Description of Variables/Data Dictionary:
The
following table is a data dictionary that describes the variables and their
locations in this dataset (Note: Dataset is on second page of this document):
Variable Name
|
Location in Dataset |
Variable Description |
Coding |
|
|
UniqueID# |
First Column |
Unique number used to identify each survey responder |
Each responder has a unique number from 1-30 |
|
SE-MaritalStatus |
Second Column |
Marital Status of Head of Household |
Not Married/Married |
|
SE-Income |
Third Column |
Annual Household Income |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
SE-AgeHeadHousehold |
Fourth Column |
Age of the Head of Household |
Age in Years |
|
SE-FamilySize |
Fifth Column |
Total Number of People in Family (Both Adults and Children) |
Number of People in Family |
|
USD-AnnualExpenditures |
Sixth Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditures |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Food |
Seventh Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditure on Food |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Housing |
Eighth Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditure on Housing |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Transport |
Ninth Column |
Amount in US Dollars |
How to read the data set: Each row
contains information from one household. For instance, the first row of the
dataset starting on the next page shows us that for the first household in the
sample: the head of household is not married and is 35 years old, has an annual
household income is $97,469, has a family size of 4, annual expenditures of
$54,929, and spends $6,900 on food, $18,514 on housing, and $145 on
transportation.
|
UniqueID# |
SE-MaritalStatus |
SE-Income |
SE-AgeHeadHousehold |
SE-FamilySize |
USD-AnnualExpenditures |
USD-Food |
USD-Housing |
USD-Transport |
|
1 |
Not Married |
97469 |
35 |
4 |
54929 |
6900 |
18514 |
145 |
|
2 |
Not Married |
97912 |
49 |
1 |
55704 |
6937 |
18619 |
152 |
|
3 |
Not Married |
96697 |
49 |
2 |
56453 |
6971 |
18520 |
136 |
|
4 |
Not Married |
96653 |
51 |
4 |
56488 |
6943 |
18838 |
124 |
|
5 |
Not Married |
96664 |
53 |
3 |
55558 |
7051 |
18502 |
168 |
|
6 |
Not Married |
95744 |
52 |
4 |
55963 |
7040 |
18435 |
146 |
|
7 |
Not Married |
94929 |
59 |
2 |
55247 |
6948 |
18483 |
133 |
|
8 |
Not Married |
96928 |
43 |
3 |
55932 |
6953 |
18701 |
145 |
|
9 |
Not Married |
97681 |
53 |
4 |
56124 |
7097 |
18676 |
134 |
|
10 |
Not Married |
96244 |
56 |
4 |
56051 |
7073 |
18484 |
141 |
|
11 |
Not Married |
96886 |
44 |
2 |
55321 |
6982 |
