All statistics are subject to sampling error, as well as nonsampling error such as survey design flaws, respondent classification and reporting errors, data processing mistakes, and undercoverage. The Census Bureau has taken steps to minimize errors in the form of quality control and edit procedures to reduce errors made by respondents, coders, and interviewers. Ratio estimation to independent age-race-sex population controls partially corrects for bias attributable to survey undercoverage. However, biases exist in the estimates when missed people have characteristics different from those of interviewed people in the same age-race-sex group.
Analytical statements in this report have been tested and meet statistical standards. However, because of methodological differences, use caution when comparing these data with data from other sources. More detailed tabulations on these measures can be found at the Census Bureau's internet site at https://www.census.gov.
Money Income in the United States: 1997
These tables examine annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage: 1997 - Detailed Tables
These tables present data on health insurance coverage in the United States during 1997.
Money Income in the United States: 1998
These tables examine annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.