10.3886/ICPSR08353.v2 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 1985 aging census data demographic characteristics household composition households housing conditions life cycle population 1985-12-20 2005-11-04 1940 1980 survey data 8353 2 This is an extract of the decennial Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) released by the Bureau of the Census. Because the complete PUMS files contain several hundred thousand records, ICPSR has constructed this subset to allow for easier and less costly analysis. The collection of data at ten year increments allows the user to follow various age cohorts through the life-cycle. Data include information on the household and its occupants such as size and value of dwelling, utility costs, number of people in the household, and their relationship to the respondent. More detailed information was collected on the respondent, the head of household, and the spouse, if present. Variables include education, marital status, occupation and income.