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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- Data files
- USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Occupational income score (US1980A_OCCSCORE)
Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
293
End:
294
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 40 | 40 |
| 41 | 41 |
| 42 | 42 |
| 43 | 43 |
| 44 | 44 |
| 45 | 45 |
| 46 | 46 |
| 48 | 48 |
| 49 | 49 |
| 50 | 50 |
| 58 | 58 |
| 61 | 61 |
| 63 | 63 |
| 79 | 79+ |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the occupational income score to occupation. In essence, it assigns each occupation in all years a value representing the median total income (in hundreds of 1950 dollars) of all persons with that particular occupation in 1950.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons with an occupational response (codes 000-970) recorded in OCC1950 (occupation 1950 basis) [not verifiable]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |