Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Winter 1974

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Label

Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Winter 1974

Creator

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program

Author

• University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• air pollution
• automobile ownership
• automobile use
• automobiles
• consumer attitudes
• consumer behavior
• consumer expectations
• consumer expenditures
• disposable income
• domestic markets
• durable goods
• economic conditions
• employment
• Consumers -- Attitudes
• government spending
• household appliances
• housing costs
• income tax
• inflation
• national economy
• personal finances
• price fluctuations
• purchasing
• survey
• tax refunds
• gasoline prices
• Economic history
• Expenditures, Public
• Finance, Personal

Genre

• survey

Summary

This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, recession, price changes, and the national business situation. Variables probe respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, and the respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses and other durables. Additional variables probe respondents' opinions of small foreign cars as compared to small American cars, air pollution, gasoline prices, government spending, especially welfare payments, tax increases, income tax filing and returns, their spending plans for income tax refunds, taxes owed, and respondents' financial status relative to the previous year. Information is also provided on respondents' car ownership and the make and use of it. Demographic variables provide information on respondents' age, sex, race, marital status, education, employment status, occupation, and family income