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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819676303321

Titolo

Measuring what we spend : toward a new consumer expenditure survey / / Panel on Redesigning the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys ; Don A. Dillman and Carol C. House, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-26578-9

0-309-26576-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

339.4/70727

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Cost and standard of living - United States

Consumers - United States

Consumers' preferences - United States

Consumer behavior - United States

Consumer price indexes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and overview -- The many uses of the consumer expenditure surveys -- The current consumer expenditure surveys -- The Panel's investigation into the issues with the CE -- Why redesign the CE? -- Pathway to an improved survey.