Contributions of Survey Methods to Economics

aggregate amounts asset effect asset groups basic business cycle business-cycle buying cash chapter coefficients consumer behavior Consumer Finances consumer units consumption contractual saving correlation debt decrease DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE dissaved distribution Economic Behavior effect of income Engel curves estimates excluded expected income expenditures on durable F-ratio farm frequency home owners home ownership homogenized residuals household hypotheses included income and assets income change income expectations income groups income increases income level indicate individual interaction interview Katona Kistin kurtosis liquid asset holdings marginal propensity metropolitan areas microeconomic money outlays nomic nonfarm normal distribution patterns payments percent period population problem proportion purchase regression reinterview sample relation relationships renters saving behavior SAVING RESIDUALS savings equations savings-income significant standard deviation STANDARD ERROR statistical sumer survey data survey method Survey Research Center survey sample Surveys of Consumer Table tion types variable saving variance analysis