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Consumer Expenditure Surveys

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:  775$1353775$135&7727$/37727$/&
775$1353DQG775$135&ZHUHLQFRUUHFWO\FDOFXODWHGDV
775$1353 7*$60273
775$135& 7*$6027&

7KHFRUUHFWFDOFXODWLRQVRIWKHVHVXPPDU\YDULDEOHVDUHSURYLGHGEHORZ
775$1353 7*$60273795(17/3775175,3
775$135& 7*$6027&795(17/&775175,&

7KHFRUUHFWHGPHDQVRYHUTXDUWHUVIRUWKHVHYDULDEOHVDUHDVIROORZV

<HDU       775$1353                 775$135&
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QRW QRW
QRW QRW QRW QRW QRW QRW

8VHUVFDQPDNHWKHFRUUHFWLRQVWRWKHVHYDULDEOHVE\DGGLQJWKHPLVVLQJFROXPQVRIGDWDZLWKWKHLQFRUUHFW
YHUVLRQVRI775$1353775$135&7727$/3DQG7727$/&7KHFDOFXODWLRQVIROORZ

&RUUHFWHG775$1353 775$1353795(17/3775175,3
&RUUHFWHG775$135& 775$135&795(17/&775175,&
&RUUHFWHG7727$/3 7727$/3795(17/3775175,3
&RUUHFWHG7727$/& 7727$/&795(17/&775175,&

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: July 5, 2016