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Current Population Survey (CPS) Table Creator II
(with Customizable Income and Poverty Definitions)
For the Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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Year(s) of Data
- At present, the alternative poverty measures data is only available
for 2005 - 2007.
- The year represents the year in which the
CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement was conducted.
For example, data for 2005 was collected in the 2005
CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
- Many questions in CPS are asked about the status at the time of
interview. Examples include age, marital status, labor force status.
Responses to other questions are based on the previous
(or reference) year. Examples of these
include income, poverty status, health insurance coverage. In
the tables generated by the
CPS Table Creator, the reference year will be identified in the
variable label when it is not the same as the year in which the
CPS Annual
Social and Economic Supplement was conducted. Thus, age and marital
status will not include the year in their labels, but income
and poverty status will.
- Latest Year / Number of Years example:
to produce data for
2004 and 2005, select Year = 2005 and Number of Years = 2.
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Tables for more than one year of data will take longer to
create.
- For the Average or Separate item,
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If the number of years you select is "one", the value in this field is
ignored.
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If you select multiple years, "Average" will provide data averaged
across the selected years. See exception below.
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If you select multiple years, "Separate" will provide a separate table
for each of the selected years.
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There is one exception to the "Average" selection: if you select the
CPS Reference Year as a variable for any row/column/page, the data
will NOT be averaged across each year.
This is how you would display data for multiple years in ONE table.
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At present, there are NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS made to
ANY fields. Thus, two- and three-year averages for income variables
may not yield the results you desire.
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov
for further information on the Current Population Survey Table Creator.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: August 15, 2008
