IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / USA_1980_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
Get Microdata
Reference ID
USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
1855
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat
  • USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Welfare (public assistance) income (US1980A_INCWELFR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 352
End: 356
Width: 5
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="US80A476"><span class="em">32f. Supplemental Security (SSI), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or other public assistance or public welfare payments</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes --</div><br /><div class="i2">$ ____ .00 (Annual amount -- Dollars)</div><br /><div class="i1">[] No</div><br /><br />[Include public assistance or welfare payments received from Federal, State, or local agencies. Do not include private welfare payments.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how much pre-tax income (if any) the respondent received during the previous year from various public assistance programs commonly referred to as "welfare." Assistance from private charities was not included.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
US80A476 is a 5-digit numeric variable.


Codes9995 = 9995+.
99999 = NIU.


Top codes:Topcode is $9,995.
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.