The April 2026 monthly data are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
FSSPDMKTLW
Amount spent on food at supermarket or grocery store in last week
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Top codes:
2015: $400 (code 400)
2016: Given top code of $400, but the data have top code of $500 (code 500)
2017: $400 (code 400)
2018-2019: $450 (code 450)
2020: $350 (code 350)
2021: $400 (code 400)
2022: $450 (code 450)
2023: $490 (code 490)
2024: $500 (code 500)
Codes
996: Refused
997: Don't know
998: No response
999: NIU
Description
FSSPDMKTLW indicates the amount of money spent by the household on purchases at super-markets and grocery stores in the last week (i.e., locations listed under FSSHOPMKTLW). Amounts are rounded to the nearest 10 dollars with the exception of values between 1 and 7 dollars which are recoded as the midpoint of 4 dollars.
This variable is part of the Food Security Supplement.
Universe
- Dec 2015, Dec 2016, Dec 2017, Dec 2018, Dec 2019, Dec 2020, Dec 2021, Dec 2022, Dec 2023, and Dec 2024: Households interviewed for the Food Security supplement (crvar>FSSUPINT
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 – 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X |
