Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, February 2011

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, February 2011

Creator

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

Author

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

Contributor

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

Subject

• Finance, Personal
• Income
• Medical care
• Medical care, Cost of
• Political science
• Stock exchanges
• Stocks -- Prices
• aging
• assisted living facilities
• automobiles
• consumer attitudes
• consumer expectations
• consumer expenditures
• economic behavior
• economic change
• economic conditions
• education
• ethnicity
• financial planning
• gasoline prices
• government
• health care
• health care costs
• health care reform
• health insurance
• home ownership
• household income
• housing costs
• income
• inflation
• inflation rates
• interest rates
• investments
• life satisfaction
• marital status
• mortgages
• national economy
• neighborhood characteristics
• personal finances
• physical limitations
• prescription drugs
• refinancing
• retirement
• retirement communities
• savings
• stock markets
• stock prices
• Congregate housing
• unemployment
• unemployment rate
• survey
• Consumers -- Attitudes
• Drugs
• Economic history

Genre

• survey

Summary

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. The data regularly include the Index of Consumer Sentiment, the Index of Current Economic Conditions, and the Index of Consumer Expectations. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 2011 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, interest rates, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, and other durables. Also explored in this survey respondents' financial investments, home value, loan use, family income, health care, aging, assisted living for seniors, retirement, and neighborhood characteristics such as location and safety. Other topics in this series typically include ownership, lease, and use of automobiles, respondents' use of personal computers at home and in the office, and respondents' familiarity with and use of the Internet. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, household composition, and education