Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, October 2012

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Label

Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, October 2012

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

• Income
• Internet
• Party affiliation
• Political science
• Presidents -- Election
• Social Security
• Stock exchanges
• Stocks -- Prices
• automobiles
• consumer attitudes
• consumer expectations
• consumer expenditures
• economic behavior
• economic change
• economic conditions
• economic policy
• education
• ethnicity
• financial assets
• financial planning
• gasoline consumption
• gasoline prices
• government
• home ownership
• household appliances
• household expenditures
• household income
• housing costs
• income
• inflation
• interest rates
• investments
• marital status
• mortgages
• national economy
• pensions
• personal finances
• political affiliation
• presidential elections
• refinancing
• retirement
• savings
• standard of living
• stock markets
• stock prices
• survey
• Consumers -- Attitudes
• unemployment rate
• vehicles
• unemployment
• Cost and standard of living
• Economic history
• Finance, Personal

Genre

• survey

Summary

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior (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 2012 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 homes, automobiles, and other durables. Explored in this survey were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, and retirement planning. This survey also asked respondents about the 2012 presidential election, political affiliation, standards of living, and respondents' general feelings. 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