Annual survey of governments, 1985
Subtitle: employment statistics
By: principal investigator, United States Departement of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: ICPSR -- 8688; ICPSR (Series) -- 8688
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Number of pages: 22541
Subjects: State governments; Officials and employees; Statistics; Local officials and employees
Description: State and local government employment data are provided in this file. Full- and part-time employment, full-time equivalency, and payroll statistics are included. Data are supplied by type of government and by function. Governmental functions include education (elementary, secondary, and higher education), police and fire protection, financial and central administration, judicial and legal, utilities, public welfare, parks and recreation, health care, transit, and natural resources.
Notes: Survey data.

There are six "record types" in this file, each corresponding to a type of governmental unit. All six record types have the same technical characteristics. Records for local governments in metropolitan areas carry (FIPS) SMSA codes.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: October 1985; Data collected: October 1985.

Self-enumerated forms mailed to governmental units.

United States.

Logical record length format.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 22,541 ; variable count: approx. 295 ; LRECL: 3,600 ; records per case: 1.

The universe is represented by a sample, drawn from the 1982 Census of Governments, of approximately 22,000 local governments plus the governments of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

State and local governments in the United States, including counties, municipalities, townships, school districts, and special districts.