U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Expenditure Survey

BLS Statistical and Survey Methods Research Papers by CE Staff and Others Using CE Data

• An Exploration of the Application of PLS Path Modeling Approach to Creating a Summary Index of Respondent Burden. (PDF)
  • by Scott Fricker, Craig Kreisler, and Lucilla Tan
  • 2012

• Records Information and Feasibility of Use Study (PDF 2.5MB)
  • by Brandon Kopp, Lucilla Tan, and Nhien To
  • 2012

• Exploring a Balance Edit Approach in the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey (PDF)
  • by Scott Fricker, Brandon Kopp, and Nhien To
  • 2011

• Global Clothing Questions Cognitive Testing Results (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Edgar
  • 2011

• Measurement Issues Study Final Report. (PDF 3.1MB)
  • by Brett Creech, Jeanette Davis, Scott Fricker, Jeffrey Gonzalez, Meaghan Smith, Lucilla Tan, and Nhien To.
  • 2011

• A Proposal for a Preliminary Framework for Monitoring and Reporting on Data Quality for the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF 1.1MB)
  • by Scott Fricker and Lucilla Tan
  • 2012

• U.S. Consumer Expenditure Records Study (PDF)
  • by Emily Geisen, Ashley Richards, and Charles Strohm. RTI International.
  • 2011

• Assessing Contact History Data Quality and Consistency Across Several Federal Surveys (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Nancy Bates, James M. Dahlhamer, Polly Phipps, Adam Safir and Lucilla Tan
  • 2010

• Latent Class Analysis in Consumer Expenditure Reports (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Brian Meekins, Clyde Tucker and Paul Biemer
  • 2010

• Nonresponse Bias in the Consumer Expenditure Survey: A Case Study (PDF)
  • by Susan King, Jennifer Edgar, Jeffrey Gonzalez, Boriana Chopova, and Lucilla Tan
  • 2010

• Source Selection: Selecting and Evaluating America's Expenditures (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Barry Steinberg, Brett Creech, Mary Lynn Schmidt and Patrick Falwell
  • 2010

• Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Susan L. King, Boriana Chopova, Jennifer Edgar, Jeffrey M. Gonzalez, Dave E. McGrath and Lucilla Tan
  • 2009

• Correlates of Data Quality in the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Edgar and Jeffrey M. Gonzalez
  • 2009

• The Effects of Incentives on the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Karen L. Goldenberg, David McGrath, and Lucilla Tan
  • 2009

• Imputation Methods for Adaptive Matrix Sampling (PDF)
  • by Jeffrey M. Gonzalez and John L. Eltinge
  • 2009

• Modeling the Difference in Interview Characteristics for Different Respondents (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by John Dixon
  • 2009

• Using Contact Attempt History Data to Determine the Optimal Number of Contact Attempts (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Adam Safir and Lucilla Tan
  • 2009

• What Does "Usual" Usually Mean? (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Edgar
  • 2009

• Adaptive Matrix Sampling for the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Jeffrey M. Gonzalez and John L. Eltinge
  • 2008

• A Microlevel Latent Class Model for Measurement Error in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Clyde Tucker, Brian Meekins and Paul Biemer
  • 2008

• Mode Effects in a Survey of Consumer Expenditures (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Adam Safir and Karen Goldenberg
  • 2008

• The Use of Paradata for Evaluating Interviewer Training and Performance (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by William P. Mockovak and Randall Powers
  • 2008

• Multiple Matrix Sampling: A Review (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Jeffrey Gonzalez and John L. Eltinge
  • 2007

• Properties of Alternative Sample Design and Estimation Methods for the Consumer Expenditure Surveys (PDF)
  • by John L. Eltinge and Jeffrey M. Gonzalez
  • 2007

• Reduction of Sample Areas in the Consumer Price Index and Consumer Expenditure Survey Designs (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Lawrence Ernst, William H. Johnson and William E. Larson
  • 2007

• Analysis of Recall Effect on the Reporting of Expenditures for the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Barry Steinberg, Boriana Chopova, Lucilla Tan, Jared Ogden, Pierre Bahizi, and Geoffrey Paulin
  • 2006

• Effect of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Moon Jung Cho and Carolyn Pickering
  • 2006

• Effects of Incentives in the U.S. Consumer Expenditures Quarterly Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by David McGrath
  • 2006

• Individual Diary Feasibility Test (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Edgar, Sara Spell, Richard Verlander, and Grace Wetzel
  • 2006

• Is a User-Friendly Diary More Effective? Measuring the Effects on Data Collection (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Nhien To and Lucilla Tan
  • 2006

