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Consumer Alcohol Spending Trends
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Contains 10 fields focused on time and venue of purchase. Financial columns quantify expenditure in constant 1998 US dollars.
- country: The geographic entity covered (e.g., United States), which is the only value present.
- code: The standard country abbreviation (e.g., USA).
- Year: The specific year, ranging from 1935 to 2014.
- Other (at home): Expenditure on alcohol consumed in the home setting, excluding specific food and liquor store purchases.
- Food stores (at home): Expenditure on alcohol purchased specifically from food stores for consumption at home.
- Liquor stores (at home): Expenditure on alcohol purchased from dedicated liquor stores for consumption at home.
- All other (away from home): Expenditure on alcohol consumed outside the home, excluding hotels, motels, restaurants, and bars.
- Hotels & motels (away from home): Expenditure on alcohol purchased at hotels and motels.
- Restaurants & bars (away from home): Expenditure on alcohol purchased at restaurants and bars.
- percentage: Calculated percentages related to the expenditure data.
Distribution
This is a yearly time-series dataset covering 80 years. It provides 80 records or rows of data. The data file is typically supplied in CSV format and includes all 10 described columns. Expenditure figures are measured in US dollars.
Usage
This data product is highly suitable for macroeconomic research, enabling users to observe long-term secular trends in consumer spending and shifts in where consumers procure alcohol. It is valuable for studying the historical elasticity of demand for alcoholic beverages and assessing changes in public health economics. Analysts can easily compare 'at home' versus 'away from home' consumption expenditure across major historical periods.
Coverage
Geographic Scope: The scope is limited strictly to the United States.
Time Range: The dataset provides annual figures spanning the years 1935 through 2014.
Demographic Scope: The dataset reports aggregated national expenditure figures and does not contain breakdowns by specific demographics or populations.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Intended users include economic researchers analysing historical consumption trends, financial analysts focused on the hospitality and retail sectors, public health specialists tracking long-term spending habits, and students engaged in time-series data analysis.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- US Historical Alcohol Spending Data (1935-2014)
- Long-Term US Alcohol Expenditure Analysis
- Consumer Alcohol Spending Trends, 1935–2014
- USA Alcohol Expenditure by Venue.
Attributes
Original Data Source: Consumer Alcohol Spending Trends
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