Census of Governments, 1972: Government Employment and Finance Files (ICPSR 69)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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United States. Bureau of the Census

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00069.v1

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Summary

This study contains economic and employment data for governmental units in states, cities, towns, counties, school districts, and special districts in the United States in 1972. The employment data provide information on the number and functions of full-time and part-time government employees, retirement and insurance coverage extended to full-time employees, membership of employees in employee organizations, and governmental labor policies for the counties and states (Part 1), cities and towns (Part 2), special districts (Part 3), and school districts (Part 4). The finance data provide information on revenues from and expenditures on education, public buildings, highways, health, hospitals, libraries, natural resources, police, sanitation, public welfare, water transportation, and gas and electricity for counties and states (Part 5), cities and towns (Part 6), special districts (Part 7), and school districts (Part 8). Other items include revenues from taxes, and government debts.

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Governments, 1972:  Government Employment and Finance Files. [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00069.v1

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Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1972
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Universe

States, cities, towns, counties, school districts, and special districts in the United States in 1972.

Data Source

United States Bureau of the Census

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Original Release Date

1984-05-03

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States. Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS, 1972: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCE FILES. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1993. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00069.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 9 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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