• Comparison of Item Nonresponse and Unit Nonresponse in Household Surveys (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by John S. Dixon
  • 2005

• Developing Poverty Thresholds (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Thesia I. Garner
  • 2005

• Estimating the Level of Underreporting of Expenditures among Expenditure Reporters: A Micro-level Latent Class Analysis (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Clyde Tucker, Brian Meekins, and Paul Biemer
  • 2005

• A Field Test of a Multiple Diary Procedure for the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • WESTAT
  • 2005

• Optimal Pairing for Stratum Collapse Methods with Interviewer-Level Measurement Error Shared Across Strata (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Moon Jung Cho and John Eltinge
  • 2005

• 2004 Consumer Expenditure Survey: Field Representative Focus Groups (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Shields
  • 2004

• Modeling of Survey Response Rates and Reporting Rates in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Interview (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Moon J. Cho and John L. Eltinge
  • 2004

• Temporal Patterns of Survey Response Rates and Reporting Rates in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Interview and Other Panel Surveys (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Moon J. Cho, John L. Eltinge, and Barry P. Steinberg
  • 2004

• Estimating the Level of Underreporting of Expenditures among Expenditure Reporters: A Microlevel Latent Class Analysis (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Clyde Tucker, Paul P. Biemer, Brian J. Meekins, and Jennifer Shields
  • 2004

• Conceptual and Practical Issues in the Statistical Design and Analysis of Usability Tests (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by John Bosley, John Eltinge, Jean Fox, and Scott Fricker
  • 2003

• Detecting Possibly Fraudulent or Error-Prone Survey Data Using Benford's Law. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 2003, American Statistical Association (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by David Swanson, Moon Jung Cho, and John L. Eltinge
  • 2003

• Economic Well-Being Based on Consumer Expenditures and Personal Assessments of Minimum Income and Minimum Spending. Proceedings of the Section on Social Statistics, 2003, American Statistical Association (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Thesia Garner
  • 2003

• Errors in Survey Reports of Consumption Expenditures (PDF)
  • by Erich Battistin. Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
  • 2003

• Inferential Methods to Identify Possible Interviewer Fraud Using Leading Digit Preference Patterns and Design Effect Matrices. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 2003, American Statistical Association (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Moon Jung Cho, John L. Eltinge, and David Swanson
  • 2003

• Is a User-Friendly Diary More Effective? Findings from a Field Test. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 2003, American Statistical Association (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Eric Figueroa, Jeanette Davis, Sally E. Reyes-Morales, Nhien To, and Lucilla Tan
  • 2003

• Determining Within-PSU Sample Sizes for the Consumer Expenditure Survey (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Sylvia Johnson-Herring, Sharon Krieger, and David Swanson
  • 2002

• CE Interview Global Questions Research: BLS Conference Presentation Report (PDF)
  • by Research Triangle Institute
  • 2000

• The Quality of Proxy Reports on the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • by Brian A. Kojetin and Sarah Jerstad
  • 1997

• An Application Of Regression And Calibration Estimation To Post-Stratification In A Household Survey, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Bodhini Jayasuriya and Richard Valliant
  • 1995

• An Examination Of Spending Patterns Of Families Receiving Forms Of Public Assistance (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by William D. Passero
  • 1995

• Consumer Expenditures and Inequality: An Analysis Using the Gini Coefficient
  • by Thesia I. Garner
  • 1993

• Distributions and Transformations for Family Expenditures (Abstract) (PDF)
  • by Stuart Scott and Daniel J. Rope
  • 1993

• Improving Comprehension and Recall in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey: Discrepancies in Comprehension and Recall as a Source of Nonsampling Error (PDF)
  • by Leslie A. Miller and Theodore Downes-Le Guin
  • 1989

• Recall Effects in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (PDF)
  • by Adriana R. Silberstein
  • 1989

• Comments and Ideas for the BLS Research Agenda for the CE and CPS (PDF)
  • by Judith T. Lessler. National Center for Health Statistics.
  • 1987

• Possible Methods for Improving Response Quality in the CE and CPS (PDF)
  • by Scot Burton. Louisiana State University
  • 1987

• Recommendations on Redesigning the CE and CPS (PDF)
  • by George F. Bishop. Institute for Policy Research, University of Cincinnati.
  • 1987

• Some Experimentation with Recall Procedures and Diaries for Consumer Expenditures (PDF)
  • by Seymour Sudman and Robert Ferber
  • 1971

Last Modified Date: March 05, 2013