AUTHOR TITI E INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE JOURNAL CIT EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME CE 053 039 Bennefield, Robert L.; McNeil, John M. Labor Force Status and Other Characteristics of Persons with a Work Disability: 1981 to 1988. Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, Md. Jul 89 105p. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Statistical Data (110) -- Collected Works - Serials (022) Current Population Reports; Series P-23 n160 Jul 1989 MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. Blacks; *Disabilities; Employment Statistics; Femi'lles; *Labor Force Nonparticipants; Males; Salary Wage Differentials; *Unemployment *Current Population Survey This document examines 8-year trends in the labor force status and other characteristics (including age and years of school completed) of persons with a work force disability, using March supplements to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS). (Disabled persons are considered to be individuals 16 to 64 years old with a disability that prevents them from working or that limits the kind or amount of work they can do.) The CPS data are collected by interviewers who ask questions about each household member 14 years or older in every sample household. The number of housing units eligible for interviewing in the sample ranged from 65,500 in 1980 and 1981 to 57,000 in 1988. Among the findings are the following: (1) the poor were more likely to be disabled workers compared to those with a more comfortable income level; (2) Blacks were more likely to have a work disability than Whites or Hispanics; (3, the incidence of work disabilities is significantly higher among males 55 to 64 than among males 25 to 34, among people who have less than an eighth-grade education than among high school or college graduates, and among persons who live in poverty; (4) disabled males were unemployed at a rate of 14 percent ove' the 1983 to 1988 period, and men without disabilities were unemployed at a 6 percent rate; and (5) in 1988, 14 percent of women with disabilities were unemployed, compared to 5 percent of women who were not disabled; and (6) the unemployment rate for men with and without disabilities peaked in 1983. The document contains detailed data tables and copies of the questionnaire. (CML) ***********************************************r*********************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************
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Bennefield, Robert L.; McNeil, John M.Labor Force Status and Other Characteristics ofPersons with a Work Disability: 1981 to 1988.Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, Md.Jul 89105p.Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government PrintingOffice, Washington, DC 20402.Statistical Data (110) -- Collected Works - Serials(022)
Current Population Reports; Series P-23 n160 Jul1989
MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.Blacks; *Disabilities; Employment Statistics;Femi'lles; *Labor Force Nonparticipants; Males; SalaryWage Differentials; *Unemployment*Current Population Survey
This document examines 8-year trends in the laborforce status and other characteristics (including age and years ofschool completed) of persons with a work force disability, usingMarch supplements to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current PopulationSurvey (CPS). (Disabled persons are considered to be individuals 16to 64 years old with a disability that prevents them from working orthat limits the kind or amount of work they can do.) The CPS data arecollected by interviewers who ask questions about each householdmember 14 years or older in every sample household. The number ofhousing units eligible for interviewing in the sample ranged from65,500 in 1980 and 1981 to 57,000 in 1988. Among the findings are thefollowing: (1) the poor were more likely to be disabled workerscompared to those with a more comfortable income level; (2) Blacks
were more likely to have a work disability than Whites or Hispanics;(3, the incidence of work disabilities is significantly higher amongmales 55 to 64 than among males 25 to 34, among people who have lessthan an eighth-grade education than among high school or collegegraduates, and among persons who live in poverty; (4) disabled maleswere unemployed at a rate of 14 percent ove' the 1983 to 1988 period,and men without disabilities were unemployed at a 6 percent rate; and(5) in 1988, 14 percent of women with disabilities were unemployed,compared to 5 percent of women who were not disabled; and (6) theunemployment rate for men with and without disabilities peaked in1983. The document contains detailed data tables and copies of thequestionnaire. (CML)
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CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS
Special Studies
Series P-23, No. 160
Labor ForceStatus and Other
Characteristicsof Persons With
a Work Disability:1981 to 1988
by: Robert L Bennefieldand John M. McNeil
Issued July 1989
U.S. Department of CommerceRobert A. Mosbacher, Secretary
Michael R. Darby, Under Secretaryfor Economic Affirs
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUSC.L. Kincannon, Deputy Director
William P. Butz, Associate Director forDemographic Programs
Roger A. Herriot, Senior Demographic andHousing Analyst
HOUSING AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICSTATISTICS DIVISION
Leonard J. Norry, Acting Chief
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Contents
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Introduction 1
Measuring work disability status in the March CPS 1
Work disability: 1981 to 1988 2
1988 data on characteristics of persons with a work disability 2
TEXT TABLES
A. Number of persons 16 to 64 years old with a work disability by individual criteria:1988 3
B. Persons 16 to 64 years old with a work disability: 1P81 to 1988 3
C. Labor force status of civilians 16 to 64 years old during the survey week, by workdisability status: 1981 to 1988 4
D. Mean earnings of civilian workers 16 to 64 years old, by work disability status: 1980to 1987 4
E. Percent of persons 16 to 64 years old with a work disability, by selectedcharacteristics: 1988 5
F. Labor force status by work disability status, persons 16 to 64 years: 1988 6
G. Mean earnings of workers 16 to 64 years old, by work disability status: 1987 8
H. Percent of workers covered by employer-provided health insurance, by workdisability status: 1987 9
I. Work disability status of persons 65 to 74 years old: 1988 9
DETAILED TABLES
1. Persons 16 to 64 years r'ki with a work disability, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin:1981 to 1988 11
2. Agepersons 16 to 64 years old with a work disability, by sex, race, and Hispanicorigin: 1981 to 1988 13
3. Selected characteristics of persons 16 to 64 years old with a work disability, bysex: 1988 22
4. Labor force status et civilians 16 to 64 years old, by work disability status and sex:1988 28
5. In the labor forcecivilians 16 to 64 years old with a work disability, by sex: 1988 346. Occupation, industry, class of worker, pension, and health plan coverage in
1987employed persons 16 to 64 years old, by work disability status, race,Hispanic origin, and sex: 1988 36
7. Work experience in 1987work disability status of civilians 16 to 64 years old, bysex: 1988 40
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8. Family status and mean income in 1987work disability status of persons 16 to 64years old, by sex: 1988 46
9. Work experience and mean earnings in 1987work disability status of civilians 16to 64 years old, by :ex: 1988 52
10. Persons 65 to 74 years oldwork disability status, by employment, age, and sex:1988 58
APPENDIXES
A. Definitions and Explanations 65B. Source and Accuracy of Estimates 71
Source of data 71Accuracy of estimates 71
C. Facsimiles of CPS Questionnaires 81Facsimile I. Control Card 81Facsimile II. CPS-1-Basic Questionnaire 83Facsimile Ill. CPS-665-Supplemental Questionnaire 88
SYMBOLS USED IN TABLES
Represents zero or rounds to zeroB Base less than 75,000X Not applicable
P-1
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Labor Force Status and Other Characteristics of PersonsWith a Work Disability: 1981 to 1988
INTRODUCTION
Since 1981, March supplements to the Current Pop-ulation Survey (CPS) have contained several data itemsthat provide information on work disability status. Thisreport uses CPS data to examine eight-year trends inthe labor force status and other characteristics ofpersons with a work disability.
This is the second Bureau of the Census report topresent such data. The first report, Labor Force Statusand Other Characteristics of Persons With a WorkDisability. 1982, Series P-23, No. 127, was issued in July1983. This report not only updates the informationpresented in the earlier report, but divides the popula-tion with a work disability into those with a severedisability and those with a disability that is not severe.
In order to interpret the data presented in this report,users should be aware of the basic concept of disabilityand the relationship of the basic concept to the opera-tional concept adopted for the March household sur-veys. According to Saad Nagi, a major figure in thedevelopment of survey data on persons with disabilities,a rerson has a disability if he or she has a limitation inthe ability to perform one or more of the life activitiesexpected of an individual within a social environment.'The primary way this basic concept is operationalized inthe March CPS is to ask whether any household member has a health problem or disability which preventsthem from working or which limits the kind or amount ofwork they can do.
Users of this report should be aware that some of thepersons who do not have a work disability do haveimpairments, functional limitations, or disabilities in lifeactivities other than work. The term "impairment" indi-cates a physiological, anatomical, or mental loss orabnormality. The term "functional limitation" indicates arestriction in a physical functional activity (e.g., walking,reaching, hearing), an emotional functional activity (e.g.,maintaining satisfactory personal relationships), or amental functional activity (e.g. solving problems). Per-sons with a given level of functional limitation may ormay not have a work disability depending on the indi-vidual environment (e.g., employer accommodation) andthe reaction of the person.
'Saad Z. Nagi, "Disability Concepts and Prevalence," paperpresented at first Mary Switzer Memorial Seminar, Cleveland, Ohio,May 1975.
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Household survey estimates of the prevalence ofwork disability differ according to the content, design,and methodoiogy of the survey. Surveys which focus onthe topic of work disability and which ask separatequestions about the work disability status of each adultin the household tend to produce higher prevalenceestimates than surveys that give no special emphasis towork disability status and which depend on a screeningquestion asked of a household respondent. The CPS isan example of the latter type of survey, and CPSestimates of the prevalence of work disabiltiy (8.6percent of the working-age population in 1988) arelower than estimates from the Survey of Income andProgram Participation (12.1 percent in 1984) and theNational Health Interview Survey (11.E percent in 1983-85). CPS data are not the best source for prevalenceestimates. Their importance lies in the fact that theyprovide a reasonably consistent set of timeseries dataon the labor force activity and earnings status of per-sons with a work disability.
MEASURING WORK DISABILITY STATUS INTHE MARCH CPS
A person is considered to have a work disability if oneor more of the following conditions are met:
1. Identified by a question that asks "Does anyone inthis household have a health problem or disabilitywhich prevents them from working or which limitsthe kind or amount of work they can do?"
2. Identified by a question that asks "Is there anyonein this household who ever retired or left a job forhealth reasons?"
3. Did not work in the survey week because of a longterm physical or mental illness or disability whichprevents the performance of any kind of work(based on the "main activity last week" question onthe basic CPS questionnaire).
4. Did not work at all in previous year because ill ordisabled (based on the "reason did not work lastyear" question on the fvlarrh CPS supplement).
5. Under 65 years of age and covered by Medicare.
6. Under 65 years of age and a recipient of Supple-mental Security Income (SSI).
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If one or more of the final four conditions was met,the person was considered to have a severe workdisability.
Table A presents a matrix showing the number ofpersons identified by each of the six criteria and thenumber identified by a given criteria who were alsoidentified by other criteria. For example, of the 5.2million persons identified by criteria 4 (did not work at allin previous year because ill or disabled); 4.7 million werealso identified by criteria 1, 1.8 million were also identi-fied by criteria 2, and 1.7 million were also identified bycriteria J.
WORK DISABILITY: 1981 TO 1988
Table B shows prevalence data for the years 1981 to1988 by sex and severity of the work disability forpersons 16 to 64 years of age. The data show littleevidence of any trends over the period. It is true that thework disability rate among men was lower in 1988 thanin 1981 (8.7 versus 9.5 percent), but for most of theperiod the rate among males showed no significantvariation (the rate in 1967 was not statistically differentthan the rate during any of the years from 1982to 1986).
The rate of severe disability among men showed noevidence of change over the period; the figure was 4.8percent in 1981 and 4.9 percent in 1988. Amongwomen, neither the overall rate nor the severe rateshowed evidence of a change over the period. In 1981,the overall work disability rate among women was 8.5per.;ent and the severe rate was 4.7 percent. Sevenyears later, in 1988, .ne overall rate was 8.4 percent andthe severe rate was 4.6 percent.
Table C shows data for men and women with andwithout a disability for three basic measures of laborforce activity. The three measures include (1) percent inthe labor force, (2) percent working at a full-time job,and (3) the rate of unemployment (the unemploymentrate is based only on persons who are actively seekingwork and excludes those who have left the labor force).
The labor force participation rate of men with a workdisability was 35.7 percent in 1988, considerably lowerthan the 1981 figure of 41.9 percent, but the rate did notexhibit any particular trend over most of the eight-yearperiod. For example, the 1987 rate of 39.7 percent wasnot statistically different from the 1982 rate of 41.5percent. The labor force participation rate of men withno work disability was fairly stable over the period. The1988 rate of 88.9 percent was slightly lower than the1981 rate (89.4 percent) but was not statistically differ-ent from the 1982 rate of 88.8 percent.
