# BLS survey `cx`

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LABSTAT time-series database (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/). Public domain U.S. government data. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

`*_series.parquet` defines each series_id (labels); `*_data_*.parquet` holds series_id, year, period (M01-M12 monthly, Q0x quarterly, A01/M13 annual), value, footnote_codes; other files map codes to labels.

| file | rows | columns |
|---|---|---|
| cx.aspect | 13096110 | series_id, year, period, aspect_type, value, footnote_codes |
| cx.category | 4 | category_code, category_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |
| cx.characteristics | 164 | demographics_code, characteristics_code, characteristics_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |
| cx.contacts | 10 | Consumer Expenditure Surveys Contacts |
| cx.data.1.AllData | 2182685 | series_id, year, period, value, footnote_codes |
| cx.demographics | 19 | demographics_code, demographics_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |
| cx.footnote | 8 | footnote_code, footnote_text |
| cx.item | 1214 | subcategory_code, item_code, item_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |
| cx.process | 1 | process_code, process_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |
| cx.series | 183935 | series_id, seasonal, category_code, subcategory_code, item_code, demographics_code, characteristics_code, process_code, series_title, footnote_codes, begin_year, begin_period, end_year, end_period |
| cx.subcategory | 23 | category_code, subcategory_code, subcategory_text, display_level, selectable, sort_sequence |