Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Summer 1962

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Principal Investigator(s): University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program

Summary: This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans, as well as to provide information about attitudes toward tax reduction, the recent stock market decline and its impact on consumers, and the geographic mobility of adults of working age from one town to another. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, recession, price changes, and the national business situation. Other variables probe respondents' b... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03627.v2

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