Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Summer 1973 (ICPSR 7476)
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University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07476.v2
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This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, recession, price changes, and the national business situation. Additional variables probe respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, and the respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses and other durables. Other variables probe respondents' opinions of government price controls, government spending, especially spending on welfare, income tax filing and returns, small foreign cars as compared to small American cars, and their financial status relative to the previous year. Information is also provided on respondents' car ownership and the make and use of it, and spending plans for their income tax refunds. Demographic variables provide information on respondents' age, sex, race, marital status, occupation, employment status, and family income.
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- Additional information on the Surveys of Consumers can be found by visiting the Surveys of Consumers Website.
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The purpose of this survey series is to forecast changes in aggregate consumer behavior.
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One respondent from each family unit in the dwellings sampled, usually the head of the family, or the wife. The dwelling units were selected by area probability sampling from primary sampling units. For each dwelling unit in the sample, an interview was sought with a respondent from the primary family and from each secondary family (if any). The head of the family (usually the husband) was the preferred respondent, but the wife could substitute if the head was not readily available.
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All families living in continental United States dwelling units, exclusive of those on military reservations.
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telephone interviews
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1984-05-11
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2022-12-01 Masked variables V798 and V799.
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, Summer 1973. ICPSR07476-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-12-01. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07476.v2
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