Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1982 (ICPSR 9037)

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 person 14 years old and older. Additional data are available for persons 15 years old and older concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and residence. This file also contain... (more info)

Series: Current Population Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1982. ICPSR version. 2nd release. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1982. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09037.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09037.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 person 14 years old and older. Additional data are available for persons 15 years old and older 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 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, sex, race, marital status, veteran status,household relationship, educational background, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated.

Subject Terms:   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:  

• 1982-03

Date of Collection:  

• 1982-03

Universe:   Persons in the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States including members of the armed forces living in civilian households in March 1982.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) This hierarchical file contains 300,388 records. There are three record types. Household records contain 58 variables, family records contain 77 variables, and person records contain approximately 200 variables. (2) All records contain weights, which must be used in any analysis. (3) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

Sample:   A national probability sample was used in selecting the housing units. Approximately 60,000 households containing 130,000 persons were sampled.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  1984-06-28

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