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U.S. consumption data
Description
The Blanciforti86 data frame contains annual U.S. consumption data
from 1947 to 1978 or 1981.
These data include eleven aggregate commodity groups:
(1) food, (2) alcohol plus tobacco, (3) clothing, (4) housing,
(5) utilities, (6) transportation, (7) medical care, (8) durable goods,
(9) other nondurable goods, (10) other services, and
(11) other miscellaneous goods;
four food groups:
(1) meats, (2) fruits and vegetables, (3) cereal and bakery products, and
(4) miscellaneous foods;
and four meat groups:
(1) beef and veal, (2) pork, (3) fish, and (4) poultry.
For each of these groups the consumption expenditures, price indices,
and expenditure shares are available.
This data frame contains the following variables / columns:
- year
The year.
- xAggX
Expenditure on the aggregate commodity group X (in Millions of US-Dollars).
- xAgg
Total expenditure on all eleven aggregate commodity groups (in Millions of US-Dollars).
- xcAggX
Deflated expenditure on the aggregate commodity group X (in Million of 1972 US-Dollars).
- xcAgg
Total deflated expenditure on all eleven aggregate commodity groups (in Million of 1972 US-Dollars).
- pAggX
Price index for the aggregate commodity group X (1972 = 100).
- wAggX
Expenditure share of the aggregate commodity group X.
- xFoodX
Per capita expenditure for food group X (in US-Dollars).
- xFood
Total per capita expenditure for all four food groups (in US-Dollars).
- xcFoodX
Deflated per capita expenditure for food group X (in 1972 US-Dollars).
- xcFood
Total deflated per capita expenditure for all four food groups (in 1972 US-Dollars).
- pFoodX
Price index for food group X (1972 = 100).
- wFoodX
Expenditure share of food group X.
- xFoodUsdoc
Expenditure on food published by the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) (in Millions of US-Dollars).
- xFoodUsda
Expenditure on food published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) (in Millions of US-Dollars).
- xFoodNew
Expenditure on food (new estimates) (in Millions of US-Dollars).
- xMeatX
Per capita expenditure for meat group X (in US-Dollars).
- xMeat
Total per capita expenditure for all four meat groups (in US-Dollars).
- pMeatX
Price index for meat group X (1972 = 100).
- cMeatX
Per capita consumption of meat group X (in pounds).
- pMeat
Price index for the meat group (1972 = 100).
- pMeatNew
Price index for the meat group (new estimate) (1972 = 100).
- population3
Population as presented in Table 5.A.3 (in Millions).
- population12
Population as presented in Table 5.A.12 (in Millions).
Usage
data(Blanciforti86)Source
Blanciforti, Laura. A., Richard D. Green and Gordon A. King (1986) U.S. Consumer Behavior Over the Postwar Period: An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis. Giannini Foundation Monograph Number 40, August 1986.