Description & Citation--Study No. 8115
Bibliographic Description |
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Study No.: |
08115 |
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Title: |
Current Population Survey, January 1981 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, JANUARY 1981. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1984. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08115.v2 |
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Scope of Study |
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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 also gathered supplemental data on job tenure and occupational mobility for employed persons aged 16 and older, including items such as occupation and labor force status a year ago, length of time with present employer, length of time in the same occupation, and reasons for changing occupation. Also included in this data file is information on residence one year earlier and education since January 1980. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, educational attainment, household relationship, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated. |
Subject Terms: |
census data, demographic characteristics, employment, Hispanic origins, households, job change, job tenure, labor force, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment |
Geographic Coverage: |
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Date of Collection: |
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Universe: |
Persons in the civilian nonistitutionalized population of the United States including members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units In January 1981. |
Data Types: |
survey data |
Data Collection Notes: |
All records contain weights, which must be used in any analysis. |
Methodology |
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Sample: |
A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. Approximately 77,000 households were surveyed. |
Data Source: |
personal interviews |
Extent of Processing: |
All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Access and Availability |
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
1984-06-28 |
