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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Welfare (public assistance) income (US1990A_INCWELFR)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 362
End: 366
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US90A048 US90A469 US90A471 US90A472 US90A473 US90A474 US90A475 US90A478 US90A569"><span class="em">32. Income in 1989 -- </span><br /><br />Fill the "yes" circle below for each income source received during 1989. Otherwise, fill the "no" circle. If "yes," enter the total amount received during 1989. For income received jointly, see instruction guide. If exact amount is not known, please give best estimate. If net income was a loss, write "loss" above the dollar amount.<br /><br />[Fill the yes or no circle for each part and enter the amount received during 1989. 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 fill the no circle for the other person.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US90A474"><span class="em">32f. Supplemental Security Income (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">____ Annual amount -- Dollars</div><br /><div class="i1">[] No</div><br /><br />[Include Supplemental Security Income received by aged, blind, or disabled persons, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or income from other government programs such as general or emergency assistance. Do not include assistance received from private charities. Exclude assistance to pay for heating (cooling) costs.]<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."
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
US90A474 is a 5-digit numeric variable.


Codes99999 = NIU.
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