10.3886/ICPSR26724.v1 United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2009 consumer behavior consumer expenditures consumers demographic characteristics durable goods food costs household income households purchasing 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 survey data 26724 1 The ongoing Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) provides a continuous flow of information on the buying habits of American consumers and also furnishes data to support periodic revisions of the Consumer Price Index.