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Survey of Consumer Finances, 1983 (ICPSR 9751)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1982-01-01--1983-01-01
The focus of this survey was the estimation of the debt obligations and asset holdings of a nationally representative sample of American families, and their use of financial institutions. A complete, detailed inventory of household assets and debts including businesses, pensions, properties, and financial transactions was collected along with demographic data and a comprehensive work history for primary family members. In addition to recording data on the economic assets and liabilities of 4,103 families, the survey examined the attitudes of consumers toward credit use, their reactions to new financial instruments and to consumer credit regulations, and their knowledge of consumer pension rights and benefits. Data on reasons for various financial choices and attitudes toward financial risk and liquidity were also collected. Information that permits estimation of pension and Social Security wealth was gathered as well. Data for this collection exist in two versions: raw data prepared by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center and recoded data, prepared by the Federal Reserve Board. The latter file was produced by the Federal Reserve Board using a series of consistency checks and imputation procedures to edit the raw data and estimate values for missing data. Additional weights were constructed and included in the recoded data file. New variables were also constructed directly from original variables and, in addition, were created by matching information from other sources such as the U.S. Census.
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Survey of Consumer Finances, 1986 (ICPSR 9753)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1985-01-01--1986-01-01
This is the second in a series of triennial Surveys of Consumer Finances begun in 1983. Surveys of Consumer Finances were conducted annually from 1946 through 1971 and again in 1977. The 1986 survey was designed primarily to update essential information such as household balance sheet and employment data for family units in the sample. Limited information was solicited on the disposition of assets, purchase and sale of homes, and major expenditures for health, durables, charity, and education. Data were also collected to compute savings for the sample households over the period 1983-1986. In addition, the 1986 survey added new lines of inquiry to explore the broad role of the family in economic behavior. Substantial new information was collected on gifts made or received by the household. Data were also gathered on the sharing of living quarters over the previous three years. Information on income and on marital and employment history for those three years was recorded as well.