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## 1980 (Population)

The following information, listed by questions number, was collected from each respondent:

The following questions were asked of all respondents:
                        - Name
                        - Relationship to first person listed on the questionnaire
                        - Sex
                        - Race
                          - Age at last birthday
                          - Month of birth
                          - Year of birth
                        - Marital status
                        - Is this person of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent
                        - Since February 1, 1980, has this person attended regular school or college?
                        - What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school this person has ever attended?
                        - Did this person finish the highest grade (or year) attended?

The following questions were asked of a sample of respondents:
                        - In what state or foreign country was the person born?
                        - If this person was born in a foreign country...                               - Is this person a naturalized citizen of the United States?
                          - When did this person come the United States to stay?
                          - Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
                          - If yes, what is this language?
                          - If yes, how well does this person speak English?
                        - What is this person's ancestry?
                          - Did this person live in this house five years ago?
                          - If no, where did this person live five years ago?
                        - When was this person born?                               - Before April 1965 (continue with questions 17 - 33)
                          - April 1965 or later (answer no more questions)
                        - In April 1975 was this person-                               - On active duty in the Armed Forces?
                          - Attending college?
                          - Working at a job or business?  If yes, full time or part time?
                          - Is this person a veteran of active-duty military service in the Armed Forces of the United States?
                          - Was active duty military service during-                                     - May 1975 or later
                            - Vietnam era (August 1964 - April 1975)
                            - February 1955 - July 1964
                            - Korean conflict (June 1950 - January 1955)
                            - World War II (September 1940 - July 1947)
                            - World War I (April 1917 - November 1918)
                            - Any other time
                        - Does this person have a physical, mental, or other health condition which has lasted for 6 or more months and which...                               - Limits the kind or amount of work this person can do at a job?
                          - Prevents this person from working at a job?
                          - Limits or prevents this person from using public transportation?
                        - If this person is a female, how many babies has she ever had, not counting stillbirths?
                        - If this person has ever been married-                               - Has this person been married more than once?
                          - Month and year of marriage or first marriage
                          - If married more than once, did the first marriage end because of the death of the husband (or wife)?
                          - Did this person work at any time last week?
                          - How many hours did this person work last week (at all jobs)?
                        - At what location did this person work last week?                               - Address
                          - Name of city, town, village, or borough
                          - Is the place inside the incorporated (legal) limits of that city, town, village, or borough?
                          - County
                          - State
                          - ZIP Code
                          - Last week, how long did it usually take this person to get from home to work (one way)?
                          - How did this person usually get to work last week?                                     - Car
                            - Truck
                            - Van
                            - Bus or streetcar
                            - Railroad
                            - Subway or elevated
                            - Taxicab
                            - Motorcycle
                            - Bicycle
                            - Walked only
                            - Worked at home
                            - Other
                          - If the person uses a car, truck, or van- when going to work last week, did this person usually...                                     - Drive alone
                            - Share driving
                            - Dive others only
                            - Ride as a passenger only
                          - If the person does not drive alone- how many people, including this person, usually rode to work in the car, truck, or van last week?
                        - If this person was not at work last week, was this person temporarily absent or on layoff from a job or business last week?
                          - Has this person been looking for work during the last four weeks?
                          - If yes, could this person have taken a job last week?
                        - When did this person last work, even for a few days?
                        - Industry                               - From whom did this person work?
                          - What kind of business or industry was this?
                          - Is this job mainly...                                     - Manufacturing
                            - Wholesale trade
                            - Retail trade
                            - Other
                        - Occupation                               - What kind of work was this person doing?
                          - What were this person's most important activities or duties?
                        - Was this person-                               - Employee of a private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
                          - Federal government employee
                          - State government employee
                          - Local government employee
                          - Self-employed in own business                                     - Own business not incorporated
                            - Own business incorporated
                          - Working without pay in family business or farm
                          - Last year (1979), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm?
                          - If yes, how many weeks did this person work in 1979?
                          - During the weeks worked in 1979, how many hours did this person usually work each week?
                          - Of the weeks not worked in 1979 (if any), how many weeks was this person looking for work or on layoff from a job?
                        - Income in 1979 from...                               - Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, or tips from all jobs
                          - Own non-farm business, partnership, or professional practice
                          - Own farm
                          - Interest, dividends, royalties, or net rental income
                          - Social Security or Railroad Retirement
                          - Supplemental Security (SSI), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or other public assistance or public welfare payments
                          - Unemployment compensation, veterans' payments, pensions, alimony, child support, or any other sources of income received regularly
                        - What was this person's total income from 1979?

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