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

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992 View help for published

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United States. Bureau of the Census

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Annual Survey of Governments Series

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

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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.

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

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census data cities education full time employment government employees government expenditures government services labor costs local government municipal services municipal expenditures part time employment public administration public safety public transportation public utilities school districts state government retirement plans townships working hours

Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

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1987-10

Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection

1987-10

Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes

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.

Methodology

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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.

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

Data Source View help for Data Source

self-enumerated forms mailed to governmental units

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survey data

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1990-05-09

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

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