In 1988, 23.1' percent of men with a work disabilityand 74.8 percent of men with no work disability wereemployed at a fulltime job. The 1988 figure for men witha work disability was lower than the 1981 figure of 29.8percent, but the rate was relatively stable for much of
the period. The 1987 rate of 26.3 percent was notstatistically different from the 1982 rate of 27.4 percent.The proportion of men without a work disability whowere employed at a full-time job was slightly higher in1988 than in 1981 (74.8 percent versus 74.1 percent).
The two groups, men with and without a work disabil-ity, experienced their highest rates of unemployment in1983. In that year, the unemployment rate was 19.6percent among men with a work disability and 11.8percent among men with no work disability. The ratedeclined for both groups over the 1983 to 1988 period,falling to 14.2 percent for those with a work disabilitya-id 6.2 percent for those with no work disability.
In contrast to the data for men, the data in table C doshow a trend towards increased labor force actitivyamong women with a work disability. During the 1981 to1988 period, the proportion of women with a workdisability who were in the labor force rose from 23.5 to27.5 percent, and the proportion holding a full-time jobrose from 11.4 to 13.1 percent. From 1981 to 1988 thelabor force participation rate for women with no workdisability increased from 63.9 to 69.5 percent and theproportion of this group holding full-time jobs increasedfrom 41.6 to 47.1 percent. From 1983 to 1988, theunemployment rate among women with a work disabilitydeclined from 19.7 to 14.2 percent. The rate amongwomen with no work disability declined from 9.5 percentto 5.2 percent over the same time period.
Based on earnings data, disabled persons of bothsexes experienced a worsening in relative economicstatus from 1980 to 1987. Table D shows that thedisabled to nondisabled annual earnings ratio amongmale workers fell from .77 in 1980 ($12,579 versus$16,362) to .64 in 1987 ($15,497 versus $24,095).Among female workers, the ratio declined from .69 in1980 ($5,335 versus $7,770) to .62 in 1987 ($8,075versus $13,000). The earnings ratio of year-round full-time male workers also showed a decline, droppingfrom .91 ($18,755 versus $20,642) to .81 ($24,200versus $29,994). There was no statistically significantchange in the earnings ratio among female year-round,full-time workers. The disabled to nondisabled ratio was.88 in 1980 ($10,568 versus $12,020) and .84 in 1987($15,796 versus $18,894).
1988 DATA ON CHARACTERISTICS OFPERSONS WITH A WORK DISABILITY
Tabit E presents data showing the relationshipbetweenwork disability status and four highly correlated vari-ables: age, schooling, income, and race. The likelihoodof having a work disability is strongly related to age.Persons in the 55 to 64 years of age group are aboutfour times as likely as persons in the 25 to 34 years ofage group to haye a work disability, and they are aboutfive times as likely t5 have a severe work disability. The
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Table A. Number of Persons 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Individual Criteria: 1988
(Numbers in thousands)
Work disability criteria With a workdisability
With a work disability based on criterion--
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total
With a work disability baseo on criterion:1
23456
13,420 11,146
(X)
4,475
3,744(X)
2,088
1,909775(X)
5,236
4,6621,8241,/12
(X)
2,877
2,1241,017
704.
1,706(X)
2,069
1,647398533
1,239528(X)
Note: See text for description of critena
Table B. Persons 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability: 1981 to 1988(Numbers in thousands)
Table E. Percent of Persons 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Selected Characteristics: 1988
CharacteristicsBoth sexes Males Females
Total Severe Total Severe Total Severe
Total 8.6 4.8 8.7 4.9 8.4 4.6
AGE
16 to 24 years 3.8 1.7 4.1 1.9 3.6 1.6
25 to 34 years 5.6 2.7 5.9 3.1 5.4 2.4
35 to 44 years 7.1 3.6 7.7 4.3 6.5 3.0
45 to 54 years 10.3 6.0 10.3 6.0 10.2 6.0
55 to 64 years 22.3 14.0 22.4 13.7 22.2 14.2
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Less than 8 years 29.7 23.4 29.1 23.2 30.2 23.7
8 24.6 16.8 23.9 15.8 25.2 17.8
9 to 11 17.7 11.6 17.5 11.7 17.9 11.4
12 8.8 4.5 9.3 5.1 8.4 4.1
13 to 15 7.5 3.2 8.4 3.4 6.7 3.0
16 or more 3.8 1.3 3.8 1.4 3.8 1.2
INCOME TO POVERTY RATIO
Less than 1.00 21.9 15.5 24.4 17.9 20.3 13.8
1.00 to 1.24 17.8 12.4 19.0 14.6 16.8 10.5
1.25 to 1.49 13.4 8.3 13.4 8.6 13.4 8.1
1.50 to 1.99 11.3 6.9 12 8 8.4 9.9 5.6
2.00 and over 5.6 2.4 5.8 2.4 5.3 2.3
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN2
White 7.9 4.1 8.2 4.3 7.7 3.9
Black 13.7 9.9 13.7 10.3 13.8 9.5
Hispanic origin 8.2 5.6 8.4 5.9 7.9 5.2
'Universe is persons 25 to 64 years old.2Persons of Hispanic ongin may be of any race.
actual CPS disability rates by age group were 3.8percent (persons 16 to 24 years old), 5.6 percent (25 to34), 7.1 percent (35 to 44), 10.3 percent (45 to 54) and22.3 percent (55 to 64). The overall relationship observedfor those with a work disability held for both males andfemales.
The relationshiP between work disability status andyears of school completed is also strong. Persons whohave completed less than 8 years of school have adisability rate that is more than three times as high asthe rate for high school graduates and eight times therate for college graduates. The differences are evenmore pronounced when the severity of the disability isconsidered. Approximately 30 percent of all those withless than 8 years of schooling had a work disabilitycompared b 8.8 percent of those with a high schooleducation and 3.8 percent of those with a collegedegree. The proportions of persons in the three school-ing groups with a severe work disability were 23.4percent for those with less than 8 years of schooling, 4.5percent for high school graduates, and 1.3 percent forcollege graduates. Part of the observed relationshipbetween disability and schooling is caused by therelationship between schooling and age. Older personstend to have less schooling than young9r persons. But
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the data in detailed table 3 show that the inverserelationship between disability and specific school lev-els is highlu significant within age groups. For example,among persons 45 to 54, the work disability rate was21.3 percent for those without a high school diploma,8.2 percent for high school graduates with no collegediploma, and 4.3 percent for those who graduated fromcollege.
The data do not allow for a determination of causalityand it seems very likely that botn directions are impor-tant. That is, disability has a causal effect on schooling,and schooling has a causal effect on disability. From amore basic point of view, it may be that high rates ofdisability and low levels of schooling are both caused byeconomic and social disadvantages experienced inchildhood.
A third major correlate of work disability status isincome. Table E shows data on the relationship betweendisability and the income to poverty ratio. The ratio iscomputed by comparing the person's family income (orhis or her own income if the person is not a familymember) to an official poverty threshold. A ratio of lessthan one means that the person is part of the officialpoverty population. The data show that 21.9 percent ofthe working-age population (persons 16 to 64 years) in
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poverty in 1987 a work disability. Among those whowere near-poor (1.00 to 1.24 of the poverty threshnld),17.8 percent had a work disability. In contrast, an..mgthose with a more comfortable income level (an incomeat least twice that of the poverty threshold), only 5.6percent had a work disability.
The final correlate shown in table E is race. Blackpersons had a much higher likelihood (13.7 pe I)than Whites (7.9 percent) or persons of Hispanic c. 4rt(8.2 percent) of having a work disaNity. The differences
were even larger when the severity of the disability wasconsidered. The proportion of Blacks with a severedisability was 9.9 percent, more than twice the rate ofWhites (4.1 percent) and 77 percent higher than the ratefor persons of Hispanic origin (5.6 percent).
Among both males and females, the existence of awork disability makes a large difference on the likeli-hood of being in the labor force, of holding a full-timejob, and of being unemployed. The effect of a workdisability on labor force activity may differ, however,depending on other characteristics of the person.
Table F. Labor Force Status by Work Disability Status, Persons 16 to 64 Years: 1988
With a work disability With no work disability
Percentercent
Unemploy-ment rate
Percent
Unemploy-ment rate
In labor forceEmployed
full time In labor forceEmployed
full timeMALES
Total 3F' 23.4 14.2 88.9 74.8 6.2Age
16 to 24 years 40.4 17.7 22.6 69.5 38.0 12.825 to 34 years 49.5 32.4 15.9 96.2 85.4 6.135 to 44 years 43.7 31.2 14.0 98.0 90.3 4.345 to 54 Jars 38.6 29.1 12.4 97.3 90.4 3.455 to 64 years 20.7 12.7 9.2 80.5 70.8 4.1
Years of School Completed'
Less than 12 23.8 14.1 18.5 91.0 75.5 9.312 38.2 26.3 14.8 94.8 85.7 5.813 to 15 49.1 37.6 8.6 95.2 87.5 3.716 or more 50.3 36.8 5.0 96.1 90.3 1.6
''Universe is persons 25 to 64 years old.*2Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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As shown in table F, age has a negative effect on therelative labor force participation rates of persons with awork disability, and schooling has a positive effect.Among males 25 to 24 years old, persons with a workdisability had a labor force rate that was approximatelyone-half of those with no work disability (49.5 percentversus 9E.2 percent). But among older males (55 to 64),the labor force participation rate of persons with a workdisability was only one-fourth that of persons with nowork disability (20.7 percent versus 80.5 percent).
The ctrong negative relationship between age andlabor force participation observed for men was not asevident for women. The decline in labor force participa-tion presumably reflects an increasing severity of dis-ability although it may also reflect fewer employmentopportunities. The data in table F show a strong positiverelationship between schooling and labor force partici-pation. The labor force participation rate of males with awork disability was 23.8 percent for nonhigh-schoolgraduates; 38.2 percent for high-school graduates, and50.3 percent for college graduates. Among females witha work disability, the comparable figures were 14.8,
.:9.5, and 46.5 percent.
The relationship between schooling and labor forceparticipation can also be examined by comparing ratesbetween those with a work disability and those with nowork disability within given schooling categories. Forexample, among male high school graduates, thosewith a work disability had a labor force participation ratethat was about 40 percent as high as the rate for thosewith no disability. But when the comparison was madeamong those with a college degree, the ratio increasedto 52 percent. This observed relationship was notstatistically significant for females.
Among White males with a work disability, 38.9percent were in the labor force, and 26.2 percent heldfull-time jobs. Their unempioyment rate was 12.9 per-cent. Among Black males, the comparable figures were20.6 percent, 10.8 percent, and 25.0 percent. Amongmales of Hispanic origin, the figures were 28.2, 13.9,and 28.4 percent, respectively. Black females with awork disability were less likely to hold a full-time job andmore likely to be unemployed than their White counter-parts.
Earlier data showed the large impact that workdisability has on The likelihood of being employed (par-ticularly at a full-time job). Work disability also affectseconomic status by lowering the average level of earn-ings. Table G presents data from the March 1988 CPSshowing earnings for calendar year 1987 by work dis-ability status and other characteristics.
The earnings ratio (earnings of those with a workdisability as a proportion of the earnings of those with nodisability) shows no statistically signiiicant variation byage. Among male year-round, full-time workers, the ratiowas .67 for persons 25 to 34 yeczs old, .80 for persons
35 to 44 years old, .73 for persons 45 to 54 years old,and only .68 for persons 55 to 64 years old.
Drawing conclusions from this age profile is difficultbecause information on the duration of the disability islacking, but one possible explanation is the difference inschooling experience between those with and without awork disability. Persons with higher levels of schoolingcan expect to have higher returns to work experience,and persons with a work disability tend to have lessschooling than those with no work disability. The school-.ng difference means that young persons with a workdisability cannot look forward to the same rate of returnto work experience as young persons with no workdisability.
If the earnings disadvantage of males with a workdisability increases with age, it appears to be also truethat it increases with the level of education. Amongmale year-round, full-time workers, the earnings ratiowas .90 for high school graduates, but only .79 forcollege graduates. Among males, at least, persons witha disability face two serious bafflers to their chances ofearning high levels of pay. First, they do not complete asmany years of schooling as their counterparts with nowork disability, and second, when they do completecollege, they receive smaller financial rewards.
The pattern of earnings ratios is different for femalesthan for males, primarily because the age-earningsprofile for women is much flatter than the profile formen. The apparent returns to work experience are smallfor women whether or not they have a work disability.The relationship between the earnings ratio and scnool-ing that was observed for men (the earnings ratiodropped as schooling increased) was not observed forwomen. The financial gain of having a college degreeappeared to be about the same for both groups ofwomen; those with a work disability and those without.
