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Description & Citation--Study No. 6461

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6461
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06461
 
Title:Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1994
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:Current Population Survey Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1994 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06461
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 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 on March 1, 1993. This file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided group health insurance plans, employer-provided pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. Information on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Hispanic origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated.
 
Subject Term(s):census data, demographic characteristics, employment, Hispanic origins, households, income, job history, labor force, Medicaid, Medicare, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment, working hours
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Date(s) of Collection:March 1994
 
Universe:Civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in housing units and members of the armed forces living in civilian housing units on military bases or in households not on military bases.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The 287,984 cases in this hierarchical file include household-level, family-level, and person-level records. There are approximately 130 variables for the household records, approximately 75 variables for the family records, and approximately 340 variables for the person records. (2) Data on employment and income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the survey. (3) The technical documentation incorrectly lists the residence information as being for March 1, 1992--the correct year is 1993. (4) A major redesign of the Current Population Survey was implemented in January 1994. The primary aim of the redesign was to improve the quality of the data derived from the survey by introducing a new questionnaire and modernized data collection methods.
 

Methodology

Sample:A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. About 57,000 housing units were contacted, with an additional 2,500 Hispanic households added to the March survey sample. The sample was located in 729 sample areas comprising 1,973 counties and independent cities with coverage in every state and in the District of Columbia.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

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:1995-03-16
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Data File
  • DS2: Data Dictionary
 

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