Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
The Survey of Consumer Finances – issued every three years by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board – provides data on pension, income, and selected demographic characteristics of American families. The survey also gives information on household relations with financial institutions.
SCFP-2009 was issued in 2011. The following waves are available :
- PSCF-2009
- SCF-2007
- SCF-2004
- SCF-2001
- SCF-1998
- SCF-1995
- SCF-1992
- SCF-1989
- SCF-1986
- SCF-1983
- 1983-89 Panel
- 1962 SFCC & 1963 SCFF
- 1983-1989 SPP
SCF-2010 is currently being collated (data was gathered in mid-2010). Methodology is explained on this Federal Reserve page .
Documentation about the data is available on this Survey of Consumer Finances page .
A related publication, Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2004 to 2007: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances by Brian K. Bucks, Arthur B. Kennickell, Traci L. Mach and Kevin B. Moore, was published in the 'Federal Reserve Bulletin', vol. 95, February 2009.
See also the Library page for the Consumer Expenditure Survey .
Data may be downloaded from the SCF site . Select the wave(s) required via the dropdown menu. Two versions of the data are provided:
- Full Public Data: All SCF variables (in SAS, Stata and ASCII)
- Summary Extract Data
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu