Current Population Survey: Voter Supplement File, 1982 (ICPSR 8193)

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

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 gathered additional data on citizenship, voter registration, and vot... (more info)

Series: Current Population Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: VOTER SUPPLEMENT FILE, 1982. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08193.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08193.v1

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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 gathered additional data on citizenship, voter registration, and voter participation in the 1982 congressional elections. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, household relationship, educational background, Hispanic origin, and number and ages of children in household, is available for each person in the household enumerated.

Subject Terms:   census data, demographic characteristics, employment, Hispanic origins, households, labor force, national elections, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment, voter attitudes, voter registration, voters, voting behavior

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1982-11

Date of Collection:  

• 1982-11

Universe:   All persons in the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in households.

Data Types:   survey data

Sample:   A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. Approximately 71,000 households were selected for the sample.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  1984-07-12

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