Immigrants admitted to the United States, 1986
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Series: ICPSR -- 8966; ICPSR (Series) -- 8966
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Immigrants
Description: This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1986 (October 1985 through September 1986). Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, New Arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigrant visas issued by the United States Department of State. Those in the second category, Adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: October 1985-September 1986.

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Statistical Analysis Branch.

Event/transaction data.

United States.

LRECL data format. This file also contains 192 suspension of deportation immigrants who immigrated in fiscal year 1985.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 601,708 ; variable count: 18 ; LRECL: 43 ; records per case: 1.