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

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Poverty status (US1980A_POVERTY)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 332

End: 334

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US80A470 US80A472">33. What was this person's total income in 1979? <div class="i1">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</div> [If no income was received in 1979, fill the None circle. If total income was a loss, write "Loss" above the amount.] </svar>

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

United States 1980: Persons in private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 3-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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