The existence of a work disability lowers labor forceactivity and earnings, and it also significantly lowers thenhances of being covered by an employer-providedhealth plan. Table H shows that 52.1 percent of maleworkers with a work disability were covered by anemployer health plan compared to 65.9 percent ofmales with no work disability. The overall pattern heldfor Whites and Blacks but was not evident for personsof Hispanic origin. A plausible reason for the latterfinding is the low rate at which Hispanic-origin workersare covered by employer health plans.
The data presented above refer to the status ofpersons under 65 years of age. Table I shows data onthe work disability and employment status of persons 65to 74 years old. Many persons in this age group havevoluntarily left the labor force, but many others areinterested in working and the data show that workdisability status has an important effect on employmentstatus. Approximately one-fourth of the persons in thisage group had a work disability, and the employmentrate of those with a disability was considerably lower
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Table G. Mean Earnings of Workers 16 to 64 Years Old, by Work Disability Status: 1987
CharacteristicsWorked in 1987 Worked year-round, full-time in 1987
With a workdisability
With no workdisability
With a workdisability
With no workdisability
MALES
Total $15,497 $24,095 $24,000 $29,994
Age
16 to 24 years 6.463 7,851 (B) 14,98525 to 34 years 14,102 22,362 22,249 25,63735 to 44 years 18,388 31,082 27,524 34,22345 to 54 years 20,385 33,775 26,618 36,68155 to 64 years 15,187 28,899 22,601 33,116
Years of School Completed'
Less than 12 11,012 17,705 17,224 21,04112 16,480 23,573 23,773 26,27013 to 15 18,776 27,903 28,200 30,72216 or more 26,241 39,983 33,901 43,124
16 to 24 years 4,910 6,403 (B) 13,07825 to 34 years 8,612 14,151 15,840 18,81935 to 44 years 9,306 15,857 15,809 20,83445 to 54 years 8,502 15,406 16,380 20,02255 to 64 years 7,747 13,372 17,078 18.547
Years of School Complete&
Less than 12 4,840 8,947 10,150 12,88312 7,863 12,563 14,955 16,86313 to 15 10,398 15,552 17,223 20,31316 or more 15,632 21,480 24,591 26,592
'Universe is persons 25 to 64 years old.2Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
than the rate of those with no disability. The employ-ment rate among men 65 to 74 years old with no workdisability was 25.5 percent, and the rate among those
with a work disability was 8.1 percent. The comparablerates for women in this age group were 13.8 and 3.5percent, respectively.
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Table H. Percent of Workers Covered by Employer-Provided Health Insurance, by Work Disability Status:1987
(Persons who worked in 1987 who were covered at any time during the year)
Characteristics
ALL RACES
MalesFemales
WHITE
MalesFemales
BLACK
MalesFemales
HISPANIC ORIGIN'
MalesFemales
With a work disability
52.140.1
52.844.1
44.842.9
47.843.5
With no work disability
6t 952.i
66.651.9
60.658.0
49.045,5
'Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
Table I. Work Disability Status of Persons 65 to 74 Years Old: 1988
(Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic
Males Females
Number Percent employed Number Percent employed
All persons
WORK DISABILITY STATUS
With a work disabilityWith no work disability
7,736
2,1045,632
20.8
8.125.5
9,736
2,4357,301
11.2
3.513.8
1
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Table 1. Persons 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Sex, Race, and HispanicOrigin: 1981 to 1988
(NonInstItubonal persons as of March of each year. Numbers in thousands)
'Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.2Since medians were calculated using more detailed intervals than those shown above, they MI not be the same as those calculated using the above Intervals.
3 3
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Table 4. Labor Force Status-Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old, by Sex:1988
(Norinstrtutional persons as of March 1988. Numbers in thousands. For meaning of symbols see text)
Mean Income DollarsStandard error ... ..... . .......... Dollars
Ratio of Income of Families ortin:Anted Individuals to PovertyLevel In 1987
100 to 1241.25 to 1 49 ..1.50to 199 - . . ..... .,2.00 and over . . , _Received Selected Sources ofIncome and Benefits in 1987
Social Security Income ...... ..... .........Supplemental Security Income .... , . , .....EarningsFood stampsMedicaid _
Pubic huuvngSubsidized housing
5 2871 461
2431 2182 882
67526842
1 3851 087
3 255944651414
1 250
7615 9521 2061 0791 320
699403562454231
4 81362
6 355140
2 091503407656
3 008
27.430337.528 926330017.7(El
27./23 4
27.038.311.522.932.8
7.130.119.01 &218227.444354.162.871.3
ri)
18.621.025 825.535 4
1 827 1261 220 1342 167 73 41 476 17.61 690 15.7
401 18.5261 17.0
23324.432 322.823.7222147
0 E024.722.0
24 233210.115.726.4
4526014.113015.422.339.851.180.069.1
12.616.621.822.332.9
10111.166 71111.511.7146
12.414.518613711.711.79.4(
15818
136
12 22324.88.8
148
.414.7323.35.7
10.420936 050659 1
(X)
4810012.0120198
2846
40 25.75.05653
72669 762.571 173 770 082 3
(8)72.376 6
73.061.788.577.167.2
92.969.981.081.881.872.655.745.937.228.7
(X)(X)
lnl
81.479.074.274 564.6
87.486 626682 484.381.5830
152194137208
9825816.9(3)
10.759
10.313.412.031.319.7
38 113526.128.715.518.610.15.64.53.1
(X)
(X)(X)
32.220.915.412.97.0
19416992
37 527 036 6139
83 58710 4812 5727 909
39 55411 8351 918
4999 0255 284
43 4756 4912 2552 148
18 742
6 94666 16612 3516 4615 4224 9784 389
10 41913 5948 553
9 72295
11 22065
8 2182 5112 6665 969
53 479
2 599
54 7674 8593 6451 482
751
66 975 874 776 266 062.761.565.488 088.7
66.487.788.674.470.0
14.375 334.457.188.177.485.291.495.195.2
(X)(X)(X)(X)
44.958.961.688.174.4
33.9
88 841 834 850950.5
83370 971.370 883658 455 7540848884
83.983865.567.5642
9.371.829.251D61.672.881288993 794.4
(X)OQ
82
35250855 883.772 0
30 9
85 429322539.937 5
43658255.359 244 527.642.141 572275.3
45.172 651255241.5
.652.0
14.822.938.654.773 588589 8
(X))oX
(X)
16932635.141.9536
138
62.716710327224.9
33.124225.323.834.037.338.534.612.011.3
33.612331.425.6300
85.724.765642.931.922.614.8864.94.8
(X)(X)(X)(X)
55.143.138 431.925.6
66.1
11258265 249.149.5
5.4654.57.13.7
10.09.4
17.33.72.6
3.84.84.49.383
34.64.7
15.110.89.56.04.72.71.5.9
21.810895683.2
9.0
3.829.935 421.825.7
'Persons of Hispanic onOn may be of any race.:Since medians were calculated using more detailed intervals than those shown above, they will not be the same as those calculated using the above intervals
Table 5. In the Labor Force-Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Sex:1988
(Noninstitutional persons as of March 1988. Numbers in thousands. For meaning of symbols see text)
characteristic
Both sexes Male Female
Number
With e workdaability
NumberPercentof total Number
With a workdisability
NumberPercentof total Number
Withssa
workaay
NumberPercentof total
IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total
Race and Hispanic Origin
WhiteBlackR';.-F41-,t origin
Region and Residence
United StatesInside metropolitan areas
Inside central cities : .O u t s i d e c e n t r a l abes - - - -
Outside metropolitan areas -
NortheastInside metropolitan areas
Inside central stiesOutside central acres
Outside metropolitan areas
Inside metropolitan areasInside central cities . - ,Outside central sties
Outside metropolitan areas
Inside metropolitan areas - -Maids central citiesOutside central sties
Outside metropolitan areas
Westinside metropolitan areas
kaki° central cities .... .... . -Outside central cities
Outside metropolitt .1 areas
Age andtedYears of School
inple
18 to 24 years old .Elementary. Less than 8 years
8 yearsHigh school: 1 to 3 years
4 yearsCollege: 1 to 3 years
4 years Or more
25 to 84 years old .-Elementaly. Less than 8 years
8 yearsHigh school' 1 to 3 years
4 yearsConey::: 1 to 3 years
4 years Of M0f0
25 to 34 years oldElementary Less than 8 years
8 yearsHigh school' 1 to 3 years
4 years ..... ....College: 1 to 3 years
4 y81111 Or more
35 to 44 years oldElementary Less than 8 years
8 yensHigh school: 1 to 3 years
College: 1 to 3 years4 years 0: more
45 to 54 years oldElemenlary: Less than 8 years
8 yearsHigh school: 1 to 3 years
4 yearsCollege: 1 to 3 yours
4 years or more
55 to 64 years oldElementary Less than 8 years
High school.8 yea rs1 to 3 years
yearsCollege: 1
4to 3 years
4 years or more
116 444
100 35612 5018 590
116 44492 36535 56756 79724 080
24 04821 347
7 17114 1762 701
28 90720 9677 860
13 FM7 940
39 37329 22811 59217 63610 145
24 11620 8228 944
11 8783 294
21 574349377
5 4358 7114 9381 784
94 8713 0532 1818 695
37 89318 67024 378
35 278691368
2 98714 5497 6279 056
29 036840424
2 08410 9226 2508 516
18 830750596
2 0287 8223 1184 516
11 726772793
1 5964 5991 6742 291
4 235
3 582546234
4 2353 2551 3551 900
980
797663256407134
1 087785381424302
1 386995403591391
968812334478154
5392326
14023010415
3 696259178527
I 460761511
1 1054215
170483224170
1 0407435
114405272138
7465552
12128314392
76122298121111
36
364.42.7
3.63.5363341
3.3313.62.95.0
383.7463238
353.43.53.43.9
4039374.04.7
2.5667026262.1
8
3.985826139412.1
3.16.140573.32.91.9
368.88.3553.74416
407.48.76.03.64.62.0
6911 39.67.6637.348
63 794
55 7336 11a5 155
63 79450 42819 16031 28813 368
13 24511 7203 8617 8581 525
15 86711 4494 2187 2304 418
21 35515 7496 1579 5925 606
13 32711 511
3t1 817
11 178253247
3 0414 5442 289
804
52 6162 0961 4255 149
19 6159 725
14 608
19 530511222
1 9567 9443 8795 019
15 789544271
1 1505 4033 2885 153
10 484489408
1 1333 9361 8462 852
6 833552524910
2 332932
1 583
2 392
2 095235147
2 31,21 840
7301 111
551
44337314422970
847473191282174
750531208324219
55146318727688
2718
1574
1204410
2 120163122302785450298
40
617311298
25312994
571422470
20315378
459293671
1739655
47361410
631567371
37
3.8382.9
3.73.63.83.64.1
33323.72.94.6
4.14.1453939
3.53.43.43.439
4.1403.84.24.9
2.43.16.1242.6191.3
4.07.886594.04.62.0
32615650323.31.9
3.67.79.06.1384.71.5
4.45.98.96.34.4581.9
69110
9.47.06.77.84.5
52 650
44 6236 3823 435
52 65041 93716 40825 52910 713
10 8039 6283 3106 3181 176
13 0409 5193 6425 8773 522
18 01613 4795 4358 0444 539
10 7899 3114 0215 2901 477
10 39696
1302 3944 1682 649
959
42 255957758
3 54818 2788 9469 771
15 748181146
1 0318 8063 7494 036
13 247295153934
5 5202 9823 382
8 368281168895
3 8861 4731 684
4 893220269888
2 268742708
1 844
1 487311
87
1 8441 415
625790429
35429011217664
440312170141128
635463196268172
41535014720265
268151168
110605
1 M .9756
225675311213
48811
372
2309570
468321144
20311960
286271650
1104837
35
33492.5
3.53.43.83.14.0
333.03.42.85.4
3.43.34.72.436
3534363.33.8
3.8383.73844
2.61608.82.72.72.3.5
3.710.17.46.33.73.52.2
3.16.11.77.03.52.51.9
3.5109
7.14.73.74.01.8
3.4102
3
c.ct322.2
333 8 827 12027 10156 8.5
132 5.849 6.640 I 5.6
Table 5. In the Labor Force--Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Sex:1988 .Con.
