Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 2004

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Label

Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 2004

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

• Finance
• Finance, Personal
• Income
• International relations
• Kerry, John
• Military policy
• Presidents -- Election
• Press
• Real property
• Research
• Social Security
• Stock exchanges
• Stocks -- Prices
• agriculture
• attitudes
• automobile ownership
• automobile sales
• automobiles
• business
• business conditions
• defense policy
• durable goods
• economic change
• economic conditions
• economic forecasting
• economic policy
• economics
• education
• elections
• employment
• environment
• foreign policy
• funding
• gasoline
• gasoline prices
• home ownership
• household appliances
• household income
• housing costs
• income
• income estimates
• inflation
• inflation rates
• information
• innovation
• interest rates
• investments
• media use
• news media
• pensions
• personal finances
• pollution
• presidential candidates
• presidential elections
• presidential performance
• price trends
• prices
• real estate
• research
• retirement
• schools
• science
• scientific research
• space exploration
• standard of living
• stock market conditions
• stock markets
• Bush, George W
• survey
• technology
• unemployment
• unemployment rate
• work
• stock prices
• Cost and standard of living
• Ecology
• 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 2004 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, and retirement planning. The August 2004 survey has a section exploring how informed respondents perceive themselves to be about certain science and policy issues as well as questions about science and research. 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, and education