Current Population Survey, October 1997: School Enrollment [machine-readable data file] / conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. --Washington: Bureau of the Census [producer and distributor], 1998.
Type of File
Microdata; unit of observation is individuals within housing units.
Universe Description
"The universe consists of all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States living in households. The probability sample selected to represent the universe consists of approximately 57,000 households.
Subject-Matter Description
Data are provided on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive data are available on the employment status,occupation, and industry of persons 15 years old and over. Also shown are personal characteristics such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, household relationship, educational background, and Hispanic origin.
The file also contains information on school enrollment for persons 3 years old and over. This information includes current grade attending at a public or private school, whether attending college full or part-time at a 2 or 4-year institution, year last attended a regular school, year graduated from high school, and other items.
Geographic Coverage
States, regions and divisions are identified in their entirety. Within confidentiality restrictions; indicators are provided for consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSA), 173 selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), 69 selected primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSA), 217 counties, and 41 central cities in multi-central city metropolitan statistical areas or primary metropolitan statistical areas. Also within confidentiality restrictions, indicators are provided for metropolitan/nonmetropolitan, central city/balance metropolitan, MSA/CMSA size and MSA/PMSA size.
Technical Description
File Structure: Rectangular.
File Size: 135,599 logical records; 1,137 character logical record length.
File Sort Sequence: State rank by CMSA/MSA rank by household identification number by line number.
Reference Materials
Current Population Survey, October 1997: School Enrollment Technical Documentation. Documentation contains this abstract, including ordering information, overview, definitions, questionnaire facsimiles, code lists, and record layouts of the file. One copy accompanies each file order. Additional copies are available from Marketing Services Office, Customer Services Center, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Bureau of the Census. The Current Population Survey Design and Methodology (Technical Paper 40) (out of print). Describes in detail the sample design and survey procedures used as well as accuracy of estimates and sampling errors. Reference copies should be available from most public libraries or Federal Depository Libraries.
Related Printed Reports
Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports. Series P20, No. 492. School Enrollment--Social Characteristics of Students: October 1995. Available on the Internet through CenStats at http://www.census.gov Population Paper Listing (PPL-55) is available from Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8800. Telephone (301) 457-2422.
Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports. Series P20, No. 487. School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1994. Available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov
Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports. Series P20, No. 479. School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1993. S/N 803-005-00080-0. $11.
File Availability
The file may be ordered from Marketing Services Office, Customer Services Center using the attached order form. It is available on 9-track tape reel (ASCII or EBCDIC, labeled or unlabeled, 6250 bpi). The file also can be made available on IBM 3480 compatible tape cartridge or CD-R (compact disc-recordable) in ASCII format.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau