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Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1968 (ICPSR 7559)

Published: Feb 16, 1992

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

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07559.v1

Version V1

Summary

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, and migration. 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. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, educational attainment, marital status, veteran status, household relationship, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated.

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Current Population Survey:  Annual Demographic File, 1968 . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07559.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

1968-03

Date of Collection

1968-03

Data Collection Notes

(1) This hierarchical file contains 200,226 records. There are approximately 157 variables and two record types: family and person. Family records contain approximately 58 variables, and person records contain approximately 99 variables. (2) Each family and person record contains a weight, which must be used in any analysis. (3) This data file was obtained from the Data Program and Library Service (DPLS), University of Wisconsin. Some data management operations intended to store the data more efficiently were performed by DPLS. That organization also revised the original Census Bureau documentation. (4) 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 housing units.

Universe

Persons in the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in households and members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units in 1968.

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Original Release Date

1984-06-28

Version Date

1992-02-16

Notes

  • Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

  • The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.
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