(Noninsbtutional persons as of March 1988. Numbers In thousands For meaning of symbols see text)
Characterisbc
Both sexes Male Female
With a workdisability
With a workdisability
With a workdisability
Percent Percent PercentNumber Number of total Number Number of total Number Number of total
IN THE LABOR FORCE-Con.
Relationship to Family Householder
Householder ..... .... . . , ..Spouse present _
No spouse ....of
of householderhouseholder
Other rebtbve of householderIn unrelated subfamilies .. ..... .
Marital Status
Married ...... . , .... , .................Widowed
Never married ........ ....... ..... .........Veteran Status
Tersons of Hispc-tic on may be of any race.2Scice medians wen calculated using more detailed intervals than those shown above, they will not be the same as those calculated using the above intervals
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Table 6. Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, and Pension and Health Plan Coveragein 1987Employed Persons 16 to 64 Years Old, by Work Disability Status,Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex: 1988
(Noninstitutional persons as of March 1988. Numbers In thousands. For meaning ofsymbols see text)
Occupsaon, Industry, class of worker, andpenAlon and health plan coverage
Self-employed workers . 300 144 282 ' ' 8 14 8 2Unpaid family workers - , - , - 10 - 10 - - -Pension and Health Plan CoverageIn 1987
Worked in 1987 . 1 932 1 450 1 742 i 222 145 191 90 62Covered by both Ansonand health Mai i : 649 294 587 252 49 30 30 17Covered by pen Ior Ann 83 74 70 64 11 5 3 3Covered ey heal ,-,ian only 357 287 332 228 16 52 13 10Not covered by either pensionor health plan 843 796 753 677 69 104 44 33Did not work in 1987 119 4 32 84 95 31 35 16 9
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Table 6. Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, and Pension and Health Plan Coveragein 1987Employed Persons 16 to 64 Years Old, by Work Disability Status,Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex: 1988Con.
(Noninstitutional persons u of March 1988. Numbers in thousands. For meaning of symbols see text)
Occupation. Industry, class of worker, andpension and health plan coverage
Covered by pension plan only 2 034 3 337 1 726 2 874 228 338 164 173
Covered by Metal plan only : 13 428 9 615 11 981 8 260 1 049 1 039 1 021 614
Not covered by either pensionor h ..th plan . ,- - . 17 373 18 904 15 069 16 517 1 728 1 835 2 122 1 444
Did not work In 1987 -- - - -- 604 1 224 460 988 96 169 74 152
Table 6. Occupation, industry, Class of Worker, and Pension and Health Plan Coveragein 1987-Employed Persons 16 to 64 Years Old, by Work Disability Status,Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex: 1988 -con.
.(Nonlnsbtutlonal persons as of March 1988. Numbers In thousands. For meaning of symbols see text)
Occupation. Industry.Industry. class of worker, andpension and health plan coverage
Worked in 1987 ., .,. -,... 941 91 6 95 4 92.7 82 3 84 4 85 0 87.2Covered by both pensionand health plans - .: 31.6 185 '21 19,1 279 13.3 280 231Covered by pension plan only .-.-.... -.:..,, ., :,. - 40 4.6 38 48 60 2.0 3.1 3.9Covered by health plan only , 17 3 18.1 18.1 17.3 9.1 23 0 12.3 14 3Not covered by either pensionor health plan 41.0 50.2 41.2 51 4 39.1 45 9 41.4 45.8Oki not work in 1987 58 8.3 4.5 72 176 155 149 12.7
4
Table 6. Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, and Pension and Health Plan Coveragein 1987-Employed Persons 16 to 64 Years Old, by Work Disability Status,Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex: 1988-Con.
(Noninshlubonal persons u of March 1988. Numbers in thousands. For meaning of symbols see text)
Occupation, industry, class of worker, andpension and health plan coverage
65 to 64 years old 2 540 18.3 3.7 81.7 3.6 8 916 57.1 318 42 9 8Less than 12 years 1 223 12.5 1.8 87.5 4 3 2 421 48.2 25 4 50.8 1.612 years .... ... .... .. . , 918 21.3 5.7 78.7 2.3 4 173 57.4 31 6 42.6 .713 to 15 years 271 25,8 74.1 4.4 1 224 64.0 36 4 36 0 -16 yearc or more 127 35.9 5.e 1 84.1 5 9 1 097 66 2 41.2 33 8 1.0
50
45
Table 7. Work Experience in 1987 - -Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old,by Sex: 1988-Con.
(Noninstftutional persons as of March 1988. Numbers in thousands For meaning of symbols see text)
Characterizc
WO a work disability With no work disability
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Worked in 1987
Did notwork in
1987
lineal-Pied
4 or mo Yore
weeks in1987
Worked in 1987
Did notwork in
1987
UnemPlo Yed
4 or moreweeks in
1987Total
Year -roundfulltime Total
Year-roundfull-time
FEMALE-Con.
Relationship to FamilyHouseholder
In families -
Spouse present : : : :No spouse .present -
Spous of householder .....,......,-...Child of householderOther rela0ve of householder : : .. -
In unrelated subfamilies . .:......... ,.., ....Unrelated individuals . .
1-MIXi alone ... . -, :: :: :.::::
Marital Status
Married : : :DivOrcedWidowedSeparatedNever married
Income of Persons in 1987
Without income .,,,. ..... ,,,,,,,,,,With Irieorne . _ . -
$1 to $1,999 or loss - :,:_ :-:-.$2.000 to 63,999 .- . : .. : --...... : : .. ::$4,000 to $5,999 ..... ..,..., _.,.,........_.$8.000 to $7,999$8.000 to $9,999$10,000 to $14,999 : : :, : :$15,000 to $24,999 ..... ..........., .. .......$25.000 and over ..... - . -.-- .--.-..-.. .. - ....
Mean income : , : : -:Standard error . -.....: . :....: .... ..,,,
Ratio of Inco-1 of Families orUnrelated Individuals to PovertyLevel in 1987
Less than 1.00 -1.00 to 1.24125 to 1.49150 to 199 . ::,:-., ::-.:.:. --2110 and over , , : :
Received Selected Sources ofIncome and Benefits in 1987
Social Security Income ... -.- - -.,, .,:.-..: ......Supplemental Security IncomeEarnings -
Public housiSubsidized housing
: : : : :
.- .. -- ....
. : _
.-..-.: . ..... , .:-
:
..,,, ... ,. .
:::: :: . : : :
.... . . .....
-.- . . :... .. .....- .. ......
Dollars. ,Dollars..Dollars..
. . Dollars.,.
--, ,
-.: . : .... ,
5 2871 461
2431 2182 882
67526842
1 3851 087
3 255944851414
1 250
7615 9521 2061 0791 320
699403562454231
4 81365
6 355147
2 091503407656
3 008
1 8271 2202 1671 4761 690
401261
32832.643 330 533.534 422.5(B)
30.727.0
34.242.916 320 334.6
436.526.021.722133 353.064 675.577.7
(X)(X)(X)(X)
18 823 030 634 543 3
13 813 7
100 019116.320.323.3
8.09.5
10.99 37.77.44.8(B)
11.410 4
7.915.34.34.8
101
.49 8
81.02.63 5
11.623 343 954 6
(X)(X)
00
1.44.36 69 6
14 7
213 0
2671.82 54 04 0
67 267.456 769 566 565.677.5(B)
69.373.0
65857.183.779 765.4
99 663.574.078.377.966.747 035 424 522 3
(X)(X)(X)
81.277.069 465 556 7
86 286 3
-80.983.779 776.7
641105 8
12.34.17.2
-(B)5.55 6
4.56 77 1
17 56.8
59.65.5
10.315 75 34 2i.9181.7
.7
(X)(X)(X)(X)
18 78 95 73.21.7
11 413 5
-21.816 417.310 6
63 58710 4812 5727 909
39 55411 6351 918
4999 0255 284
43 4756 4912 2552 148
18 742
6 94666 16612 3516 4615 4224 9784 389
10 41913 5948 553
9 72299
11 22068
8 2182 5112 6665 969
53 479
2 599-
54 7674 8593 6451 482
751
73.078.279.277.971.873 666169190.790 7
72.289 672.375 5774
.983 047.872.179.685 693195 798 098.0
(X)
2(X)
46 564.966 273 280 7
40 6
100 044536 453.154,5
36349 747.450.437.421.332 832.261 866.5
37963 044 443.5339
.543.52 64.29 7
25 739 363 280.184.2
(X)(X)m(X)
9.021.725 232 446 5
10 2
525834.2
20 616 _
27.021.820 822.128 226 433.930 99 39.3
27.810 427 724 522.6
99117.052.227 920 414 46 94 32 02.0
(X)(X)(X)(X)
53.535.133 826 819 3
59 4
-55563 646 945.5
153.01 33 5
92.02.75 3.6.5
1 01.71.64.220
66.4.9
4.32 71 51.0.2.1
-
X)X)
OQ
9.82.82 21 6
.9
3 1
13.01616.89.4
'Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.=Since medians were calculated using more detailed intervals than those shown above, they will not be the same asthose calculated using the above Intervals
5.i
Table 8. Family Status and Mean Income in 19e7-Work Disability Status of Persons 16 to 64Years Old, by Sex: 1988
(Noninstrtutional persons as of March 1988. For meaning of symbols see text)
Table 8. Family Status and Mean Income in 1987- -Work Disability Status of Persons 16 to 64Years Old, by Sex: 1988 -Con.(Noninstutional persons as of March 1988. For meaning of symbols see text)
Table 8. Family Status and Mean Income in 1987--Work Disability Status of Persons 16 to 64Years Old, by Sex: 1988-Con.(Noninstriutional persons as of March 1988. For rnasning of symbols see text)
'Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race=Since medians were calculated using more detailed intervals than those shown above, thoy will not be the same as those calculated using the above intervals
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Appendix A: Definitions and Explanations
Population coverage. This report includes the civiliannoninsitutional population of the United States andmembers of the Armed Forces in the United Statesliving off post or with their families on post, but excludesall other members of the Armed Forces.
Work disability. Persons were classified as having awork disability if they met any of the following criteria:
1. Had a health problem or disability which preventsthem from working or which limits the kind oramount of work they can do.
2. Had a service connected disability or ever retired orleft a job for health reasons.
3. Did not work in survey week because of long- termphysical or mental illness or disability which pre-vents the performance of any kind of work.
4. Did not work at all in 1987 because ill or disabled.
5. Under 65 yea's of age and covered by Medicare.
6. Under 65 years of age and recipient of SSI (Sup-plemental Security Income).
A person was further classified as having a severe workdisability if any of the above criteria numbered 3 through6 specifically applied.
Metropolitan areas. The general concept of a metro-politan area is one of a large population nucleus,together with adjacent communities which have a highdegree of economic and social integration with thatnucleus. The metropolitan statistical areas (MSA's) asdefined in June 1984 are defined by the Office ofManagement and Budget for use in the presentation ofstatistics by agencies of the Federal Government. Theformer term SMSA was changed to MSA in 1983. Anarea qualifies for recognition as a MSA if (1) it includesa city of at least 50,000 population, or (2) it includes aCensus bi eau defined urbanized area of at least50,000 with a total metropolitan population of at least100,000 (75,000 in New England). In addition to thecounty containing the main city or urban area, a MSAmay include other counties having strong commutingties to the central county.
The population living in MSA's are referred to here as"inside metropolitan areas." This population is furthersubdivided into "inside central cities" and "outsidecentral cities." The population residing outside MSA'sconstitutes those "outside metropolitan areas."
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Geographic regions. The four major regions of theUnited States for which data are presented in this reportrepresent groups of States as follows:
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, RhodeIsland, and Vermont.
Midwest. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Min-nesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, SouthDakota, and Wisconsin.
South: Al inna, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Colum-bia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,Washington, and Wyoming.
Household. A household consists of all the personswho occupy a housing unit. A house, an apartment orothar group of rooms, or a single room is regarded as ahousing unit when it is occupied or intended for occu-pancy as separate living quarters; that is, when theoccupants do not live and eat with any other persons inthe structure and there is direct access from the outsideor through a common hall. A household includes therelated family members and all the unrelated persons, ifany, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employ-ees who share the housing unit. A person living alone ina housing unit, or a group of unrelated persons sharinga housing unit as partners, is also counted as a house-hold. The count of households excludes group quarters.
Group quarters. All persons who are not members ofhouseholds are regarded as living in group quarters.Group quarters contain five or more persons unrelatedto the person in charge, such as residents of lodgingand boarding houses. Persons living in military barracksand inmates of institutions were excluded from thesurvey.
