Current Population Survey, March 1981: After-Tax Money Income Estimates (ICPSR 8269)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

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. Additional data for persons 15 years old and older are available concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and residence. This file also contai... (more info)

Series: Current Population Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH 1981: AFTER-TAX MONEY INCOME ESTIMATES. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08269.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08269.v1

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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. Additional data for persons 15 years old and older are available concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and residence. This file also contains data covering noncash income sources such as food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided group health insurance, employer-provided pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. This data collection was created by expanding the CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1981 (ICPSR 8192) to include an estimate of after-tax income, "before-tax" money income from the previous year, and the amount of taxes paid. Taxes paid include federal and state individual income taxes, property taxes on owner-occupied housing units, Social Security taxes, retirement taxes. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, educational attainment, household relationship, and Hispanic origin are provided for each respondent.

Subject Terms:   census data, demographic characteristics, employee benefits, employment, income, income estimates, Hispanic origins, households, labor force, Medicaid, Medicare, population characteristics, population estimates, public assistance programs, taxes, unemployment

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1981-03

Universe:   Persons in the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States including members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units in March 1981.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) All records contain weights, which must be used in any analysis. (2) This hierarchical file contains 333,680 records. There are three record types. Household records contain 49 variables, family records contain 78 variables, and person records contain 216 variables.

Sample:   A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  1984-11-14

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