The household purchasing plans is produced by the Statistics Sweden, under the direction of NIER. The surveys have long stressed the important influence of consumer spending and saving decisions in determining the course of the national economy.

Each monthly survey contains approximately 20 questions with 6 possible responses, each of which tracks a different aspect of household’s attitudes and expectations. The samples are statistically designed to be representative for all Swedish households and made from interviews of 2100 individuals by telephone. From October 1995 the survey has been EU-harmonized.

The questions asked:

• What is your household's economic situation like today compared with 12 months ago?
• How do you think your household's economic situation will be over the next 12 months?
• How do you think Sweden's economy is today compared with one year ago?
• How do you think Sweden's economy will be over the next 12 months?
• Price development over the past year?
• How do you think unemployment will develop over the next year?
• How do you think it is to buy capital goods?
• How much money will your household spend on purchases of capital goods over the next year compared with today?
• How do you think it is to save today?
• Do you think your household will be able to save at all over the next year?
• Which of the following statements best describes your household's current economic situation?
• Will your household be buying a car or changing car over the next two years?
• Will your household be buying a car or changing car over the next few months?
• If you buy a car or change car, do you think that it will be a new or used car?
• Will your household be building or buying a house or an apartment within the next two years?
• Will your household be spending any large sums of money on improvements to your house/holiday home over the next year?