Current population survey, May 1981
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: Current population survey: May files; ICPSR -- 8153; ICPSR (Series) -- 8153
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: 9554
Subjects: Labor supply; Statistics; Adult education; Population
Description: A sample was taken of approximately 77,000 households and data were gathered for all inhabitants. This May CPS also has statistics on adult education participation by persons 16 years old and over. For each course taken, data are included on subject area, reason for taking the course, amount paid for the class, and source of payment.
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. The entire non-institutionalized civilian population of the United States is sampled to obtain the respondents used for this survey. The May files contain the core of questions included in every CPS as well as an additional series of questions concentrating on one of three topics: adult education, pension and retirement plan coverage, or multiple job holding and premium pay. Data collections covering this last topic provide information concerning the respondents' employment status, occupation, and industry as well as personal characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, household relationship, educational background, and Spanish origin (if applicable). Data are also provided for total family income, weekly earnings of the respondent, dual jobs and reasons for them, days and hours worked per week, earnings per hour, union membership (from 1973 forward), and time of day at which work began and ended.

The data for 1970-1976 (for data collections dealing with multiple job holding and premium pay) were obtained for ICPSR by Linda P. Datcher, Survey Research Center, and Glenn C. Loury, Department of Economics, University of Michigan. The 1978 file was orginally prepared by the United States Bureau of the Census and was provided by Greg Duncan, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. Please note that some of the May files possess subtitles. This reflects a shift in Census Bureau policy toward the assignment of more explicit titles to the various CPS surveys. Also, starting with 1984, the survey universe has been expanded to include all male members of the Armed Forces living in civilian housing units.

Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Dat on Aging.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: May 1981.

United States.

170,954 records, each with a logical record length of 660.