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Description & Citation--Study No. 6692

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6692
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06692
 
Title:Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1995
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:Current Population Survey Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1995 [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1997. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06692
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 years old and older. Additional data are available concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and residence on March 1, 1994. This file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided group health insurance plans, employer-provided pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated.
 
Subject Term(s):census data, demographic characteristics, employment, Hispanic origins, households, income, job history, labor force, Medicaid, Medicare, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment, working hours
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Date(s) of Collection:March 1995
 
Universe:Civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in housing units and members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units on military bases or in households not on military bases.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The 285,550 cases in the hierarchical file include household-level, family-level, and person-level records. There are approximately 111 variables for household records, approximately 74 variables for family records, and approximately 343 variables for the person records. (2) Data on employment and income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the survey. (3) The technical documentation incorrectly lists the residence information as pertaining to March 1, 1990 -- the correct year is 1994. (4) A major redesign of the Current Population Survey was implemented in January 1994. The primary aim of the redesign was to improve the quality of the data derived from the survey by introducing a new questionnaire and modernized data collection methods. (5) The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Sample:A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. About 54,500 housing units were contacted, with an additional 2,500 Hispanic households added to the March survey sample. The sample was located in 792 sample areas comprising 2,007 counties and independent cities, with coverage in every state and in the District of Columbia.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1997-04-22
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2000-05-09.
 
  2000-05-09 - The Census Bureau supplied a revised data file incorporating several corrections and additions. Four metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas were recoded: the Household Record variables affected are HG-MSAC (44-47)--MSA/PMSA FIPS Code, HMSA-R (57)--Modified metropolitan statistical area status code MSA residence, HCCC-R (58)--Central city metropolitan statistical area status code residence, and INDCCODE (285)--Individual central city code. A correction was made to H-IDNUM (320-331)--Household identification number. Health Insurance Recodes HMCARE (274), HMCAID (275), HCHAMP (276), and HHI-YN (277) were added, along with H-MIS (29)--Month in sample. Additions were made to the Family Record of Health Insurance Recodes FFNGCARE (251) and FFNGAID (256). Additions to the Person Record include Health Insurance Recodes P-MVCARE (643), P-MVCAID (648), and EMCONTRB (653). Corrections to the Person Record include Country of Birth PENATVTY (722), PEMNTVTY (725), and PEFNTVTY (728), and Citizenship Recode PRCITSHP (733). The corrections and additions to the data also are reflected in the codebook and database dictionary.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1995
 

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