Current population survey

Description

This data collection supplies the standard monthly labor force data and also provides supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 and over. Additional data are available concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full time, total income and income components, and residence on Mar. 1, 1987. Demographic information, such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Spanish origin, is provided for each person in the household. The data file was rewritten in the March 1989 format to facilitate its use with March 1989 and later files. 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. 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 separate entities.

Subjects

Series Statement

• ICPSR -- 9415

Links

• Data File