Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 2013 (ICPSR 36477)

Version Date: Jul 28, 2016

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

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36477.v1

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Alternate Title

Surveys of Consumers

Summary

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. The data regularly include the Index of Consumer Sentiment, the Index of Current Economic Conditions, and the Index of Consumer Expectations. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 2013 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, vehicle financing, family income, and retirement planning. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.

Citation

University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program. Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 2013. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-07-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36477.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Census division

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2013-08

Date of Collection

2013-07 -- 2013-08

Data Collection Notes

  1. Information on the Index of Consumer Sentiment, the Index of Current Economic Conditions, and the Index of Consumer Expectations and how they were created can be found in the ICPSR Codebook.

  2. Additional information on the Surveys of Consumers can be found by visiting the Surveys of Consumers Web site.

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Study Purpose

The purpose of this survey series is to forecast changes in aggregate consumer behavior.

Study Design

This survey is a rotating panel design. For each monthly sample, an independent cross-section sample of households is drawn. The respondents chosen in this drawing are then reinterviewed six months later. The result is a rotating panel design, and the total sample for any one survey is normally made up of 60 percent new respondents with 40 percent being interviewed for the second time.

Sample

National sample of dwelling units selected by area probability sampling.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend / Repeated Cross-section

Universe

Persons aged 18 years or older living in households with telephones within the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual, household

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2016-07-28

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program. Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 2013. ICPSR36477-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-07-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36477.v1

2016-07-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

The data are not weighted, however, this collection contains four weight variables; WT (HOUSEHOLD HEAD WEIGHT), WT_HH (HOUSEHOLD WEIGHT), WT_ADHD (ADULT HEAD WEIGHT), and WT_AD (ADULT WEIGHT) that must be used in any analysis. For more information on weights and sampling, please refer to the documentation and/or visit the Surveys of Consumers Web site.

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