Blanciforti86: U.S. consumption data

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U.S. consumption data

Description

The Blanciforti86 data frame contains annual U.S. consumption data from 1947 to 1978 or 1981. These data include eleven aggregate commodity groups: (1) food, (2) alcohol plus tobacco, (3) clothing, (4) housing, (5) utilities, (6) transportation, (7) medical care, (8) durable goods, (9) other nondurable goods, (10) other services, and (11) other miscellaneous goods; four food groups: (1) meats, (2) fruits and vegetables, (3) cereal and bakery products, and (4) miscellaneous foods; and four meat groups: (1) beef and veal, (2) pork, (3) fish, and (4) poultry. For each of these groups the consumption expenditures, price indices, and expenditure shares are available.

This data frame contains the following variables / columns:

year

The year.

xAggX

Expenditure on the aggregate commodity group X (in Millions of US-Dollars).

xAgg

Total expenditure on all eleven aggregate commodity groups (in Millions of US-Dollars).

xcAggX

Deflated expenditure on the aggregate commodity group X (in Million of 1972 US-Dollars).

xcAgg

Total deflated expenditure on all eleven aggregate commodity groups (in Million of 1972 US-Dollars).

pAggX

Price index for the aggregate commodity group X (1972 = 100).

wAggX

Expenditure share of the aggregate commodity group X.

xFoodX

Per capita expenditure for food group X (in US-Dollars).

xFood

Total per capita expenditure for all four food groups (in US-Dollars).

xcFoodX

Deflated per capita expenditure for food group X (in 1972 US-Dollars).

xcFood

Total deflated per capita expenditure for all four food groups (in 1972 US-Dollars).

pFoodX

Price index for food group X (1972 = 100).

wFoodX

Expenditure share of food group X.

xFoodUsdoc

Expenditure on food published by the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) (in Millions of US-Dollars).

xFoodUsda

Expenditure on food published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) (in Millions of US-Dollars).

xFoodNew

Expenditure on food (new estimates) (in Millions of US-Dollars).

xMeatX

Per capita expenditure for meat group X (in US-Dollars).

xMeat

Total per capita expenditure for all four meat groups (in US-Dollars).

pMeatX

Price index for meat group X (1972 = 100).

cMeatX

Per capita consumption of meat group X (in pounds).

pMeat

Price index for the meat group (1972 = 100).

pMeatNew

Price index for the meat group (new estimate) (1972 = 100).

population3

Population as presented in Table 5.A.3 (in Millions).

population12

Population as presented in Table 5.A.12 (in Millions).

Usage

data(Blanciforti86)

Source

Blanciforti, Laura. A., Richard D. Green and Gordon A. King (1986) U.S. Consumer Behavior Over the Postwar Period: An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis. Giannini Foundation Monograph Number 40, August 1986.

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