Is a User-Friendly Diary More Effective: Findings from a Field Test

摘要

Diary surveys are often used to collect information on daily activities such as consumer spending. They are particularly useful for collecting daily records of small frequently purchased items, which are normally difficult to recall1. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) with data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Census (BOC), uses a diary survey to collect data on weekly household expenditures.