Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Poverty status (US1980A_0472)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 306

End: 308

Width: 3

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

33. What was this person's total income in 1979?

Add entries in questions 32a through g; subtract any losses.
If total amount was a loss, write "loss" above amount.

$ ____ .00 (Annual amount -- Dollars)

Or

[] None

[If no income was received in 1979, fill the None circle. If total income was a loss, write "Loss" above the amount.]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates each household's total income for the previous year as a percentage of the poverty thresholds established by the Social Security Administration in 1964 and subsequently revised in 1980, adjusted for inflation.

Universe

Persons in private dwellings

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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