Description of Data Used from the Ongoing BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys

2009 ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Expenditure

The Economic and Social Background to the Consumer Durables Revolution

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Scott
Keyword(s):  
Durable Goods ◽  
Consumer Credit ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Household Demand ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Consumer Durables ◽  
Technological Improvements

By 1939 rising living standards provided access to an array of durable goods that many people regarded as necessities, but would have been beyond the dreams of their parents twenty-five years earlier. Rising real wages, falling fertility rates, and an expansion and liberalization of consumer credit, collectively made affordable goods that cost several weeks’, months’, or (in the case of housing) years’ income. This chapter examines these trends and then discusses their impacts on household demand for durable goods. For most durables, demand is shown to have risen substantially faster than incomes, producing a major rise in their share of total consumer expenditure. This was partly driven by technological improvements, though successful marketing (both of the goods and the consumer credit that made them affordable) also played a key role.

STATE-LEVEL DIETARY DIVERSITY AS A CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN IN INDIA: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kakoli Borkotoky ◽  
Sayeed Unisa ◽  
Ashish Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

SummaryThis study aimed to identify the determinants of nutritional status of children in India with a special focus on dietary diversity at the state level. Household-level consumption data from three rounds of the Consumer Expenditure Survey of the National Sample Survey Organization (1993–2012) were used. Information on the nutritional status of children was taken from the National Family Health Survey (2005–06). Dietary diversity indices were constructed at the state level to examine diversity in quantity of food consumed and food expenditure. Multilevel regression analysis was applied to examine the association of state-level dietary diversity and other socioeconomic factors with the nutritional status of children. It was observed that significant variation in childhood stunting, wasting and underweight could be explained by community- and state-level factors. The results indicate that dietary diversity has increased in India over time, and that dietary diversity at the state level is significantly associated with the nutritional status of children. Moreover, percentage of households with a regular salaried income in a state, percentage of educated mothers and mothers receiving antenatal care in a community are important factors for improving the nutritional status of children. Diversity in complementary child feeding is another significant determinant of nutritional status of children. The study thus concludes that increasing dietary diversity at the state level is an effective measure to reduce childhood malnutrition in India.

scholarly journals The problem of not observing small expenditures in a consumer expenditure survey

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Alessie ◽  
Raymond Gradus ◽  
Bertrand Melenberg
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Consumer Expenditure Survey ◽  
Expenditure Survey

scholarly journals Have Iras Increased U. S. Saving?: Evidence From Consumer Expenditure Surveys

1990 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven F. Venti ◽  
David A. Wise
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Expenditure
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