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Description & Citation--Study No. 2534

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:2534
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02534
 
Title:Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1996
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service
 
Series:Immigrants Admitted to the United States Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES, 1996 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service [producer], 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02534
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1996 (October 1995 through September 1996). Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, New Arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigrant visas issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. The second category, Adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which the immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.
 
Subject Term(s):demographic characteristics, immigration, immigration policy, immigration status, immigrants, national identity, place of birth, population characteristics, population migration, population trends
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:October 1995 - September 1996
 
Date(s) of Collection:October 1995 - September 1996
 
Universe:All aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1996.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The record length of this data file is 45, not 43 as stated in the codebook. A two-digit code, "Immigrant Class of Admission," was added to the end of the record. (2) The codebook is provided 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 through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Data Source:records of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Statistics Division
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1998-08-28
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1996
 

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