Current population survey
Subtitle: annual demographic file, 1980 (with 1980-based weights)
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: Current population survey: annual demographic files (March); ICPSR -- 8040; ICPSR (Series) -- 8040
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file]
Number of pages: 718
Subjects: Households; Statistics; Labor supply; Population
Description: This is a new version of a data collection that was previously released as ICPSR #7863. That version, done in March 1980, used the 1970 Census as a basis for determining the weight variable. After the 1980 Census was completed, a new version was prepared using the 1980 Census as a basis for the weighting. Both versions are available to users. This file, which is replicated each March, currently contains information on around 68,000 families and their members, it provides comprehensive data on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 and over including income and demographic data.
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 non-institutionalized, United States civilian population 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 during March. These surveys are, nevertheless, separate entities.

Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1980.

United States.

198,718 records; logical record length 698 characters; approximately 350 variables.