{"id":288,"date":"2011-04-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/04\/21\/us-census-consumer-expenditure-survey\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:00:00","slug":"us-census-consumer-expenditure-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/04\/21\/us-census-consumer-expenditure-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"US Census: Consumer Expenditure Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1979, the Census Bureau&#8217;s Consumer Expenditure Survey has supplied the  nation with household data used to help compute the Consumer Price Index, a key  measure of the economy released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In April  2011, the next round of interviews takes place for this quarterly survey. The  survey collects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/pdf\/cb11_tps10table.pdf\">information<\/a> [PDF] on  spending for housing, groceries, health care, transportation and other vital  goods and services. To see the latest data available and additional details visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cex\/\">http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cex\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<table width=\"90%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/pdf\/cb11_tps10table.pdf\">Household Expenditures for Shelter: 2008-2009<\/a><br \/>   <\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <\/td>\n<td><strong>Average Annual Amount Spent on Shelter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Percent of Total Expenditures<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>United States<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>$10,129<\/td>\n<td>20.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Northeast<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>$11,984<\/td>\n<td>22.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<blockquote><p>     <\/p>\n<p><strong>New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>   <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td>$15,482<\/td>\n<td>25.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<blockquote><p>     <\/p>\n<p><strong>Philadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>   <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td>$13,597<\/td>\n<td>23.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<blockquote><p>     <\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>   <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td>$12,857<\/td>\n<td>21.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1979, the Census Bureau&#8217;s Consumer Expenditure Survey has supplied the nation with household data used to help compute the Consumer Price Index, a key measure of the economy released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In April 2011, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/04\/21\/us-census-consumer-expenditure-survey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,232],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}