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Description & Citation--Study No. 1275

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:1275
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01275
 
Title:Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960-2003
 
Principal Investigator(s):William D. Berry, Florida State University
 
  Richard C. Fording, University of Kentucky
 
  Russell L. Hanson, Indiana University-Bloomington
 
Series:Cost of Living Survey Series
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The authors constructed a state cost of living index for the 48 continental United States, measured annually for the period 1960 through 2003 (to update an index for 1960-1995 introduced in the authors' May 2000 Journal of Politics article).
 
Subject Term(s):consumers, cost of living, economic indicators, expenses, families, households, income, twentieth century, working class
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Data Collection Notes:File submitted is statecpi2003.zip which includes readme2003.pdf which has full description of the zipped file. These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigators if further information is desired.
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2003-01-23
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2005-03-15.
 
  2005-03-15 - The file readme2003.pdf has replaced the file readme.pdf, the file method notes 2003 index.pdf has replaced the file method notes 2000 index.pdf, and the file state cpi 1960-2003.xls has replaced the file state cpi 1960-2000.xls.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960-2003
 

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