Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board, this triennial survey collects information concerning household financial characteristics and behavior. The survey is widely believed to be the best source of information about family finances in the United States. Data from this study inform a wide variety of economic policy decisions across the government, and they also serve as a basis for longer-term research on the economic state of the American family. The survey collects information from approximately 4,500 respondents. NORC is conducting this survey for the sixth time in 2007.

Information about the Survey of Consumer Finances currently underway can be found here.

The report containing the major results from the 2004 survey can be downloaded from the Federal Reserve Board home page here.