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US1980A_LANGUAGE - Language spoken
13a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
[] Yes
[] No, only speaks English -- Skip to 14


[Mark no, only speaks English if the person always speaks English at home; then skip to question 14. Mark Yes if the person speaks a language other than English at home. Do not mark Yes for a language spoken only at school or if speaking ability is limited to a few expressions or slang.]

13b. What is this language?
____
(For example -- Chinese, Italian, Spanish, etc.)


[Print the non-English language spoken at home. If this person speaks two or more non-English languages at home and cannot determine which is spoken most often, report the first language the person learned to speak.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_SPEAKENG - Speaks English
13c. How well does this person speak English?
[] Very well
[] Well
[] Not well
[] Not at all


[Fill the circle that best describes the person's ability to speak English.
(1) The circle very well should be filled for persons who have no difficulty speaking English.
(2) The circle well should be filled for persons who have only minor problems which do not seriously limit their ability to speak English.
(3) The circle not well should be filled for persons who are seriously limited in their ability to speak English.
(4) The circle not at all should be filled for persons who do not speak English at all.]

1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_SPANNAME - Spanish surname
1. What is the name of each person who was living here on Tuesday, April 1, 1980, or who was staying or visiting here and had no other home?
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____

1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_SCHOOL - School attendence
8. Since February 1, 1980, has this person attended regular school or college at any time?
Fill one circle. Count nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or college degree.

[] No, has not attended since February 1
[] Yes, public school, public college
[] Yes, private, church-related
[] Yes, private, not church-related


[Do not count enrollment in a trade or business school, company training, or tutoring unless the course would be accepted for credit at a regular elementary school, high school, or college. A public school is any school or college which is controlled and supported primarily by a local, county, State, or Federal Government.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_HIGRADE - Highest grade of schooling
9. What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school this person has ever attended?
Fill one circle. If now attending school, mark grade person is in. If high school was finished by equivalency test (GED), mark "12."

Highest grade attended:

[] Nursery school
[] Kindergarten


Elementary through high school (grade or year)

[] 1
[] 2
...
[] 12


College (academic year)

[] 1
[] 2
...
[] 8 or more


[] Never attended school -- Skip question 10


[Fill only one circle. Mark the highest grade ever attended even if the person did not finish it. If the person is still in school, mark the grade in which now enrolled. Schooling received in foreign or ungraded schools should be reported as the equivalent grade or year in the regular American school system. If uncertain whether a Head Start program is for nursery school or kindergarten, mark the circle for nursery school.
If the person skipped or repeated grades, mark the highest grade ever attended regardless of how long it took to get there. Persons who did not attend any college but who completed high school by finishing the 12th grade or by passing an equivalency test, such as the General Educational Development (GED) examination, should fill the circle for the 12th grade.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_EDUCREC - Educational attainment recode
9. What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school this person has ever attended?
Fill one circle. If now attending school, mark grade person is in. If high school was finished by equivalency test (GED), mark "12."

Highest grade attended:

[] Nursery school
[] Kindergarten


Elementary through high school (grade or year)

[] 1
[] 2
...
[] 12


College (academic year)

[] 1
[] 2
...
[] 8 or more


[] Never attended school -- Skip question 10


[Fill only one circle. Mark the highest grade ever attended even if the person did not finish it. If the person is still in school, mark the grade in which now enrolled. Schooling received in foreign or ungraded schools should be reported as the equivalent grade or year in the regular American school system. If uncertain whether a Head Start program is for nursery school or kindergarten, mark the circle for nursery school.
If the person skipped or repeated grades, mark the highest grade ever attended regardless of how long it took to get there. Persons who did not attend any college but who completed high school by finishing the 12th grade or by passing an equivalency test, such as the General Educational Development (GED) examination, should fill the circle for the 12th grade.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_SCHLTYPE - Public or private school
8. Since February 1, 1980, has this person attended regular school or college at any time?
Fill one circle. Count nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or college degree.

[] No, has not attended since February 1
[] Yes, public school, public college
[] Yes, private, church-related
[] Yes, private, not church-related


[Do not count enrollment in a trade or business school, company training, or tutoring unless the course would be accepted for credit at a regular elementary school, high school, or college. A public school is any school or college which is controlled and supported primarily by a local, county, State, or Federal Government.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_EMPSTAT - Employment status
22a. Did this person work at any time last week?
[] Yes --

Fill this circle if this person worked full time or part time. (Count part-time work such as delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm. Also count active duty in the Army Forces.)

22b. How many hours did this person work last week (at all jobs)?

Subtract any time off; add overtime or extra hours worked.

____ Hours


[] No -- Skip to 25

Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work.


[Mark yes if the person worked, either full or part time, on any day of last week (Sunday through Saturday).

Count as work:
Work for someone else for wages, salary, piece rate, commission, tips, or payments "in kind" (for example, food, lodging received as payment for work performed).
Work in own business, professional practice, or farm.
Any work in a family business or farm, paid or not.
Any part-time work including babysitting, paper routes, etc.
Active duty in Armed Forces.


Do not count as work:
Housework or yard work at home
Unpaid volunteer work.
Work done as a resident of an institution.


Give the actual number of hours worked at all jobs last week, even if that was more or fewer hours than usually worked.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_LABFORCE - Labor force status
22a. Did this person work at any time last week?
[] Yes --

Fill this circle if this person worked full time or part time. (Count part-time work such as delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm. Also count active duty in the Army Forces.)

22b. How many hours did this person work last week (at all jobs)?

Subtract any time off; add overtime or extra hours worked.

____ Hours


[] No -- Skip to 25

Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work.


[Mark yes if the person worked, either full or part time, on any day of last week (Sunday through Saturday).