Ho,iseholder. The instructions call for listing first theperson (or one of the persons) in whose name the homeis owned or rented. If the house is owned jointly by amarried couple, either the husband or the wife may be
listed first, thereby becoming the reference person, orhouseholder, to whom the relationship of the otherhousehold members is recorded. One person in eachhousehold is designated as the "householder." Thenumber of householders, therefore, is equal to thenumber of households. Beginning with the 1980 CPS,the Bureau of the Census began using the terms"householder" and "family householder" instead of"head of household" and "head of family."
Family. The term "family" refers 'o a group of two ormore persons related by birth, marriage, or adoptionwho reside together, all such persons are considered asmembers of one family. For example, if the son of theperson who maintains the household and the son's wifeare members of the household, they are treated asmembers of the parent's family. Every family mustinclude a householder, two or more people living in thesame household who are related to one another, but arenot related to the householder, form an "unrelatedsubfamily" and are not included in the count of families.
Subfamily. A subfamily is a married couple with orwithout children or one parent with one or more ownsingle children under 18 years old living in a householdbut not includtig among its members the person orcouple maintaining the household. Because a subfamilydoes not include a householder, it is by definitionexcluded from the count of families. There are two kindsof subfamilies, related aid unrelated.
Related subfamily. A related subfamily is a subfamilywhose members are related to the person or couplemaintaining the household. The most common exampleof a related subfamily is a young married couple sharingthe home of the husband's ,vife's parents. Membersof a related subfamily are ..1.1Ju members of the house-holder's family.
Unrelated subfamily. Beginning with the 1980 CPS,unrelated subfamilies (referred to in the past as second-ary families) are no longer included in the count offamilies, nor are the members of unrelated subfamiliesincluded in the count of family members. An unrelatedsubfamily is a subfamily whose members are not relatedto the person or couple maintaining the household.Members of unrelated subfamilies may include suchpersons as guests, lodgers, or resident employees andtheir relatives living in a household. Unrelated subfamilymembers are not part of the householder's family.
Married couple. A married coup: ), as defined forcensus purposes, is a husband and wife enumerated asmembers of the same household. The married couplemay or may not have children living with them. Tneexpression "husband-wife" or "married-couple" beforethe term "household," or "family," indicates that thehousehold, or family, is maintained by a husband orwife.
Unrelated individuals. The term "unrelated individu-als" refers to persons 15 years old and over (other thaninmates of institutions) who are not living with anyrelatives. An unrelated individual may (1) constitute aone-person household, (2) be part of a householdincluding one or more other families or unrelated indi-viduals, or (3) reside in group quarters such as arooming house. Thus, a widow living by herself or withone or more other persons not related to her, a lodgernot related to the householder or to anyone ease in thehousehold, and a servant living in an employer's house-hold with no relatives are examples of unrelated individ-uals.
Nonfamily householder. A nonfamily householder (for-merly called a primary individual) isa person maintaininga household while living alone or with nonrelatives only.
Secondary individual. A secondary individual is aperson in a household or group quarters such as aguest, roomer, boarder, or resident employee (excludingnonfamily householders and inmates of institutions)who is not related to any other person in the householdor group quarters.
Size of household, family, or subfamily. The term"size of household" includes all persons occupying ahousing unit. "Size of family" includes the family house-holder and all other persons in the living quarters whoare relatt J to the householder by birth, marriage, oradoption.
Own children and related children under 18years ofage. "Own" childre: in a family are sons and daugh-ters, including stepchildren and adopted children of thehouseholder. "Related" children in a family include ownchildren and all other children in the household who arerelated to the householder by blood, marriage or adop-tion.
Marital status. The marital status classification identi-fies four major categories: single, marries, widowed, anddivcrced. These terms refer to the marital status at thetime of the enumeration. The category "married" isfurther divided into "married, wife present," "sepa-rated," and "other married, wife absent" by reason forabsence of husband for female householders. A malehouseholder was classified as "ma..led, wife present" ifhis wife was reported as a member of the household,even though she may have been temporarily absent onbusiness or on vacation, visiting, in a hospital, etc., a:the time of the enumeration. Persons reported as sep-arated included those with legal separations, thoseliving apart with intentions of obtaining a divorce, andother persons permanently or temporarily separatedbicause of marital discord. The groups "other married,wife absent" and "other married, husband absent"
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included married persons living apart because either thewife or the husband was employed and living at aconsiderable distance from home, was residing in aninstitution, and moved to another area, or had a differentplace of residence for any other reason except separa-tion as defined above.
Age. The age classification is based on the age of theperson at his last birthday.
Race. The population is divided into three group; onthe basis of race: White, Black, and "other races." Thelast category includes Indians, Japanese, Chinese, andany other race except White and Black. "Other races"are sometimes shown in combination with the Blackpopulation.
Persons of Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanicorigin were identified by a question that asked forself-identification of the person's origin or descent.Respondents were asked to select their origin (and theorigin of other household members) from a "flash card"listing ethnic origins. Persons of Hispanic origin, inparticular, were those who indicated that their origin wasMexican, Puerto Rican, Central or South American, orsome other Hispanic origin. It should be noted thatpersons of Hispart origin may be of any race.
Years of school completed. Data on years of schoolcompleted were derived from the combination of answersto questions concerning the highest grade of schoolattended by the persons and whether or not that gradewas finished. The questions of educational attainmentapply only to progress in "regular" schools. Such schoolsincluded public, private, and parochial elementary andhigh schools (both junior and senior), colleges, univer-sities, and professional schools (whether day schools ornight schools). Thus, regular schooling is that whichmay advance a person toward an elementary schoolcertificate, a high school diploma, or a college, univer-sity, or professional schoc! degree. Schooling in otherthan regular schools was counted only if the creditsobtained were regarded as transferable to school in theregular school system.
Labor force and employment status. The definitionsof labor force and employment status relate to thepopulation 15 years old and over.
Employed. Employed persons comprise (1) all civilianswho, during the survey week did any work at all as paidemployees or in their own business or profession, or ontheir own farm, or who worked 15 hours or more asunpaid workers on a farm or in a business operated bya member of the family and (2) all those who were notworking but who had jobs or businesses from which theywere temporail4 absent because of illness, bad weather,
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vacation, or labor-management dispute, or becausethey were taking time off for personal reasons, whetheror not they were paid by their employers for time off, andwhether of not they were seeking other jobs. Excludedfrom the employed group are persons whose onlyactivity consisted of work around the house (such asown home housework, and painting or repairing ownhome) or volunteer work for religious, charitable, andsimilar organizations.
Unemployed. Unemployed person are those civilianswho, during the survey week had no employment butwere available for work and (1) had engaged in anyspecifc jobseeking activity within the past 4 weeks suchas registering at a puhlic or private employment office,meeting with employers, checking with friends or rela-tives, placing or answering advertisements, writing let-ters of application, or being on a union or professionalregister; (2) were waiting to be called back to a job fromwhich they had been laid off, or (3) were waiting toreport to a new wage or salary job within 30 days.
Labor force. Persons are classified as in the labor forceif they were employed as civilians, unemployed, or in theArmed Forces during the survey week. The "civilianlabor force" comprises all civilians classified as employedor unemployed.
Not in the labor forcn. All civilians 15 years old and overwho are not classified as employed or unemployed aredefined as "not in the labor force." This group ofpersons who are neither employed nor seeking workincludes persons engaged only in own home house-work, attending school, or unable to work because oflong-term physical or mental illness; persons who areretired or too old to work, seasonal workers for whomthe survey week fell in an off season, and the voluntarilyidle. Persons doing only unpaid family work (less than15 hours during the survey week) are also classified asnot in the labor force.
Work experience. A person with work experience isone who, deng the preceding calendar year, did anycivilian work for pay or profit or worked without pay on afamily-operated farm or business at any time dun' tl re
year, on a part-time or full-time basis.
Weeks worked in the income year. Persons areclassified according to the number of different weeks,during the preceding calendar year, in which they didany civilian work 'or pay or profit (including paid vaca-tions and sick leave) or worked without pay on afamily-operated farm or business.
Part-time or full-time jobs. A person is classified ashaving worked at part-time jobs during the precedingcalendar year if he worked at civilian jobs which pro-vided less than 35 hours of work per week in a majority
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of the weeks in which he worked during the year. He isclassifed as having worked at full-time jobs if he worked35 hours or more per week during a majority of theweeks in which he worked.
Year-round, full-time worker. A year-round, full-timeworker is one who worked primarily at full-time civilianjobs for 50 weeks or more during the preceding calen-dar year.
Occupation, industry, and class of worker. Personsare classified according to the civilian job held duringthe survey week. Persons employed at two or more jobswere reported in the job at which they worked thegreatest number of hours during the week. The occu-pation and industry groupings included in this reportwere based on the classification system used in the1980 census.
Veterans status. A "veteran," as defined in this pub-lication, is a male who has served but is not now servingon active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.Information on veteran status was obtained only formales, not for females.
Income. For each person in the sample 15 years oldand over, questions were osked on the amount ofmoney income received in 1986 from each of thefollowing sources: (1) money wages or salary; (2) netincome from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net incomefrom farm self-employment; (4) Social Security or rail-road retirement; (5) Supplemental Security income; (6)public assistance or welfare payments; (7, interest (onsavings or other investments which pay interest); (8)dividends, income from estates or trusts, or net rentalincome; (9) veterans' payments or unemployment andworker's compensation; (10) private pensions or gov-ernment employee pensions; (11) alimony or child sup-port, regular contributions ;fol.-. persons not living in thehousehold, and other periodic income.
It should be noted that although the income statisticsrefer to receipts during ie preceding year the charac-teristics of the person, such as age, and labor forcestatus, and the composition of families refer to the timeof the survey. The income of the family does not includeamounts received by persons who were members of thefamily during all or part of :he income year if thesepersons no longer resided with the family at the time ofenumeration. On the other hand, family income includesamounts reported by related persons who did not residewith the family during the income year but who weremembers of the family at the time of enumeration.
All sources of income may be combined into twomajor types:
Total money earnings. The algebraic sum of moneywage or salary and net income from farm and nonfarmself-employment.
Income other than earnings. The algebraic sum of allsources of money income except wages and salariesand income from self-employment. Data on consum -rincome collected in the CPS by the Bureau of theCensus cover money income received (exclusive ofcertain money receipts such as capital gains) beforepayments for personal income taxes, Social Security,union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. Therefore, moneyincome does not reflect the fact that some familiesreceive part of their income in the form of noncashbenefits such as food stamps, health benefits, andsubsidized housing; that some farm families receivenoncash benefits in the form of rent-free housing andgoods produced and consumed on the farm; or thatnoncash benefits are also received by some nonfarmresidents which often take the form of the use ofbusiness transportation and facilities, full or partial pay-ments by business for retirement programs, medicaland educational expenses, etc. These elements shouldbe considered when comparing income levels. More-over, readers should be aware that for many differentreasons there is a tendency in household surveys forrespondents to underreport their income. From an anal-ysis of independently derived income estimates, it hasbeen determined that income earned from wages orsalaries is much better reported than other sources ofincor ie, and is nearly equal to independent estimates ofaggregate income.
Median income. The median income is the amountwhich divides the distribution into two equal groups, onehaving incomes above the median, and the other havingincomes below the median. The medians for familiesand unrelated individuals are based on all families andunrelated individuals. The medians for persons arebased on persons with income.
Mean income. The mean income is the amount obtainedby dividing the total income of a group by the number ofunits in that group. The means for families and unrelatedindividuals are based on all families and unrelatedindividuals. The means for persons are based on per-sons with income.
Poverty definition. Poverty statistics presented in thisreport are based on a definition developed by the SocialSecurity Administration in 1964 and revised by FederalInteragency Committees in 1969 and 1980. The povertyindex provides a range of income cutoffs adjusted bysuch factors as family size and number of children under18 years old.
Food stamps. Food stamps are distributed throughState and local welfare offices. The program is Federalyfunded and is administered by the Food and NutritionService of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The CPSquestions on food stamps identify households in whichone or more of the current members received foodstamps during the prwiious year.
