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STAT200 Introduction to Statistics
Dataset for Written Assignments
Description of Dataset:
The data is a random sample from the US Department of Labor’s 2016 Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) and provides information about the composition of households and their annual expenditures (https://www.bls.gov/cex/). It contains information from 30 households, where a survey responder provided the requested information; it is all self-reported information. This dataset contains four socioeconomic variables (whose names start with SE) and four expenditure variables (whose names start with USD).
Description of Variables/Data Dictionary:
The following table is a data dictionary that describes the variables and their locations in this dataset (Note: Dataset is on second page of this document):
|
Variable Name |
Location in Dataset |
Variable Description |
Coding |
|
UniqueID# |
First Column |
Unique number used to identify each survey responder |
Each responder has a unique number from 1-30 |
|
SE-MaritalStatus |
Second Column |
Marital Status of Head of Household |
Not Married/Married |
|
SE-Income |
Third Column |
Annual Household Income |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
SE-AgeHeadHousehold |
Fourth Column |
Age of the Head of Household |
Age in Years |
|
SE-FamilySize |
Fifth Column |
Total Number of People in Family (Both Adults and Children) |
Number of People in Family |
|
USD-Annual Expenditures |
Sixth Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditures |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Food |
Seventh Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditure on Food |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Entertainment |
Eighth Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditure on Entertainment |
Amount in US Dollars |
|
USD-Education |
Ninth Column |
Total Amount of Annual Expenditure on Education |
Amount in US Dollars |
How to read the data set: Each row contains information from one household. For instance, the first row of the dataset starting on the next page shows us that: the head of household is not married and is 40 years old, has an annual household income of $98,717, a family size of 3, annual expenditures of $56,393, and spends $7,036 on food, $106 on entertainment, and $213 on education.