Current population survey
Subtitle: annual demographic file, 1988
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: Current population survey: annual demographic files (March); ICPSR -- 9090; ICPSR (Series) -- 9090
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Working class; Statistics; Labor supply; Demographic surveys; Household surveys; Population
Description: This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force data and also provides supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old and older. 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, 1987. 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. Characteristics such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Spanish origin are available for each person in the household enumerated.
Notes: The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a household sample survey conducted monthly by the Census Bureau to provide estimates of employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the general labor force, estimates of the population as a whole, and estimates of various subgroups in the population. Each March, in addition to the core of information mentioned above, the Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic Files provide detailed demographic data representative of the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States and male members of the Armed Services living in civilian housing. Approximately 200,000 records are included for each year. The data files for the years 1968-1976 were obtained from the Data Program and Library Service (DPLS), the University of Wisconsin. Some data management operations intended to store the records more efficiently were performed by DPLS. That organization also revised the original Census Bureau documentation. Sources of the later files are listed in their individual descriptions. Please note that other related Current Population Surveys are conducted in March. These surveys are, nevertheless, separate entities.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1987-1988.

Personal interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

LRECL data format. The 295,266 cases in this hierarchical file include person-level, family-level, and household-level records. Data on employment and income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the survey.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: hierarchical ; variable count: approximately 360 ; LRECL: 408.

A national probability sample was used in selecting housing units. About 56,500 housing units were contacted with an additional sample of 2,500 Spanish 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.

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.