1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Total family income (US1980A_FTOTINC)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 235

End: 240

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A048 US80A054 US80A471 US80A473 US80A474 US80A475 US80A476 US80A477 US80A479">During 1979 did this person receive any income from the following sources? If "yes" to any of the sources below -- How much did this person receive for the entire year? [Fill the yes or no circle for each part and enter the appropriate amount. If income from any source was received jointly by household members, report if possible, the appropriate share for each person; otherwise, report the whole amount for only one person and mark No for the other person, unless the other person has additional income of the same type.] </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the primary household's total pre-tax money income from all sources for the previous year, as reported to the census. The "primary household" includes only household members related to the household head.

Universe

United States 1980: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US80A048 is a 6-digit numeric variable.

Codes-9995 = loss of 9995 or more.
75000 = 75000+.
999999 = NIU.

Bottom codes:Bottomcode is -$9,995.

Top codes:Topcode is $75,000.

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