1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Farm income (US1980A_INCFARM)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 341

End: 346

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A048 US80A054 US80A471 US80A473 US80A474 US80A475 US80A476 US80A477 US80A479"><span class="em">During 1979 did this person receive any income from the following sources? </span><br /><br />If "yes" to any of the sources below -- How much did this person receive for the entire year?<br /><br />[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.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US80A474"><span class="em">32c. Own farm</span><br /><div class="i1">Report net income after operating expenses. Include earnings as a tenant farmer or sharecropper.<br /><br />[] Yes --</div><br /><div class="i2">$ ____ .00 (Annual amount -- Dollars)</div><br /><div class="i1">[] No</div><br /><br />[Include net earnings (gross receipts minus operating expenses) from a farm. If farm lost money, write "loss" above the amount.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's net pre-income-tax earnings as a tenant farmer, sharecropper, or operator of his/her own farm during the previous calendar year. This is the amount earned after subtracting farming expenses from gross receipts. Gross receipts include not only the value of farm products sold, but also those from government programs, renting out farm equipment, and the sale of any products from the farmland itself (such as gravel, sand, or wood). It excludes non-cash benefits (such as the free consumption of one's own farm products) and any income earned as an employee, which is contained in wage and salary income (INCWAGE).

Universe

United States 1980: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US80A474 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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