PSID Data Comparisons

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This page gives an overview of comparisons of PSID data to other national datasets for the topics of income, expenditures, health, and wealth. For a more detailed look, please see the technical paper ‘ An Overview of Data Comparisons between PSID and Other US Household Surveys.’

PSID income compared to the Current Population Survey (CPS)

Table 1. Household Income Percentiles in Nominal Dollars, PSID and CPS 1967-2020

Figure 1. 10th-40th Percentiles of PSID Aggregated Family Income and CPS Household Income, 1967-2020

Figure 2. 50th-80th Percentiles of PSID Aggregated Family Income and CPS Household Income, 1967-2020

Figure 3. 90th and 95th Percentiles of PSID Aggregated Family Income and CPS Household Income, 1967-2020

Figure 4. 10th-95th Percentiles of PSID Aggregated Family Income and CPS Household Income, 1967-2020

For more information see ‘Comparing Estimates of Family Income in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the March Current Population Survey, 1968-2007’

PSID expenditures compared to the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)

Table 1. Average Spending by Expenditure Category, PSID and CE 2005-2021

For more details see ‘Estimates of Annual Consumption Expenditures and Its Major Components in the PSID in Comparison to the CE’

PSID Wealth compared to the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)

Table 1. PSID Wealth Levels 2013-2019

Table 2. Net Worth Distribution 2007-2019

For more information see ‘Measuring Wealth and Wealth Inequality: Comparing Two U.S. Surveys’

PSID Health insurance and Health status compared to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Table 1. Health Status, Health Behaviors, and Health Insurance Coverage (%) in the PSID and NHIS: 1999-2021

Table 2. Self-Rated General Health Status by Age (%) in the PSID and NHIS, 2021

For more details see 'Comparing Health Estimates in the PSID and NHIS, 2001-2015'