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Description & Citation--Study No. 8432

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8432
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08432
 
Title:Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1985
 
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, 1985 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1985. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08432
 

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 14 years old and older. (Occupation and industry were coded using the 1980 Census of Population and Housing occupation and industry classification scheme.) Additional data for persons 15 years old and older are available concerning weeks worked and hours worked per week, reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and residence. This file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources such as 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, race, sex, household relationship, martial status, veteran status, educational background, 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, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment, working hours
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:March 1985
 
Date(s) of Collection:March 1985
 
Universe:Civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in households and members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units in 1985.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) This hierarchical file contains 301,261 records. There are three record types. Household records contain 60 variables, family records contain 78 variables, and person records contain approximately 235 variables. (2) ALl records contain weights, which must be used in any analysis.
 

Methodology

Sample:A national probability sample was used in selecting the housing units. Approximately 58,000 households were sampled.
 
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:1985-12-20
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1985
 

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