bls consumer expenditure survey 2017

Voice phone: (202) 691-5200. (See Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Starting in 1888, the CE was collected approximately every 10 years through the 1972–73 survey; annual collection began in late 1979. Ownership rates declined from a peak of 68 percent of households in 2004 to 62 percent of households in 2016. This follows an increase of 2.4 percent in 2016, previously recorded by the CE. Highest education level of any member: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017Table 12. (See Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys.The most notable changes in expenditure shares between 2016 and 2017 were in personal insurance and pensions, and the transportation subcategories of vehicle purchases and public and other transportation. As a result, some items are selected from the Interview Survey, others from the Diary Survey. Aside from those born in 1927 or earlier, the proportion of food expenditures on food at home increased for older generations. Number of earners in consumer unit: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017Table 8. Generation of reference person: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017

Personal insurance and pensions fell from 11.9 percent to 11.3 percent of average annual expenditures. The CE principal objective is to collect information on the buying habits of U.S. consumers. An official website of the United States government Size of consumer unit: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017Table 6. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys: the quarterly Interview survey and the annual Diary survey. Results in this report are based on integrated data from both surveys.

The share for total transportation increased a tenth of a percent to 15.9 percent. For example, the Diary Survey does not collect information on reimbursements, whereas the Interview Survey does. The CE introduced these estimates to improve the quality of the surveyed tax liabilities, which suffered from low response rates.

Percentage of total food expenditure for food at home and food away from home, by generation of reference person, 2017Table 1. The Interview Survey also collects data on expenditures incurred on leisure trips. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Quintiles of income before taxes: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017Table 2. Housing tenure and type of area: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, 2017Table 9. Data on some expenditure items are collected in only one of the surveys. As first reported in the Consumer Expenditures 2017 News Release, consumer spending increased 4.8 percent.

Expenditure amounts include all sales and excise taxes for items purchased by the consumer unit.

Table 1300. The other 2,000 addresses are generally nonexistent, nonresidential, or vacant.