Consumer Spending Research
Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Tables showing how much families spend in various categories from the U.S.
Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information is available
by age, family composition, education, income, number of earners, occupation,
region, and size of consumer unit. http://stats.bls.gov/cex/home.htm
CEDRIC - Consumer
and Economic Development Research and Information Center
Searchable research repository has huge section on Consumer Financial Behavior. http://www.chicagofed.org/cedric/cedric_index.cfm
Consumer Spending
by Age Group
Let's Talk Business, Sept. 2002 summary by Bill Ryan, UWEX, of "The Power
of the Purse," supplement to American Demographics, July/August 2002. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/lets/0902ltb.html
Expenditures on Children
by Families
PDF files of 1995-2003 USDA reports on child-rearing expenses from birth to
17. http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/using2.html
Federal Judiciary Homepage:
News and Information
Newsroom offers the earliest release of quarterly bankruptcy statistics. http://www.uscourts.gov/news.html
Federal Reserve Board:
Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
Latest statistics on consumer credit and household debt service burden.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/
Household
Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios
"Household debt service payments and financial obligations as a percentage
of disposable personal income; seasonally adjusted." From Federal Reserve
Board.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/housedebt/default.htm
Household
Spending on Food 2003
Part of Household Food
Security in the US, 2003 from USDA Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr42/fanrr42c.pdf
Household
Spending on Food 2002,
Part of "Household
Food Security in the U.S. 2002" from USDA Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr35/fanrr35c.pdf
Recent Changes in U.S. Family Finances: Evidence from the 1998 and 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances Also results from the 1998 Survey and the 1995 Survey. http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2003/0103lead.pdf
Restaurant
Spending
National Restaurant Association's summary data. http://www.restaurant.org/research/consumer/spending.cfm
Spending Patterns
by Age
Bureau of Labor Statistics summary 00-16 August 2000. http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils41.pdf
Survey
of Consumer Finances
"Triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic
characteristics of U.S. families. The survey also gathers information on the
use of financial institutions. The links to the surveys provide summary results
of the surveys, codebooks and related documentation, and the publicly available
data. http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/scfindex.html
U.S. Census Bureau
- Income
Income data from various U.S. Census reports.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income.html
Poverty
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Resources information. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html
Statistical Sources Webography
Sources selected for UWEX Cooperative Extension. http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Steenbock/services/stats.htm
U.S.
Consumers and Electronic Banking, 1995-2003
"This article draws on data from two nationwide surveys
to look at consumer use of such products and services as debit cards,
pre-authorized debits, and computer banking, particularly as use
relates to consumer demographic characteristics and consumer perceptions." http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2004/winter04_ca.pdf
World
Consumer Markets 
"Delivers volume and value market size data across 52 countries. All the
data is fully comparable across more than 350 consumer products and over a six-year
time series. Key socio-economic parameters such as population trends and economic
indicators are also included, to help place consumer trends in context."