Data provider
Product group
Description
The Survey of Household Spending (SHS) collects detailed spending information, as well as selected information on dwelling characteristics and household equipment.
The following products are included in the file package:
- Two microdata files (interview and diary) available in .TXT format
- pumf_shs2017_interview_flatfile.txt
- pumf_shs2017_diary_flatfile.txt
- For each of the microdata files:
- Record layout
- Data dictionary
- Averages
- Frequencies
- Reading cards for SAS, SPSS and STATA
- Two bootstrap weight files (interview and diary) available in .TXT format
- pumf_shs2017_interview_bsw_flatfile.txt
- pumf_shs2017_diary_bsw_flatfile.txt
- For each of the bootstrap weight files:
- Reading cards for SAS, SPSS and STATA
- “User guide for the Survey of Household Spending public-use microdata file, 2017” (this document)
- “Expenditure category hierarchy, PUMF 2017” document
Notes
These data come directly from the PUMF and are available in SAS or TXT format. Users should read the User Guide and other documentation before attempting to use the data.
Geographies
Years within data
2017
File format
File Size
225.1 MB
Variable terms
Date released
Full title
Survey of Household Spending (SHS) Public Use Microdata File, 2017