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Construction Spending

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Commerce
Sub-Agency/Organization	US Census Bureau
Category	Construction and Housing
Date Released	1964
Date Updated	07/02/2012
Time Period	Calendar year
Frequency	Monthly
Description	Construction Spending provides monthly estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the U.S. Construction Spending covers the dollar construction work done each month on new structures or improvements to existing structures for private and public sectors. Data estimates include the cost of labor and materials, cost of architectural and engineering work, overhead costs, interest and taxes paid during construction, and contractor's profits.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	construction, spending, value, put in place, private, residential, nonresidential, public, state, local, federal, lodging, office, commercial, health care, educational, religious, safety, amusement, recreation, transportation, communication, power, highway, street, sewage, waste, disposal, water, supply, conservation, development, manufacturing, structure, building, single-family, multifamily, housing, new, improvement, existing, sectors, cost, labor, materials, architectural, engineering, overhead, interest, taxes, contractor, profit
Unique ID	5600

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Construction Spending, http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html
Agency Program Page	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	value of construction work
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	paper, web, fax, phone
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/about_the_survey.html
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/definitions.pdf

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Additional Metadata	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/historical_data.html

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Sampling	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Estimation	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Weighting	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Disclosure avoidance
Questionnaire design
Series breaks
Non-response adjustment	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf
Seasonal adjustment	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/meth.html
Statistical Characteristics	http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/methodology.pdf

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