Current Population Survey: Voter Supplement File, 1988

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

Summary: This survey provides data on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive data are available on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old and over. Personal characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, household relationships, educational background, and Spanish origin are also provided. Supplement questions pertain to citizenship, voting status in the election of November 4, 1988, and registration stat... (more info)

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: VOTER SUPPLEMENT FILE, 1988. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09318.v1

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Summary: This survey provides data on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive data are available on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old and over. Personal characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, household relationships, educational background, and Spanish origin are also provided. Supplement questions pertain to citizenship, voting status in the election of November 4, 1988, and registration status. Data on telephone availability are also included.

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:

1988-11

Date of Collection:

1988-11

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

Data Types: survey data

Sample: The probability sample selected to represent the universe consists of approximately 71,000 households.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release: 1990-05-03

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