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Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Section 6 - APPLIANCES, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER SELECTED ITEMS - Continued

Part B - HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND OTHER SELECTED ITEMS

  1. SMALL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES

  2. SMALL ELECTRICAL KITCHEN APPLIANCES, including -
  3.  blender electric fry pan juicer
     coffee grinder electric iron mixer
     coffee maker electric knife sandwich grill
     corn popper electric timer slow cooker
     crockpot electric wok toaster
     electric barbecue food processor toaster oven
     electric can opener hot plate waffle iron
     electric fondue set ice cream maker
  4. ELECTRICAL PERSONAL CARE APPLIANCES, including -
  5.  curling iron electric toothbrush make-up mirror
     denture cleaner facial sauna massager
     electric hair trimmer foot bath water-pick
     electric razor hair dryer
     electric scale heating pad
  6. SMOKE DETECTORS, including -
  7.  battery-operated ionization chamber type photo-cell type
     wired
  8. ELECTRIC FLOOR CLEANING EQUIPMENT, including -
  9.  floor polisher hand vacuum rug shampooer
     vacuum cleaner
  10. OTHER HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, including -
  11.  air purifier console trash compactor
     carbon monoxide detectors water filters
     door and window transmitters home security devices (burglar alarms) including control modules, burglar alarm console
  12. SEWING MACHINES (with or without cabinet)
  13.  

  14. CALCULATORS
  15.  

  16. TYPEWRITERS AND OTHER OFFICE MACHINES FOR NON-BUSINESS USE, including -
  17.  adding machine copy machine typewriter
  18. COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND RELATED HARDWARE FOR NON-BUSINESS USE, including -
  19.  cables joy sticks
     computer printers modems
     CRT units for computer use only monitors
     disk drives mouse
     fax modems remote terminals
     home computers with or without CRT’s tape equipment for computer use
     interface equipment
  20. COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND ACCESSORIES FOR NON-BUSINESS USE, including -
  21.  floppy disks mouse pads printer cartridges
     software
  22. TELEPHONES AND ACCESSORIES, including -
  23.  beepers cordless telephones
     phone jacks and cords telephones
     car phones fax machines
     pagers
  24. TELEPHONE ANSWERING DEVICES
  25.  

  26. PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, including
  27.  camera flashlens projector
     battery pack for camera filters tripod
     electro flash motor driven film advancer strobe light (for photographs)
     enlarger projection screen winder

    Do not include film, film processing, or other photographic supplies.

    MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SUPPLIES, AND ACCESSORIES

  28. PIANO, ORGANS, OR KEYBOARDS
  29.  

  30. OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SUPPLIES, AND ACCESSORIES including -
  31.  brass instruments other musical accessories strings for musical instruments
     carrying case picks trombone
     clarinet reeds trumpet
     drums rosinsheet music valve oil
     music books saxophone woodwinds
     music stand stringed instruments
  32. LAWNMOWING MACHINERY AND OTHER YARD EQUIPMENT, including -
  33.  electric lawn shovel trimmer
     lawn mowers snow blower wheelbarrow
     motor tiller spreader
     rake tractor (farm, garden, etc.)

    TOOLS FOR HOME USE

  34. POWER TOOLS, including -
  35.  cleaning equipment electric plane lathe
     electric drill electric polisher router
     electric saw electric swimming pool sander
  36. NONPOWER TOOLS, including -
  37.  axe level socket saw
     caulking gun electric polisher screwdriver
     drill plane trouble light
     hammer pliers wrench

    HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT

  38. WINDOW AIR CONDITIONERS
  39.  

  40. PORTABLE COOLING AND HEATINGEQUIPMENT, including -
  41.  fan humidifier spaceheater
     dehumidifier

    TELEVISIONS, RADIOS, VIDEO AND SOUND EQUIPMENT (Not installed in vehicles)

  42. COLOR TELEVISIONS (portable and table models)
  43.  

  44. COLOR TELEVISION CONSOLES AND COMBINATIONS OF TV; LARGE SCREEN COLOR TV PROJECTION EQUIPMENT; COLOR MONITORS, AND OTHER ITEMS
  45.  

  46. BLACK AND WHITE TVs, AND COMBINATIONS OF TVs WITH OTHER ITEMS
  47.  

  48. VCR, VIDEO CAMERA, VIDEO DISC PLAYER, CAMCORDER, including -
  49.  video cassette player video laser disc player
     video cassette recorder/player video tape recorder/player
     video disc player 
  50. SATELLITE DISHES
  51.  

  52. RADIO, ALL TYPES, including -
  53.  clock radio short-wave walky-talky
     console transistor/portable Walkman (radio only)
     CB (not permanently mounted in an automobile)
  54. TAPE RECORDERS AND PLAYERS (not permanently mounted in an automobile), including -
  55.  audio tape decks reel-to-reel tape decks
     audio cassette players/recorder Walkman (cassette/radio combination or cassette only)
  56. SOUND COMPONENTS, COMPONENT SYSTEMS, AND COMPACT DISC SOUND SYSTEMS
  57.  amplifierspeakers receiver tape deck (not specified)
     compact disc players mixer stereo tuner
     equalizer stereo rack system turntable
  58. OTHER SOUND AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT, including -
  59.  adapter for sound equipment VCR tape rewinder microphone
     antenna (TV, radio, etc.) base station CB antenna UHF video
     power converter earphones/headphones VCR tape
     battery packs headset power booster

    SPORTS, RECREATION, AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

  60. GENERAL SPORTS EQUIPMENT, including -
  61.  badminton set football soccer ball
     sports protective equipment/gear frisbee sports shoes
     baseball bat golf clubs sports uniform
     baseball glove karate equipment tennis racket
     basketball lawn games volleyball
     table tennis equipment racquetball 
     bowling ball racquetball racket 
     boxing equipment roller blades 

    Include specialized athletic shoes such as for football, baseball, soccer, biking, and bowling, except if included in the rental or activity fee for the sport.

  62. HEALTH AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, including -
  63.  exercycle Trampoline weight bench
     exercise mat treadmill 
     rowing machine weights 
  64. CAMPING EQUIPMENT, including -
  65.  air mattress tent canteen portable heater
     camping cookware kerosene lamp sleeping bag
     camping stove pack sleeping pad
  66. HUNTING AND FISHING EQUIPMENT, including -
  67.  ammunition scopes (not specified) rifle
     bow and arrow BB/pellet gun shotgun
     knife fishing rod and tackle
  68. WINTER SPORTS EQUIPMENT, including -
  69.  ice boat ski poles snow skis
     ice skates sled toboggan
     ski boots sledding equipment
  70. WATER SPORTS EQUIPMENT, including -
  71.  diving equipment water skis water ski vest
     raft life jacket wind surf board
     surf board snorkel
  72. OUTBOARD MOTORS
  73.  

  74. BICYCLES, including -
  75.  bicycle helmets rack tires
     bicycle parts stand tubes
     locks supplies
  76. TRICYCLES AND BATTERY POWERED RIDERS, including -
  77.  Big Wheels
  78. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, including -
  79.  portable swimming pool swing set sand box
  80. OTHER SPORTS AND RECREATION EQUIPMENT
  81.  telescope golf cart (non-riding)

 

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Last Modified Date: January 5, 2005