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Public or other subsidized housing. There are sev-eral housing programs designed for families of lowincome. Among these, the most important are Low RentPublic Housing and Sections 8, 236, and 101 (rentsupplements) of the U.S. Housing Act. Low rent publichousing projects are owned, managed, and adminis-tered by a local housing authority. Partial financing maybe provided by the State or the Department of Housingand Urban Development. Participation in public housingis determined by two factors: program eligibility and 'heavailability of housing. Income standards for initial andcontinuing occupancy vary by local housing authority,although the limits are constrained by Federal guide-lines. Rental charges, which, in turn, define net benefits,are set by a Federa: statue not to exceed 25 percent ofnet monthly money income. A recipient unit can eitherbe a family of two or more related persons or anindividual who is handicapped, elderly, or displaced byurban renewal or natural disaster.
Two of the more common programs in which Federal,State, and local funds are used to subsidize privatesector housing are Sections 8 and 101, rent supplementplans. The difference between the "fair market" rentand the rent charged to the tenant is paid to the ownerby a government agency. Under an interest reductionprogram (e.g., Section 236), the amount of interest paidon the mortagage by the owner is reduce-4 so thats..tsequent savings can be passed along to luw-incometenants in the form of lower rent charges.
Mere were two questions dealing with public andlow-cost housing on the March CPS supplement ques-tionnaire. The first question identified residence in ahousing unit owned by a public ager cy. The secondquestion identified beneficiaries who were paying lowerrent because of a government subsidy.
Medicaid. The Medicaid Program is administered byState agencies through grants from the Health CareFinancing Administration of the Department of Healthand Human Services. Funding of medical assistancepayments consists of a combination of Federal, State,and in some cases, local funds.
Medicaid is for the most part a categorical programwith complex eligibility rules which vary from State toState. There are two aesic groups of eligible individuals;the categorically eligible and medically needy. Themajor categorically eligible groups are all Aid to Familieswith Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients and mostSupplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients.
The Medicaid question of the March CPS attemptedto identify all adults who were covered by M: dicaid atany time during 1987. The term "covered" meansenrolled in the Medicaid program, i.e., had a Medicaid(medical assistance) card or incurred medical bills whichwere paid for by Medicaid. In order to be counted, theperson did not have to receive medical care paid for byMedicaid.
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Medicare. The Medicare Program consists of twoseparate but complementary health plans designed toprovide adequate medical care for the aged and dis-abled. The r3asic Hospital Insurance Plan (Part A)provides basic protection against the costs of hospitaland related r 1st-hospital services. This plan also coversmany persons under 65 years old who receive SocialSecurity or Railroad Retirement benefits based on long-term disability. Part A is fir,anced jointly by employersand employees through Social Security payroll deduc-tions. Qualified persons 65 years old and over who arenot otherwise eligible for Part A benefits may paypremiums directly to obtain this coverage. The MedicalInsurance Plan (Part B) is a voluntary plan which buildsupon the hospital insurance protection provided by thebasic plan.
It provides insurance protection covering physicians'and surgeons' services and a variety of medical andother health services received either in hospitals or onan ambulatory basis. It is financed through monthlypremium payments by each enrollee and subsidized byFederal general revenue funds.
The Medicare question on the March CPS attemptedto identify all persons 15 years old and over who werecovered by Medicare at any time during 1987. The term"covered" means enrolled in the Medicare Program. Inorder to be counted, th' person did not necessarilyhave to receive care pa'. :or by Mer':.:are.
Employer- or union-provided group health insur-ance plans. The March CPS collected a limited amountof information on employer- and unionprovided grouphealth insurance for civilian persons 15 years old andover who worked during 1987. Workers who partici-pated in group health insurance plans of any kind wereasked whether or not their employer or union helpedpay for all, part, or none of the health insurancepremium for 198'/.
Employer- or union-provided pension plans. Civilianpersons 15 year:; old and over who worked during 1987Mere asked about their participation in pension plansprovided by employers or unions.
Rounding. Percentages are rounded to the nearesttenth of a percent; therefore, the percentages in adistribution do not always add to exactly 100.0 percent.The totals, however are always shown as 100.0. More-over, individual figures are rounded to the nearestthousand without being adjusted to group totals, whichare independently rounded; percentages are based on
the unrounded numbers.
Base figures. The base figures shown are based oncivilian noninstitutional population controls for age, race,and sex established by the 1980 census.
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Appendix B. Source and Accuracy of the Estimates
SOURCE OF DATA
Most estimates in this report come from data obtainedin March of years 1981 through 1988 in the CurrentPopulation Survey (CPS). The Bureau of the Censusconducts the survey every month, although this reportuses mostly March data for its estimates. The Marchsurvey uses two sets of questions, the basic CPS andthe supplement.
Basic CPS. The basic CPS collects primarily laborforce data about the civilian noninstitutional population.Interviewers ask questions concerning labor force par-ticipation about each member 14 years old and over inevery sample household.
The present CPS sample was selected from the 1980Decennial Census files with coverage in all 50 Statesand the District of Columbia. The sample is continuallyupdated to account for new residential construction. It islocated in 729 areas comprising 1,973 counties, inde-pendent cities, and minor civil divisions. About 59,500occupied households are eligible for interview everymonth. Interviewers are unable to obtain interviews atabout 2,500 of these units because the occupants arenot home after repeated calls or are unavailable forsome other reason.
Since the introduction of the CPS, the Bureau of theCensus has redesigned the CPS sample several timesto improve the quality and reliability of the data and tosatisfy changing data needs. The most recent changeswere completely implemented in July 1985.
The following table summarizes changes in the CPSdesigns for the years for which data appear in thisreport.
Description of the Current Population Survey
Time penodNumber of
sampleareas
Housing units eligible'
InterviewedNot
interviewed
1986 to 1968 729 57,000 2,500
1985 2629/729 57,000 2,500
1982 to 1984 629 59,000 2,500
1980 to 1981 629 65,500 3,000
'Excludes about 2,500 Hispanic-origin households added from theprevious November sample. (See "March Supplement.")
2The CPS was redesigned following the 1980 Decennial Census ofPopulation and Housing. During phase-in of the new design, housingunits from the new and old Aesigns were in tha sample.
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March supplement. In addition to the basic CPSquestions, interviewers asked supplementary questionsin March about work status and work disability.
In order to obtain more reliable data for the Hispanic-origin population, the March CPS sample was increasedby about 2,500 eligible housing units, interviewed theprevious November, that contained at least one sampleperson of Hispanic origin. In addition, the sample includedpersons in the Armed Forces living off post or with theirfamilies on post.
Estimation procedure. This survey's estimation pro-cedure inflates weighted sample results to independentestimates of the civilian noninstitutional population ofthe United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic/non-Hispanic categories. "I ne independent estimates werebased on statistics from decennial censuses of popula-tio; statistics on births, deaths, immigration and emi-gration; and statistics on the size of the Armed Forces.The independent population estimates used from 1981to the present were based on updates to controlsestablished by the 1980 decennial census. Data previ-ous to 1981 were based on independent populationestimates from the most recent decennial census. Formore details on the change in independent estimates,see the section entitled "Introduction of 1980 CensusPopulation Controls" in an earlier report (Series P-60,No. 133). The estimation procedure for the Marchsupplement included a further adjustment so husbandand wife of a household received the same weight.
The estimates in this report for 1985 and later alsoemploy a revised survey weighting procedure for per-sons of Hispanic origin. In previous years, weightedsample results were inflated to independent estimatesof the noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race.There was no specific control of the survey estimatesfor the Hispanic-origin population. Since then, the Bureauof the Census developed independent population con-trols for the Hispanic-origin population by sex anddetailed age groups. Revised weighting proceduresincorporate these new controls. The independent pop-ulation estimates include some, but not all, undocu-mented immigrants.
ACCURACY OF ESTIMATES
Since the CPS estimates come from a sample, theymay differ from figures from a complete census using
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the same questionnaires, instructions, and enumera-tors. A sample survey estimate has two possible typesof error: sampling and nonsampling. The accuracy of anestimate depends on both types of error, but the fullextent of the nonsampling error is unknown. Conse-quently, one should be particularly careful when inter-preting results based on a relatively small number ofcases or on small differences between estimates. Thestandard errors for CPS estimates primarily indicate themagnitude of sampling error. They also partially mea-sure the effect of some nonsampling errors in responsesand enumeration, but do not measure systematic biasesin the data. (Bias is the average over all possiblesamples of the differences between the sample esti-mates and the desired vaiue.)
Nonsampling variability. Nonsampling errors can beattributed to many sources. These sources include theinability to obtain information about all cases in thesample, definitional difficulties, differences in the inter-pretation of questions, respondents' inability or unwill-ingness to provide correct information or to recall infc--mation, errors made in data collection such as inrecording or coding the data, errors made in processingthe data, errors made in estimating values for missingdata, and failure to represent all units with the sample(undercoverage).
CPS undercoverage results from missed housingunits and missed persons within sample households.Compared to the level of the 1980 decennial census,overall CPS undercoverage is about 7 percent. CPSundercoverage varies with age, sex, and race. Gener-ally, undercoverage is larger for males than for femalesand larger for Blacks and other races c 'mbined than forWhites. As described previously, ratio estimation toindependent age-sex-race-Hispanic population controlspartially corrects for the bias due to undercoverage.However, biases exist in the estimates to the extent thatmissed persons in missed households or missed per-sons in interviewed households have different charac-teristics from those of interviewed persons in the sameage-sex-race-Hispanic group, Furthermore, the indepen-dent population controls have not been adjusted forundercoverage in the 1960 census.
For additional information on nonsampling error includ-ing the possible impact on CPS data when known, referto Statistical Policy Working Paper 3, An Error Profile:Employment as Measured by the Current PopulationSurvey, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Stan-dards, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1978 and Tech-nical Paper 40, The Current Population Survey: Designand Methodology, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce.
Sampling variability. Sampling variability is variationthat occurred by chance because a sample was sur-veyed rather than the entire population. Standard errors,
as calculated by methods described later in "StandardErrors and Their Use," are prir arily measures of sam-pling variability, although they may include some non-sampling errors. The sample estimate and its standarderror enable one to construct a confidence interval, arange that would include the average result of allpossible samples with a known probability. For example,if all possible samples were surveyed under essentiallythe same general conditions and using the same sam-ple design, and if an estimate and its standard errorwere calculated from each sample, then approximately90 percent of the intervals from 1.6 standard errorsbelow the estimate to 1.6 standard errors above theestimate would include the average result of all possiblesamples.
A particular confidence i. -.)rval may or may notcontain the average estimate derived from all possiblesamples. However, one can say with specified confi-dence that the interval includes the average estimatecalculated from all possible samples.
Some statements in the report may contain estimatesfollowed by a number in parentheses. This number canbe added to and subtracted from the estimate tocalculate upper and lower bounds of the 90-percentconfidence interval. For example, if a statement con-tains the phrase "grew by 1.7 percent (±1.0)," the90-percent confidence interval for the estimate, 1.7percent, is 0.7 percent to 2.7 percent.
Standard errors may also be used to perform hypoth-esis testing, a procedure for distinguish'ig betweenpopulation parameters using sample es. mates. Themost common type of hypothesis appearing in thisreport is that the population parameters are different. Anexample of this would be comparing the unemploymentrate for Blacks to the unemployment rate for Whites.
Tests may be performed at various levels of signifi-cance, where a significance level is the probability ofconcluding that the characteristics are different when, infact, they are the same. All statementsof comparison inthe text have passed a hypothesis test at the 0.10 levelof significance or better. This means that the absolutevalue of the estimated difference between characteris-tics is greater than or equal to 1.6 times the standarderror of the difference.
'.,omparability of data. Data obtained from the CPSand other sources are not entirely comparable. Thisresults from differences in interviewer training and expe-rience and in differing survey processes. This is anexample of nonsampling variability not reflected in thestandard errors. Use caution when comparing resultsfrom different sources.
Caution should also he used when comparing esti-mates in this report, which reflect 1980 census-basedpopulation controls, with estimates for 1980 and earlieryears, which reflect 1970 census-based population con-trols. This change irpopulation controls had relatively
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little impact on summary measures such as means,medians, and percentage distributions, but did have asignificant impact on levels. For example, use of 1980based population controls results in about a 2-percentincrease in the civilian noninstitutional population and inthe number of families and households. Thus, estimatesof levels for data collected in 1981 and later years willdiffer from those for earlier years by more than whatcould be attributed to actual changes in the population.These differences could be disproportionately greaterfor certain subpopulation grovns than for the totalpopulation.
Since no independent population control totals forpersons of Hispanic origin were used before 1985,compare Hispanic-origin estimates over time cautiously.
