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Description & Citation--Study No. 8115

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8115
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08115
 
Title:Current Population Survey, January 1981
 
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, JANUARY 1981 [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1984. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08115
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force data for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 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. Besides the CPS core questions, this survey also gathered supplemental data on job tenure and occupational mobility for employed persons aged 16 and older, including items such as occupation and labor force status a year ago, length of time with present employer, length of time in the same occupation, and reasons for changing occupation. Also included in this data file is information on residence one year earlier and education since January 1980. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, educational attainment, 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, job change, job tenure, labor force, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:January 1981
 
Date(s) of Collection:January 1981
 
Universe:Persons in the civilian nonistitutionalized population of the United States including members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units In January 1981.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:All records contain weights, which must be used in any analysis.
 

Methodology

Sample:A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. Approximately 77,000 households were surveyed.
 
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:1984-06-28
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Current Population Survey, January 1981
 

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