Current population survey, October 1981
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Series: Current population survey: October files; ICPSR -- 8116; ICPSR (Series) -- 8116
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: 567
Subjects: Labor supply; Statistics; Students; Population
Description: The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a household survey sample conducted monthly by the Census Bureau to provide estimates of employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the general labor force, the population as a whole and various subgroups in the population. The entire non-institutionalised population of the United States is sampled to obtain the respondents for this survey series. Besides the CPS core questions, the October 1981 Current Population Survey also gathered supplemental data on school enrollment for all persons three years old and over: whether attending public or private school, grade, if in school when over 14, and year of high school graduation of those from 14 to 34 or last year of school for non-graduates. College students indicated whether enrolled in a 2- or 4-year program, as well as the degree anticipated. Those working towards associates degrees specified if the program was occupational or general. College-age persons indicated whether they were taking any business, vocational, technical, or correspondence courses other than job training. The civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States was sampled and approximately 77,000 households were surveyed. The October 1981 Current Population Survey data are contained in a rectangular file.
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 population of the United States is sampled to obtain the respondents for this survey series. The October files contain the core questions included in every Current Population Survey as well as an additional series of questions on school enrollment. The additional information includes: current grade if attending a public or private school, whether attending college full- or part-time at a two or four year institution, degree anticipated, year last attended a regular school, year graduated from high school, student mobility and time spent on homework by elementary and high school students, and noncollegiate post-secondary enrollment. Please note that some of the October files possess subtitles. This reflects a shift in Census Bureau policy toward the assignment of more explict 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 Data on Aging.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: October 1981.

United States.

170,567 records, each with a logical record length of 600 characters.