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Description & Citation--Study No. 8660

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8660
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08660
 
Title:Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1986
 
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, 1986 [Computer file]. ICPSR08660-v2. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1987. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-04-04.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These data supply monthly labor force information and, in addition, provide supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is included on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old and over. Additional data for persons 15 years old and older 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, 1985. The 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. Characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, educational attainment, household relationship, and Spanish origin are detailed for each person in the household enumerated.
 
Subject Term(s):census data, demographic characteristics, employment, Hispanic origins, households, income, job history, labor force, occupational mobility, population characteristics, population estimates, unemployment, working hours
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1985 - 1986
 
Universe:Civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in housing units and male members of the Armed Forces living in civilian housing units on a military base or in a household not on a military base.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Data on employment and income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the survey. Geographic fields reflect the new metropolitan statistical area definitions. Migration data now cover a one-year rather than a five-year period. There are 74,145 household records, 64,127 family records, and 157,661 person records in the file.
 

Methodology

Sample:A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. About 56,500 housing units were surveyed with an additional sample of 2,500 Spanish households added to the sample for the March survey. 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.
 
Mode of Data Collection: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:1987-02-26
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2008-04-04.
 
  2008-04-04 - The codebook was updated to include User Notes 2-3.
 

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