Count as work:
Work for someone else for wages, salary, piece rate, commission, tips, or payments "in kind" (for example, food, lodging received as payment for work performed).
Work in own business, professional practice, or farm.
Any work in a family business or farm, paid or not.
Any part-time work including babysitting, paper routes, etc.
Active duty in Armed Forces.


Do not count as work:
Housework or yard work at home
Unpaid volunteer work.
Work done as a resident of an institution.


Give the actual number of hours worked at all jobs last week, even if that was more or fewer hours than usually worked.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_OCC1950 - Occupation, 1950 basis
29. Occupation

29a. What kind of work was this person doing?
____
(For example: Registered nurse, personnel manager, supervisor of order department, gasoline engine assembler, grinder operator)


[Print two or more words to describe the kind of work the person does. If the person is a trainee, apprentice, or helper, include that in the description. Some examples of what is needed to make an answer acceptable are shown on the census form and here.

Unacceptable: Clerk
Acceptable: Production clerk
Unacceptable: Helper
Acceptable: Carpenter's helper
Unacceptable: Mechanic
Acceptable: Auto engine mechanic
Unacceptable: Nurse
Acceptable: Registered nurse


29b. What were this person's most important activities or duties?
____
(For example: Patient care, directing hiring policies, supervising order clerks. assembling engines, operating grinding mill)


[Print the most important things that the person does on the job. Some examples are shown on the census form.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_OCC - Occupation
29. Occupation

29a. What kind of work was this person doing?
____
(For example: Registered nurse, personnel manager, supervisor of order department, gasoline engine assembler, grinder operator)


[Print two or more words to describe the kind of work the person does. If the person is a trainee, apprentice, or helper, include that in the description. Some examples of what is needed to make an answer acceptable are shown on the census form and here.

Unacceptable: Clerk
Acceptable: Production clerk
Unacceptable: Helper
Acceptable: Carpenter's helper
Unacceptable: Mechanic
Acceptable: Auto engine mechanic
Unacceptable: Nurse
Acceptable: Registered nurse


29b. What were this person's most important activities or duties?
____
(For example: Patient care, directing hiring policies, supervising order clerks. assembling engines, operating grinding mill)


[Print the most important things that the person does on the job. Some examples are shown on the census form.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_OCCSCORE - Occupational income score
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_SEI - Duncan Socioeconomic Index
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_IND1950 - Industry, 1950 basis
28. Industry

28a. For whom did this person work?
If now on active duty in the Armed Forces, print "AF" and skip to question 31.

____ (Name of company, business, organization, or other employer)


[If the person worked for a company, business, or government agency, print the name of the company, not the name of the person's supervisor. If the person worked for an individual or a business that has no company name, print the name of the individual worked for. If the person worked in his or her own business, print 'self-employed'.]

28b. What kind of business or industry was this?
Describe the activity at location where employed.

____
(For example: Hospital, newspaper publishing, mail order house, auto engine manufacturing, breakfast cereal manufacturing)


[Print two or more words to tell what the business, industry, or individual employer named in 28a does. If there is more than one activity, describe only the major activity at the place where the person works. Enter what is made, what is sold, or that service is given. Some examples of what is needed to make an answer acceptable are shown on the census form and here.

Unacceptable: Furniture company
Acceptable: Metal furniture manufacturing
Unacceptable: Grocery store
Acceptable: Wholesale grocery store
Unacceptable: Oil company
Acceptable: Retail gas station
Unacceptable: Ranch
Acceptable: Cattle ranch]


28c. Is this mainly --
(Fill one circle)

[] Manufacturing
[] Wholesale trade
[] Retail trade
[] Other -- (agriculture, construction, service, government, etc.)


[Mark manufacturing if the factory, plant, mill, etc., mostly makes things, even if it also sells them. Mark wholesale trade if the business mostly sells things to stores or other companies. Mark retail trade if the business mostly sells things (not services) to individuals. Mark other if the main activity of the employer is not making or selling things. Some examples of other are farming, construction, and services such as those provided by hotels, dry cleaners, repair shops, schools, and banks.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
US1980A_IND - Industry
28. Industry

28a. For whom did this person work?
If now on active duty in the Armed Forces, print "AF" and skip to question 31.

____ (Name of company, business, organization, or other employer)


[If the person worked for a company, business, or government agency, print the name of the company, not the name of the person's supervisor. If the person worked for an individual or a business that has no company name, print the name of the individual worked for. If the person worked in his or her own business, print 'self-employed'.]

28b. What kind of business or industry was this?
Describe the activity at location where employed.

____
(For example: Hospital, newspaper publishing, mail order house, auto engine manufacturing, breakfast cereal manufacturing)


[Print two or more words to tell what the business, industry, or individual employer named in 28a does. If there is more than one activity, describe only the major activity at the place where the person works. Enter what is made, what is sold, or that service is given. Some examples of what is needed to make an answer acceptable are shown on the census form and here.

Unacceptable: Furniture company
Acceptable: Metal furniture manufacturing
Unacceptable: Grocery store
Acceptable: Wholesale grocery store
Unacceptable: Oil company
Acceptable: Retail gas station
Unacceptable: Ranch
Acceptable: Cattle ranch]


28c. Is this mainly --
(Fill one circle)

[] Manufacturing
[] Wholesale trade
[] Retail trade
[] Other -- (agriculture, construction, service, government, etc.)


[Mark manufacturing if the factory, plant, mill, etc., mostly makes things, even if it also sells them. Mark wholesale trade if the business mostly sells things to stores or other companies. Mark retail trade if the business mostly sells things (not services) to individuals. Mark other if the main activity of the employer is not making or selling things. Some examples of other are farming, construction, and services such as those provided by hotels, dry cleaners, repair shops, schools, and banks.]
1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States - USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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