Measuring Prices Paid by the Elderly.

Assesses the need for and constructs a special Consumer Price Index (CPI) for older persons, in light of elderly purchasing patterns which differ from the population group represented in the CPI currently used to adjust social security benefits for inflation.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1980.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aging. Consumer price indexes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Assesses the need for and constructs a special Consumer Price Index (CPI) for older persons, in light of elderly purchasing patterns which differ from the population group represented in the CPI currently used to adjust social security benefits for inflation.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.