Note when using small estimates. Summary mea-sures (such as medians and percentage distribt `'^ns)are shown only when the base is 75,000 or greater.Because of the large standard errors involved, summarymeasures would probably not reveal useful informationwhen computed on a smaller base. However, estimatednumbers are shown even though the relative standarderrors of these numbers are larger than those forcorresponding percentages. These smaller estimatespermit combinations of the categories to suit data users'needs. Take care in the interpretation of small differ-ences. For instance, even a small amount of nonsam-piing error can cause a borderline difference to appearsignificant or not, thus distorting a seemingly validhypothesis test.
Standard errors and their use. A number of approxi-mations are required to derive, at a moderate cost,standard errors applicable to all the estimates in thisreport. Instead of providing an individual standard errorfor each estimate, generalized sets of standard errorsare provided for various types of characteristics. Thus,the tables show levels of magnitude of standard errorsrather than the precise standard errors.
Standard s. rors of estimated numbers. There aretwo ways to compute the approximate standard error,sx, of an estimated number shown in this report. The firstuses the formula
s = fs (1)
where f is a factor from table B-3, and s is the standarderror of the estimate obtained by interpolation fromtable B-1. The second method uses formula (2), fromwhich the standard errors in tables B-1 and B-2 werecalculated This formula will provide more accurateresults than formula (1).
sx Vax2 + bx (2)
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Here x is the size of the estimate and a and b are theparameters in table B-3 associated with the particulartype of characteristic. When calculating standard errorsfor numbers from cross-tabulations involving differentcharacteristics, use the factor or set of parameters forthe characteristic which will give the largest standarderror.
Illustration of the computation of the standard errorof an estimated number. Table B shows that therewere 3,791,000 males with a severe work disability in1988. Using formula (1) with f = 0.9 from table B-3 ands = 91,000 by interpolation from table B-1 gives theapproximate standara error of 82,000 = 0.9 x 91,000.
Using formula (2) with a = -0.000023 and b = 2,013,the approximate standard error is:
Using the 85,000 estimate of standard error, the90-percent confidence interval as sl,iwn by the data isfrom 3,655,000 to 3,927,000. ThereforG, a conclusionthat the average estimate derived from all possiblesamples lies within a range computed in this way wouldbe correct for roughly 90 percent of all possible sam-ples.
Standard errors of estimated percentages. Thereliability of an estimated percentage, computed usingsample data for both numerator and denominator, dependson the size of the percentage and its base. Estimatedpercentages are relatively more reliable than the corre-sponding estimates of the numerators of the percent-ages, particularly if the percentages are 50 percent ormore. When the numerator and denominator of thepercentage are in different categories, use the factor orparameter from table 8 -3 indicated by the numerator.
The approximate standard error, sx,p, of an estimatedpercentage can be obtained by use of the formula
sxp = fs (3)
In this formula, f is the appropriate factor from tables B-1and B-2, and s is the standard error of the estimateobtained by interpolation from table B-2.
Alternatively, formula (4) will provide more accurateresults:
sxj, ="05.(100 p) (4)
Here x is the total number of persons, families, house-holds, or unrelated individuals which is the base of thepercentage, p is the percentage (0 < p < 100), and bis the parameter in table B-3 associated with thecharacteristic in the numerator of the percentage.
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Illustration of the computation of the standard errorof a percentage. Table B shows that of the 76,716,000males in 1988, 6,706,000 or 8.7 percent had a workdisability. Using formula (3), the appropriate factor fromtable 8-3, (0.9), and interpolation from table B-2, theapproximate standard error is 0.9 x 0.2 = 0.2 percent.
Using formula (4) the standard error of the percent-age of males who had a work disability in 1988 is
sxp 76,716,000 (8.7) (100.0 8.7)=0.1.
Consequently, the 90-percent confidence interval forthe percentage of males with a work disability in 1988 isfrom 8.5 to 8.9 percent.
Standard error of a differenae. The standard error ofthe difference between two sample estimates is approx-imately equal to
Sx_y = \N.+ SY (5)
where s, and sy are the standard errors of the estimates,x and y. The estimates can be numbers, percentages,ratios, etc. This will represent the actual standard errorquite accurately for the difference between estimates ofthe same characteristic in two different areas, or for thedifference between separate and uncorrelated charac-teristics in the same area. However, if there is a highpositive (negative) correlation between the two charac-teristics, the formula will overestimate (underestimate)the true standard error.
Illustration of the computation of the standard errorof a difference. Table B shows that 3,791,000 maleshad a severe work disability in 1988 (x), and 3,666,000females had a severe work disability in 1988 (y). Theapparent difference between x and y is approximately125,000.
As mentioned before, the approximate standard errorof the estimated 3,791,000 males with a severe workdisability in 1988 is 85,000. Similarly, the approximatestandard error of the estimated number of females witha severe work disability in 1988 is approximately 84,000.
Using formula (5) the approximate standard error ofthe estimated difference between x and y is
sx_y= V( 85,000 )2+ ( 84,000 )2= 120,000
This means that the 90-percent confidence interval forthe difference between males and females with a severework disability in 1988 is from -67,000 to 317,000. Sincethis interval contains zero, we cannot conclude with90-percent confidence that the number of males with asevere work disability in 1988 is greater than the num-ber of females with a severe Nork disability in 1988.
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Standard error of a median. The sampling variabilityof an estimated median depends on the form of thedistribution and the size of the base. One can approxi-mate the reliability of an estimated median by determin-ing a confidence interval about it. (See the section onsampling variability for a general discussion of confi-dence !ntervals.)
Estimate the 68-percent confidence limits of a medianbased on sample data using the following procedure.
1. Determine, using formula (4), the standard error ofthe estimate of 50 percent from the distribution.
2. Add to and subtract from 50 percent the standarderror determined in step 1.
3. Using the distribution of the char ..,:teristic, deter-mine upper and lower limits of the 68-percentconfidence interval by calculating values correspond-ing to the two points established in step 2.
Use the following formula to calculate the upperand lower limits.
1X pN
pNN2 NN1 (A2A1)+A1 (6)
where
XpN = estimated upper and lower bounds for theconfidence interval (0 < p < 1). For purposes ofcalculating the confidence interval, p takes on thevalues determined in step 2. Note that XpN esti-mates the median when p = 0.50.
N = for distribution of numbers: the total numberof units (persons, households, etc.) for the charac-teristic in the distribution.
= for distribution of percents: the value 1.0.p = the values obtained in step 2.
Al, A2 = the lower and upper bounds, respec-tively, of the interval containing XpN.
N1, N2 = for distribution of numbers: the esti-mated number of units (persons, households, etc.)with values of the characteristic greater than orequal to Al and A2, respectively.
= for distribution of percentages: the esti-mated percentage of units (persons, households,etc.) flaying values of the characteristic greaterthan or equal to Al and A2, respectively.
4. Divide the difference between the two points deter-mined in step 3 by two to obtain the standard errorof the median.
Illustration of the computation of a standard errorfor a median. Table 3 shows that the median incomeof parsons with a work disability in 1988 is $6,323 andthat the base of the distribution from which the medianwas determined is 13,420,000 persons.
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1. Using formula (4) with b = 2,327 from table B-3, thestandard error of 50 percent on a base of 13,420,000is
V2,32713,420,000 (50.0) (100.0 50.0)=0.7percent
2. To obtain a 68-percent confidence interval, add toand subtract from 50 percent the standard errorfound in step 1. This yields percentage limits of 49.3and 50.7.
3. The estimated numbers of persons with a workdisability, and with incomes of at least $4,000 and atleast $6,000, are 7,196,000 and 5,770,000 respec-tively. These estimates correspond to 53.6 and43.0. Thus, the confidence interval around themedian falls entirely w'thin this income range.
Using formula (6), the lower limit for the confi-dence interval of the median is found to be about
Thus, the 68-percent confidence interval for themedian income of persons with a work disability in1988 is from $4,550 to $4,813.
4. The standard error of median income is, therefore,
$4,813 $4,5502 $132.
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Table B-1. Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers
Size of estimate (thousands) Standard error
Total or White Black Hispanic origin25751002505007501,0002,5006,0007,50010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00040,00050,00075,000100,000125,000
813152434424876
106129148179203224241269290318320296
81315243441
477397
112120122105
813152433414669868878
- Not applicable.
NOTE: Use formula (1) with these standard errors and the factors in table B-3 to obtain standard errors for specific characteristics. ForHispanic-origin estimates from 1981 through 1984 use formula (2).
Table B-2. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages
Base of estimated percentages (thousands)Estimated percentages
NOTE: Use formula (3) with these standard errors and the factors in table B-3 to obtain standard errors for specific characteristics. ForHispanic-origin estimates from 1981 through 1984, use formula (4).
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Table B-3. a and b Parameters and Factors for Estimated Numbers and Percentages
CharacteristicsParameters
Factorsa b
WORK DISABILITY AND NON-WORK DISABILITY
Both Sexes
Total or White:19811982 to 1988
Black:19811982 to 1983
-0.000018-0.000013
-0.000133-0.000089
2,0782,327
2,0782,327
0.91.0
0.91.0
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984:
Percentages only 2,993 1.1
Levels only +0.000481 1,241 (x)1985 to 1988 -0.000172 2,327 1.0
Male:
16 to 64 years old
Total or White1981 -0.000028 1,798 0.91982 to 1988 -0.000023 2,013 0.9
Black:1981 -0.000221 1,798 0.91982 to 1988 -I" 000169 2,013 0.9
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984:
Percentages only 1,863 0.9Levels only +0.000481 1,241 (x)
1985 to 1988 -0.000300 2,013 0.965 to 74 years old -0.000259 2,013 0.9
Female:
16 to 64 years old
Total or White:1981 -0.000019 1,541 0.81982 to 1988 -0.000018 1,725 0.9
Black:1981 -0.000152 1,541 0.81982 to 1988 -0.000120 1,725 0.9
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984:
Percentages only 1,381 0.8Levels only +0.000481 1,241 (x)
1965 to 1988 -0.000253 1,725 0.965 to 74 years old -0.000177 1,725 0.9
MARITAL STATUS AND HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIPOF PERSONS WITH WORK DISABILITY
Total or White:1981 -0.000017 3,500 1.21982 to 1988 -0.000024 4,480 1.4
Black:1981 -0.000210 5,020 1.51982 to 1988 -0.000245 6,426 1.7
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984 -0.000022 5,673 1.61985 to 1988 -0.000475 6,426 1.7
8 A.'
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Table B-3. a and b Parameters and Factors for Estimated Numbers and Percentages-Continued
CharacteristicsParameters
a
VETERANS
Total:1981
1982 to 1988
Male:1981
1982 to 1988
Female:1981
1982 to 1988
POVERTY-PERSONS
Total or White:1981 to 1984
1985 to 1988
Black:1981 - 1984
1985 to 1988
Hispanic origin:1981 to 19841984 to 1988
UNEMPLOYED
Total or White:1981
1982 to 1988
Black:1981
1982 to 1988
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984.
Percentages onlyLevels only
1985 to 1988
INCOME
Persons
Total or White:1981 to 1984
1985 to 1988
Slack:1981 to 1984
1985 to 1988
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984
1985 to 1988
Family
Total or White:1981 to 1984
1985 to 1988
Black:1981 to 19841985 to 1988
Hispanic origin:198'1 to 1984
1985 to 1988
-0.000031
-0.000016
-0.000031
-0.000034
0.000031
-0.000031
0.001031
-0.U00052
0.uu0270
-0.000369
-..000072
-0.00711
-0.a ?,015
- 0.000012
-0.000139
0.000097
4-0.000884
0.000187
0.000009
0.000011
-0.000077
0.000090
0.000023
-0.000175
-0.000010
0.000010
-0.000089
-0.000079
0.000016
- 0.000153
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Factorsb
2,300 1.0
2,944 1.1
2,300 1.0
2,944 1.1
2,300 1.0
2,944 1.1
7,946 1.8
9,628 2.0
7,946 1.8
9,628 2.0
13,2:31 2.4
9,628 2.0
1,971 0.9
2,206 1.0
2,265 1.0
2,536 1.0
1,106 0.7
949 0.6
2,536 1.0
1,885 0.9
2,077 0.9
2,155 1.0
2,374 1.0
3,444 1.2
2,374 1.0
1,721 0.9
1,896 0.9
1,876 0.9
2,067 0.9
2,778 1.1
2,067 0.9
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Table B-3. a and b Parameters and Factors for Estimated Numbers and PercentagesContinued
CharacteristicsParameters
Factorsa b
EDUCATION OF PERSONS WITH AND WITHOUT WORKDISABILITY
Total or White:1981 -0.000016 2,064 0.9
1982 to 1988 -0.000013 2,312 1.0
Black:1981 -0.000186 2,792 1.1
1981 to 1988 -0.000099 2,600 1.1
Hispanic origin:1981 to 1984:
Percentages only 3,873 1.3
Levels only +0.001744 2,131 1.0
1985 - 1988 -0.000192 2,600 1.1
- Not applicable.
