Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample (C Sample): 1-Percent Sample (ICPSR 8114)

Published: Jan 12, 2006

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

Series:

Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States] Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08114.v1

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Project Description

Summary

The Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) contain person- and household-level information from the "long-form" questionnaires distributed to a sample of the population enumerated in the 1980 Census. The C Sample, containing 1 percent data, identifies census regions, divisions, 27 individual states, and the District of Columbia. Four types of areas are shown: inside central cities, urban fringe, other urban, and rural. The C Sample separately identifies every urbanized area with a total population over 800,000, and roughly half of the urbanized areas between 200,000 and 800,000. Household-level variables include housing tenure, year structure was built, number and types of rooms in dwelling, plumbing facilities, heating equipment, taxes and mortgage costs, number of children, and household and family income. Person-level variables include sex, age, marital status, race, Spanish origin, income, occupation, transportation to work, and education.

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample (C Sample): 1-Percent Sample. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08114.v1

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Subject Terms

census data demographic characteristics household composition housing housing conditions housing units population states (USA)

Geographic Coverage

North Carolina Indiana Wyoming Utah Arizona Montana Kentucky California Kansas Florida Delaware Pennsylvania Mississippi Iowa Illinois Texas Connecticut Georgia Virginia Maryland Idaho Vermont Oregon Puerto Rico United States Oklahoma Maine Tennessee Alabama Arkansas South Carolina Washington Nebraska West Virginia Massachusetts Colorado Missouri Alaska North Dakota Wisconsin Nevada Rhode Island District of Columbia South Dakota Hawaii Minnesota New York (state) New Jersey Michigan New Mexico New Hampshire Louisiana Ohio

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1980

Date of Collection

1980-04-01

Data Collection Notes

The household and person records in each data file have a logical record length of 193 characters, but the number of records varies with each file.

Methodology

Sample

The C Sample is a stratified sample of households that received the "long-form" questionnaire. It comprises 1 percent of all households enumerated in the Census.

Universe

All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Source

self-enumerated forms

Data Type(s)

census/enumeration data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-06-28

Version Date

2006-01-12

Version History

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 80 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 81 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

Notes

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