CE {rpms}

CE Consumer expenditure data 2015

Description

A dataset containing consumer unit characteristics, assets and expenditure data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey public use interview data file.

Usage

CE

Format

A data frame with 68,415 observations on 47 variables:

Sample-design information

NEWID

Consumer unit identifying variable, constructed using the first seven digits of NEWID BLS derived

PSU

Primary Sampling Unit code for the 21 biggest clusters

CID

Cluster Identifier for all clusters, (created using PSU, REGION, STATE, and POPSIZE) not part of CE data

QINTRVMO

Month for which data was collected

FINLWT21

Final sample weight to make inference to total population

Location of Consumer Unit

STATE

State FIPS code

REGION

Region code: 1 Northeast; 2 Midwest; 3 South; 4 West

BLS_URBN

Urban = 1, Rural = 2

POPSIZE

Population size class of PSU: 1-biggest 5-smallest

Housing and transportation

CUTENURE

Housing tenure: 1 Owned with mortgage; 2 Owned without mortgage 3 Owned mortgage not reported; 4 Rented; 5 Occupied without payment of cash rent; 6 Student housing

ROOMSQ

Number of rooms, including finished living areas and excluding all baths

BATHRMQ

Number of bathrooms

BEDROOMQ

Number of bedrooms

VEHQ

Number of owned vehicles

VEHQL

Number of leased vehicles

Family Information

FAM_TYPE

CU code based on relationship of members to reference person (children incldue blood-related, step and adopted): 1 Married Couple only; 2 Married Couple, children (oldest < 6 years old); 3 Married Couple, children (oldest 6 to 17 years old); 4 Married Couple, children (oldest > 17 years old); 5 All other Married Couple CUs 6 One parent (male), children (at least one child < 18 years old); 7 One parent (female), children (at least one child < 18 years old); 8 Single consumers; 9 Other CUs

FAM_SIZE

Number of members in CU

PERSLT18

Number of people <18 yrs old

PERSOT64

Number of people >64 yrs old

NO_EARNR

Number of earners

Primary Earner Information

AGE

Age of primary earner

EDUCA

Education level coded: 1 None; 2 1st-8th Grade; 3 some HS; 4 HS; 5 Some college; 6 AA degree; 7 Bachelors degree; 8 Advanced degree

SEX

Gender Code: F (Female); M (Male)

MARITAL

Marital Status Coded: 1 Married; 2 Widowed; 3 Divorced; 4 Separated; 5 Never Married

MEMBRACE

Race code: 1 White; 2 Black; 3 Native American; 4 Asian; 5 Pacific Islander; 6 Multi-race

HORIGIN

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? Y (Yes); N (No)

ARM_FORC

Member of armed forces? Y (Yes); N (No)

IN_COLL

Currently enrolled in college? Full (full time); Part (part time); No

Labor Status of Primary Earner

EARNER

Earn income: Y (Yes); N (No)

EARNTYPE

1 Full time all year; 2 Part time all year; 3 Full time part of the year; 2 Part time part of the year;

OCCUCODE

The job in which the member received the most earnings during the past 12 months fits best in the following category: 01 Administrator, manager; 02 Teacher; 03 Professional Administrative support, technical, sales; 04 Administrative support, including clerical; 05 Sales, retail; 06 Sales, business goods and services; 07 Technician; 08 Protective service; 09 Private household service; 10 Other service; 11 Machine operator, assembler, inspector; 12 Transportation operator; 13 Handler, helper, laborer; 14 Mechanic, repairer, precision production; 15 Construction, mining; 16 Farming; 17 Forestry, fishing, grounds-keeping; 18 Armed forces

INCOMEY

Type of employment: 1 An employee of a PRIVATE company, business, or individual 2 A Federal government employee 3 A State government employee 4 A local government employee 5 Self-employed in OWN business, professional practice or farm 6 Working WITHOUT PAY in family business or farm

INCNONWK

Reason did not work during the past 12 months: 1 Retired; 2 Home maker; 3 School; 4 health; 5 Unable to find work; 6 Doing something else

Income

FINCBTAX

Amount of CU income before taxes in past 12 months

SALARYX

Amount of wage or salary income received in past 12 months, before any deductions

SOCRRX

Amount income received from Social Security and Railroad Retirement in past 12 months

Assetts and Liabilities

IRAX

Total value of all retirement accounts

LIQUIDX

Value of liquid assets

STOCKX

Total value of all directly-held stocks, bonds

STUDNTX

Amount owed on all student loans

Expenditures

TOTEXPCQ

Total expenditures for current quarter

TOTXEST

Total taxes paid (estimated)

EHOUSNGC

Total expenditures for housing paid this quarter

HEALTHCQ

Expenditures on health care quarter

FOODCQ

Expenditure on food this quarter

TOBACCCQ

Tobacco and smoking supplies this quarter

FOOTWRCQ

Expenditure on footware1 this quarter

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Source

https://www.bls.gov/cex/pumd_data.htm