Annual Survey of Governments, 1987: Employment Statistics (ICPSR 9298)

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992

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

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09298.v1

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Summary

Federal, state, and local government employment data are provided in this file. Full- and part-time employment, full-time equivalency, and payroll statistics are included. Data are supplied by type of government (Federal, state, county, municipality, township, special district, and school district) and by function. Governmental functions include education (elementary, secondary, and higher education), police and fire protection, financial administration, judicial and legal functions, highways, solid waste management and sewage, libraries, air and water transportation and terminals, state liquor stores, social insurance administration, housing and community development, utilities, public welfare, parks and recreation, health care, transit, and natural resources.

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. Annual Survey of Governments, 1987:  Employment Statistics. [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09298.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1987-10

Date of Collection

1987-10

Data Collection Notes

  1. There are seven "record types" in this file, each corresponding to a type of governmental unit: federal, state, county, municipality, township, special district, and school district. All seven record types have the same technical characteristics. Records for local governments in metropolitan areas carry (FIPS) SMSA codes.

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Sample

The universe is represented by a sample, drawn from the 1982 Census of Governments, of approximately 22,000 local governments plus the governments of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Universe

State and local governments in the United States, including counties, municipalities, townships, school districts, and special districts.

Data Source

self-enumerated forms mailed to governmental units

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1990-05-09

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. ANNUAL SURVEY OF GOVERNMENTS, 1987: EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. Washington, DC: United States. Bureau of the Census [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09298.v1
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