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Adjust $ Values for Inflation

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Why use this feature

When working with money-related data, adjusting values for inflation lets you compare numbers across different decades on the same scale. This ensures consistency when analyzing income, spending, or cost-related variables over time.

 

How to Adjust $ Values

  1. Create your report with tables that contain dollar values.
     
    • The inflation adjustment option will appear automatically if $ variables are included.
       
  2. In the Modify report panel, find Adjust $ values for inflation.


     
  3. Open the dropdown menu and select the year you want to use as the adjustment base.


     
  4. The table updates automatically, redistributing values according to the selected year.


     

How It Works

  • Bracketed variables (e.g., household income ranges) keep the same brackets, but the population values inside them are redistributed to match the inflation adjustment.
  • This makes brackets directly comparable across years without changing the categories.

     

Where You Can Use It

Adjusted $ values will be applied in all three views:

  • Report tab
  • Excel tab
  • Data Download tab
     

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