Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1957 (ICPSR 3602)
Version Date: Dec 15, 2005 View help for published
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s)
University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program
Series:
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03602.v1
Version V1
Summary View help for Summary
This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans, as well as travel patterns, use of telephones, attitudes toward various forms of savings, and knowledge of changes in interest rates. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about price changes, employment, recession, and the national business and financial situation, as well as the effect of the world political situation on the national business situation. Variables on telephone use provide information on the number of phones in the household, frequency of calls, and arrangements made for phone use if the respondents had no phone. Variables on travels provide information on the number of business and non-business trips made by air, rail, bus, and car, distance of the trip, length of stay, and the advantages and disadvantages of the particular mode of travel. Other variables probe respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, as well as their appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing these items. Additional variables provide information on respondents' perception of their financial well-being and their opinions of future financial prospects. Demographic items specify age, sex, race, marital status, education, occupation, income, home ownership, and length of stay in the community.
Citation View help for Citation
Export Citation:
Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s)
Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s)
Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection
Sample View help for Sample
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 66 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.
Universe View help for Universe
All families living in continental United States dwelling units, exclusive of those on military reservations.
Data Source View help for Data Source
personal interview
Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date
1984-05-11
Version History View help for 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, SPRING 1957. ICPSR03602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, Social Science Archive [producer], 197?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03602.v1
2005-12-15 On 2005-08-15 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-12-15 to reflect these additions.
1984-05-11 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:
- Standardized missing values.
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Notes
These data are freely available to data users at ICPSR member institutions. The curation and dissemination of this study are provided by the institutional members of ICPSR. How do I access ICPSR data if I am not at a member institution?
This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.