Federal Reserve Economic Data: Your trusted data source since 1991

Table Data - Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Composition of Consumer Unit: Other Married Couple Consumer Units

NOTE: To improve accessibility of data for all users, this file was converted from a text format to an html table.

Title Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Composition of Consumer Unit: Other Married Couple Consumer Units
Series ID CXUCONSUNITLB0608M
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Thousands
Date Range 1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-09-14 4:19 PM CDT
Notes Composition of consumer unit refers to the classification of interviewed families according to: (1) relationship of other family members to the reference person; (2) age of the children of the reference person; and (3) combination of relationship to the reference person and age of the children. Stepchildren and adopted children are included with the reference person's own children.
The reference person is the first member mentioned by the respondent when asked to "Start with the name of the person or one of the persons who owns or rents the home." It is with respect to this person that the relationship of the other consumer unit members is determined.

A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided entirely, or in part, by the respondent.

For more details about the data or the survey, visit the FAQs.
DATE VALUE
1984-01-01 3914
1985-01-01 3864
1986-01-01 3646
1987-01-01 3584
1988-01-01 3684
1989-01-01 3574
1990-01-01 4005
1991-01-01 3875
1992-01-01 4047
1993-01-01 4008
1994-01-01 3989
1995-01-01 4035
1996-01-01 4131
1997-01-01 4291
1998-01-01 4160
1999-01-01 4488
2000-01-01 4705
2001-01-01 4665
2002-01-01 4357
2003-01-01 4732
2004-01-01 4933
2005-01-01 4516
2006-01-01 4741
2007-01-01 4841
2008-01-01 4521
2009-01-01 4939
2010-01-01 5844
2011-01-01 5777
2012-01-01 5241
2013-01-01 5180
2014-01-01 5495
2015-01-01 4697
2016-01-01 4946
2017-01-01 4936
2018-01-01 5242
2019-01-01 5434
2020-01-01 5332
2021-01-01 4817
2022-01-01 5640

Subscribe to the FRED newsletter


Follow us

Back to Top