Current population survey, January 1981
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: ICPSR -- 8115; ICPSR (Series) -- 8115
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 764
Subjects: Labor supply; Statistics; Population
Description: The Current Population Survey has as its main objective the gathering of data on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey. In addition to demographic characteristics, data are provided on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old and over. Besides the CPS core questions, the January 1981 Current Population Survey also gathered supplemental data on job tenure and occupational mobility for employed persons 16 and over, including items such as occupation and labor force status a year ago, length of time with present employer, length of time in the same occupation, and reasons for changing occupation. Also included in this data file is information on residence one year earlier and education since January 1980. The civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States was sampled and approximately 77,000 households were surveyed.
Notes: Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: January 1981.

United States.

188,764 records, each with a logical record length of 361 characters. The data are contained ina rectangular file.