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PUMD ERRATUM — Interview FMLI files |
Consumer Expenditure Public-Use Microdata
Original Release: July 13, 2007 Updated: January 10, 2014
To users of the 1999–2004 Consumer Expenditure Public Use Microdata Files:
The FMLI files contain errors in calculating the travel summary expenditure variables TTRANPRP and TTRANPRC. Since these variables are components in the total summary expenditure variables TTOTALP and TTOTALC, these total summary expenditure variables were also affected by the error. NOTE: for 2004 only, these files have been corrected. However, for years 1999–2003 data users will need to make their own corrections.
FMLI file:
The following Interview Files were affected:
SAS (*.sas7bdat), SPSS (*.sav), STATA (*.dta), ASCII-comma-delimited (*.csv): for all quarters of all years, 1999-2004
Variables affected: TTRANPRP, TTRANPRC, TTOTALP, TTOTALC
TTRANPRP and TTRANPRC were incorrectly calculated as:
TTRANPRP = TGASMOTP
TTRANPRC = TGASMOTC
The correct calculations of these summary variables are provided below:
TTRANPRP = TGASMOTP + TVRENTLP + TTRNTRIP
TTRANPRC = TGASMOTC + TVRENTLC + TTRNTRIC
The corrected means (over 5 quarters) for these variables are as follows:
| Year | TTRANPRP | TTRANPRC |
| 1999 | $73.19 (not $12.17) | $45.80 (not $7.57) |
| 2000 | $82.53 (not $14.15) | $47.24 (not $7.86) |
| 2001 | $77.44 (not $14.53) | $43.37 (not $7.71) |
| 2002 | $76.17 (not $13.96) | $40.19 (not $7.94) |
| 2003 | $72.31 (not $13.67) | $40.85 (not $7.46) |
| 2004 | $83.85 (not $15.14) | $48.18 (not $9.00) |
Users can make the corrections to these variables by adding the missing columns of data with the incorrect versions of TTRANPRP, TTRANPRC, TTOTALP, TTOTALC. The calculations follow:
Corrected TTRANPRP = TTRANPRP + TVRENTLP + TTRNTRIP
Corrected TTRANPRC = TTRANPRC + TVRENTLC + TTRNTRIC
Corrected TTOTALP = TTOTALP + TVRENTLP + TTRNTRIP
Corrected TTOTALC = TTOTALC + TVRENTLC + TTRNTRIC
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by telephone or email.
Phone – (202) 691-6900
Email – cexinfo@bls.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Last Modified Date: January 24, 2024