Americans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2002, 2011, and 2021 (ICPSR 4690)
The Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) survey series is an ongoing, nationally representative, longitudinal study focusing especially on differences between Black and White Americans in middle and late life. These data constitute the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth waves in a panel survey covering a wide range of sociological, psychological, mental, and physical health items. Wave I of the study began in 1986 with a nation face-to-face survey of 3,617 adults ages 25 and up, with Black Americans and people aged 60 and over over-sampled at twice the rate of the others. Wave II constitutes face-to-face re-interviews in 1989 of those still alive. Survivors have been re-interviewed by telephone, and when necessary face-to-face, in 1994 (Wave III), 2001/02 (Wave IV), 2011 (Wave V), and 2019/21 (Wave VI).
Please note that for Wave VI, the majority of data collection occurred in 2019, with only a small subset (n=39) of participants surveyed in 2021.
ACL was designed and sought to investigate the following: (1) The ways in which a wide range of activities and social relationships that people engage in are broadly "productive," (2) how individuals adapt to acute life events and chronic stresses that threaten the maintenance of health, effective functioning, and productive activity, and (3) sociocultural variations in the nature, meaning, determinants, and consequences of productive activity and relationships. Among the topics covered are interpersonal relationships (spouse/partner, children, parents, friends), sources and levels of satisfaction, social interactions and leisure activities, traumatic life events (physical assault, serious illness, divorce, death of a loved one, financial or legal problems), perceptions of retirement, health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight, rest), and utilization of health care services (doctor visits, hospitalization, nursing home institutionalization, bed days). Also included are measures of physical health, psychological well-being, and indices referring to cognitive functioning.
Demographic information provided for individuals includes household composition, number of children and grandchildren, employment status, occupation and work history, income, family financial situation, religious beliefs and practices, ethnicity, race, education, sex, and region of residence.
Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS), 1983: [Philippines] (ICPSR 6889)
Census of Population, 1980 [United States]: Journey-to-Work (ICPSR 8465)
Census of Population and Housing, 1960 Public Use Sample: One-in-One-Hundred Sample (ICPSR 7756)
Census of Population and Housing, 1960 Public Use Sample [United States]: One-In-One Thousand Sample (ICPSR 54)
Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Extract Data (ICPSR 9694)
Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples (ICPSR 18)
Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Extract Data (ICPSR 9693)
Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Extract Data (ICPSR 2889)
Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1/10,000 Sample (ICPSR 6150)
Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1/1,000 Sample (ICPSR 6497)
Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1-Percent Sample (ICPSR 9951)
Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 5-Percent Sample (ICPSR 9952)
Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: 5-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample: Elderly Households Extract (ICPSR 4204)
Census of Population and Housing: Summary Tape File 4A, United States, 1980 (ICPSR 8282)
Census of Population and Housing [United States], 1960 Public Use Sample: Modified 1/1000 State Samples (ICPSR 7924)
Census of Population and Housing [United States], 1970 Public Use Sample: Merged Family Household Data Records for 42 SMSAs (ICPSR 7759)
Census of Population and Housing [United States], 1970 Public Use Sample: Modified 1/1000 15% State Samples (ICPSR 7923)
Census of Population and Housing [United States], 1970 Public Use Sample: Modified 1/1000 5% State Samples (ICPSR 7922)
Center for Research on Social Reality [Spain] Survey, March 1996: Savings, Family, and Aging (ICPSR 6973)
Chicago Community Adult Health Study, 2001-2003 (ICPSR 31142)
The Chicago Community Adult Health Study (CCAHS) consists of four interrelated components that were conducted simultaneously: (1) a survey of adult health on a probability sample of 3,105 Chicago adults, including direct physical measurements of their blood pressure and heart rate and of height, weight, waist and hip circumference, and leg length; (2) a biomedical supplement which collected blood and/or saliva samples on a subset of 661 survey respondents; (3) a community survey in which individuals described aspects of the social environment of all survey respondents' neighborhoods; and (4) a systematic social observation (SSO) of the blocks in which potential survey respondents resided, including a lost letter drop (Milgram et al. 1965) as an unobtrusive measure of neighborhood social capital/sense of responsibility to help others. The latter two extend a community survey and SSO of neighborhoods carried out by the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) in 1995. The adult health survey and the community survey were conducted jointly through face-to-face interviews with a stratified, multistage probability sample of 3,105 individuals aged 18 and over and living in the city of Chicago, with a response rate of 72 percent that is about the highest currently attainable in large urban areas. In addition, blood pressure, heart rate, and physical measurements (of height, weight, waist and hips, and leg length) were collected during the survey interview, and blood and saliva samples from 661 respondents or 60 percent of those doing the survey in the 80 "focal" neighborhood clusters (NCs). SSOs were conducted on 1,663 of the 1,672 city blocks on which each respondent lived. The CCAHS is the largest of five projects under the NIH-funded Michigan Interdisciplinary Center on Social Inequalities, Mind and Body Mind (#P50HD38986), one of five Mind-Body Centers funded by the National Institutes of Health in late 1999. This study will advance the understanding of socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health, a major priority of the Public Health Service and the National Institutes of Health.
The PI-supplied summary mentions that the study is comprised of four components. However, for the purposes of this data release there are three distinct datasets. Demographic variables include age, birth year, race, ethnicity, number of children in the household, number of children living elsewhere, number of times the respondent has been married, and relationship status, religious preference, and sex.
Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 1996-1997, and Followback Survey, 1997-1998: [United States] (ICPSR 2524)
Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 1998-1999, and Followback Survey, 1998-2000: [United States] (ICPSR 3199)
Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 2000-2001: [United States] (ICPSR 3764)
Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 2003: [United States] (ICPSR 4216)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1960-1961 (ICPSR 9035)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1982-1983: Interview Survey (ICPSR 8598)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1984: Interview Survey (ICPSR 8671)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1985: Interview Survey (ICPSR 8904)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1986: Interview Survey (ICPSR 9113)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1987: Interview Survey (ICPSR 9332)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1988: Interview Survey (ICPSR 9451)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1988: Interview Survey, Detailed Expenditure Files (ICPSR 9842)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1989: Interview Survey (ICPSR 9712)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1989: Interview Survey, Detailed Expenditure Files (ICPSR 9841)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1990: Interview Survey (ICPSR 9820)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1990: Interview Survey, Detailed Expenditure Files (ICPSR 9817)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1991: Interview Survey (ICPSR 6209)
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1991: Interview Survey, Detailed Expenditure Files (ICPSR 6262)
The ongoing Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) provides a continuous flow of information on the buying habits of American consumers and also furnishes data to support periodic revisions of the Consumer Price Index. The survey consists of two separate components:
- A quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer unit in the sample is interviewed every three months over a 15-month period, and
- A Diary Survey completed by the sample consumer units for two consecutive one-week periods.
The Interview Survey was designed to collect data on major items of expense, household characteristics, and income. The expenditures covered by the survey are those that respondents can recall fairly accurately for three months or longer. In general, these expenditures include relatively large purchases, such as those for property, or expenditures that occur on a fairly regular basis, such as rent, utilities, or insurance premiums. Excluded are nonprescription drugs, household supplies, and personal care items. Including global estimates on spending for food, it is estimated that about 90 to 95 percent of expenditures are covered in the Interview Survey.
The Detailed Expenditure Files that comprise this data collection were created from all the major expenditure sections of the Interview Survey questionnaires. These files contain more detailed expenditure records than those found in the Interview Survey data tapes. In addition, the Detailed Expenditure Files include family characteristics (FMLY) files and income and member characteristics (MEMB) files identical to those found in the Interview Survey.