X Use formula (2) for estimates of standard errors for this characteristic.
NOTE: For characteristics in nonmetropolitan areas, multiply the appropriate parameters by 1.5 and the appropriate factors by 1.2.
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460 Whet were. .'s mat important activities askant
46E. CLASS OF WORKERSedarployment
Federal Gait F 0tAtk 47)."c{ No ... SE 0 YAsk 47)
Near P 0YIN I
Sate S 0 (W9h901 y WP 0 ILocal Govt L 0
UP. At eery tans during 1980 did
maks any Slin or Farrunemployment cons ration?
Yr 0 No 0 Pip r$3A)
Any &volume/of
Benefits OM)?Unemplownent Yr
Any Union
unemployment
or strike bundle'?Yr 0
O
0
O
47. Counting Allocation Undo 25 0awe this employer 25-99 0COMM, whit rs the tgtal 160-473 0 Ar 48.4 4WDmax/ of perms who 500-999 0ark for ',isobar? 1000 0
13 (Rood roulades ff Drawly)
32. What wee the mein rerun , did not work in 10177
ill or d medal and unable to wok 0Retired 0Taking are of home or family ..,Going to school ....... .
Could rot frd workDong something elle
40.1n Me arothat worked,
how nary hoursdd sallywork per VOW
(MIA bOINT)-N-
to SRA) (Go to 41)
0I23
5
89
0I23
5
89
a
33. During 1967 in ha* Jenny weeks did
wok Ian for a few Noun?Include pod vacation end sick 11.11
r work.
I
(Nen we*3I-w-
ent I Go to )
0
23
13 5
0I23
5
a9
41. INTERVIEWER CHECK ITEM
Number of hour. m item 40 Is:
1-34 0 (Skip to 43)35* 0 (A01421
48A. Now much did . earn banthis NrOloYer before deductionsduring 19877
483. Vka wee... net iamb. from *Msbu kasflams afar apneadurkg 10871 Is
0 0 0 0 0 01111122 ? 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3a 4. 9-
5 5 5 5 5GGGGG7 7 7 7 78 8 8 8 09 9 9 9 9
48C, Dose this amount Include 41 Um barmanovertime pay or ornmimens
may has received?
(Probe ad aridYes 0 No 0 coarnow to ISA)0 Lod money
53A. Owing 1087 did , naive anyWorker's Compensation laymanOther palmate as a mutt of a lobroma Injury or Ow& (Enda*Ock pr end rubilltR marnent)
Yes 0 No 0 aka re 54
42. Durirg 1087, rem there one*. moreado in woad.. worked lea than35 hours? Exclude Pole off with reaf
brume of hegira, vacation, daysoff, (wildness.
Yes 0 (Ad 43)No 0 (Via re 45)
34. INTERVIEWER CHECK ITEM 1-49 0 MO to 30Monte of wooks 1n nem 33 a 1 0 (AIR 33)
52 0 MO to 39)
36.Old...beeeeryfullyaksifleakIn 1617 brave heloho woo onleyoff from &job or loots job?
Yr 0o
aka to 319No
36. You sod ... worked about 0 0lasty lir tan 33) week In 1067. I INow any of the wanks II 2 2Mahon entry lir Item ID 3 3rain wee ...leaking foe wort + 4.Or On layoff from a lob? 5 5
(Morn weds -o- Gend At k 37) ?
8Now 0 aka** 9
43. How may weeksrid... oak lessthen 35 hairs in1067?
(Mork isoek)-4-
0
23
5
0I
23
5
89
a
46A. Did -am money from ay other worts Minn did during19877
Yes 0 No 0 (Skip to SO)
4178. How much dd... ern from:
All ear sriviloYord linker Oval business
after aromas?
Ym 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 0
S
00i
3. 23 3
4.
55G G? ?3a
cl
0001 1 I2223 3 34445 5 5G G G? ? ?8 8 89 9 9
L. j00a a22334.
CI 5 5G G? ?
9 9
000i 1 I2223 3 34445 5 5G G G? ? ?8829 9 9
O Loct money
Hn/her term
after apneas?
Yes 0 No 0
00I 1
3 ?33
455G G? ?889 9
000I I I2 2 23 3 34445 5 5G G G? ? ?8889 9 9
O Lost mo ney
530. Whet our the aura of tilepayments?
State Workers Carpernehon ..r.,Employer or employees Manna . 0Own romance - 0OthOr
MC. How muchcomparator,dd . mewduring 191377
44. Whet our the rain man workedler then 35 Nun per week?
Could root find a full tIme lob .. 0
Wanted to work pert tone coonly able to work pet name .. 0
51. Other Wen the farm waren* hay alnondylaked about, did ,..mega a/ Income from aviculture! work done for oars,recwationel Ionian, or government farm programs otherthe. mere?
Yes 0 (Probe owl woke correction to 488 or 498)
No 0 (Ask 51A)
NOW I vienttlosome quadrat
II
about where!Poi 1 year ago
t30I2
33
5 5G G? ?
99
oI I
23 3 3L. 1. 4.4'19G G G? ? ?8 8 8999
U Wee ...INV* In this hour 640e our ego; la a on Much 1, 10877
Yet 0 (""t No 0 ("thpaw) 7sax Whcre Dm On Minh 1,10677
1. Now of Stets, foreign *Patsy,U.& patarion,esc7
2. Name of county-7
3. Norm of city, awn, etei
e.OW, town. vIliege, an?
Yes 0 No 0
95
91
CPS-665-CONTINUED
COMPUTE LINE HUMBLE? FOR ALL PERSONS 14* BEFORE BEGINNING QIIESTIONS ON CACN PAGE (NAME IS OPTIONAL)
NAME (OpSemet!
LINE NUMBER Ohm /RA) Page3 IeevE
0 0I2 23 3
IN 5
9
O 0I I
23 3
El 5
39
0 0I I2 23 3
n.
El 5
89
0 0I I2 23 3
PI 5
89
MI. DURING 1157 DID ANYONE IN THIS HOUSEHOLD RECEIVE.
EGA. My Soad SemettY Percents from the US. Government?
Yes 0 No 0 (SAIp ste RA)
Sit. Who received Sodel Smelt/ payments either for Menefeeor all combined Payments with other family members? Yes 0 No 0 Yet 0 NoO Yes 0 NoO Ye 0 No 0
Complete 56C Resod) FoamWM "Yes" in 568
sec. Flow much did reulve m Social Security paymentsamine 19137?
(wpm cantbatedpmenerre)
.NOTE Saul Security checLs timely curve on the 3rd
of every month on 3 gold colored envelopeAmount should be Wen the Medicare deducLon
0 Alreadymcludoi
co
0 0 0 0 0IIII I2 2 2 2
3 3 3 34
3 5 3 3G666? ? ? ?88889999
S
0 AlreadyIncluded
O
0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 23 3 3 3
45 5 5 58866? ? ? ?8 S89999
F-1000,00 A d m a r l y 2 '2 ? 2 2
oac 3 3 3 344445 5 5 56 G 6? ? ? ?88589999
$
0 Moldyincluded
0 0 0 0 0I / I I :2 2 8 2 2
3 3 3 349.4i3 5 3 3
G 6? ? ? ?88889 9 9 9
560. INTERVIEWER CHECK ITEM
O CM wen order 23 Present (AO 56E)
O No children under 23 were! (Srelo to SO
r56E. DM anyone in MN household name v sperm
Sochi Seamy pa usoto which mu not talked aboutfor the children In the household?
Yea 0 Na 0
(ff "Yes."mflos nmamry damps to nncluck this ~ensM 56C for peon lestwini)
57. DURING 1957 DID ANYONE IN THIS HOUSEHOLD RECEIVE.
57A. My SSI etymons', that is, Supplmramml Security Incorre?
Yes 0 No 0 (Go to Nvrt pege)
575. Who marled SSP (Ammo. obel) Yu 0 r.e 0 Ye 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 0
(Complete SIC for Nthpram wrth "Yew" M 570
57C. How much did receive in Suppieruntel Securhy Incomealarm 19577 (dada both Mien:41rd Stott SSi)
NOTE: Wend SSI checb must( untie on the finsof every month M a blue (*bed envelope
(Co to S7C IQ r a.otpuch WM "Yes "4r 57B a %foto next pap)
0 000I III2 2 2 23 3 3 3
45 5 5 5G 6 8 6? ? ? ?8 8 8 8O 999
0 000I III2 2 2 23 3 3 3
4445 5 5 5G 6 G 6? ? ? ?8 8 8 89 9 9 9
Yes 0 No 0
O 0 0 0I I I I2 2 2 23 3 3 3
4.
5 5 5 5II 6 G 6
? ? ? ?8 8 8 89 9 9 0
0 000I III2 2 2 23 3 3 3
4445 5 5 5
1 3 6 8 8 6? ? ? ?8 8 8 89 999
Medan Deduction 517 90/month
9 6
CPS-665CONTINUED
NAME (Opttotod)
LINE NUMBER (haw 18A) Pale 3 Page 4
611.1rarrimar Chsdt Imo&ty by coma cord hot 28 tt:
800.000 CO rows 0 (Sister to too 60)uernd mow, NA oe Rot 0
60.AT ANY TIME DURING USD EVEN FOR ONE MONTH DIDANYONE IN THIS HOUSEHOLD RECEIVE:
59A. Any publk ariasnot es saran mantras Iron the Stab or WM"FRO offia? Vas C Eli No 0 (S.m.)M. Mc morad dim pranims1 (Anyone else?)
LYos 0 No 0 Yas 0 No 0 Yos 0 No 0 Yr 0 No 0
(Compkte 59C to 59E for Nib pylon with "Yoe ol $98)
69C. Did... maw AFDC (ADC) or some Mar typeof askiasts mom& 0 AtOC (ADC)
0 0 trar0 Both
0 AFDC (A/X)0 Other0 Both
0 AFDC (ADC)0 ChM0 Both
0 AFOC (ADO0 Other0 Both
SM. In how many months at IWO did .. namethose payments? Months Monts Morh3 Months
0 I01231. 56289
0I0I2 3 9.56729
0I.012:31. 56789
0I0123456289
51k. 140w Much did .., retest a Public warania wool*,during leBn
(Go to 59C for next prim otol "Yes' In 598 otos* 60)
13
$
00000S
00000$
0 0 0 0 01
0 0 0 0 0
El
I I I I I2 2 2 23 3 3 39- I 9. 9.5 3 5 3GGGG? ? ? ?8 8 8 89999
: 1 1 : 12 2 2 23 3 3 34 er 'r5 5 5 5
a G Cs G G? ? ? ?3 8 8 89 9 9 9
I I I I I2 2 2 23 3 3 344445 5 5 5
0 6656? ? ? ?8 8 8 89999
IIIII2 2. 2 23 3 3 344445 5 5 5
g GGGG2 ? ? ?8 8 8 89 9 9 9
ID AT ANY T1ME DURING 1987 DID ANYONE IN THIS
HOUSEHOLD RECEIVE:
BOA. Any parints horn Oa Warm' Adminittration IVA)?
II1k Oder Am Social Steed& or VA bodes), dd Rayons In ills
hcanehold mho soy Imam in 1167 Mom weaver or widow'smoons. ems, trusts, awes ana. or erg ode" euts+eor benefits?
Toe 0 No 0 16°E=OW)616. We naiad OW Won& (Answer else)) Tee 0 No 0 Tr 0 No 0 Tee 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 0
(Complete 61C to 616 for esth person with e"Ves"lit 618)
61C. What MS Pe Porte of die Income
(Ammeter ealebwor miner StraweN
01. Caroms, or union minim, pension Pm pout theried Yu 0 No 002. Federal GOVIMMInt (041 Stoke) pennon Tee 0 No 003. US. Mditery retirement surmise punka Yee 0 No 0W. Stine or Local goat armor pennon V. 0 No 006, OS Reigned twinement funk( Maim Vol 0 p No 003.11forker's compersetion *niter penon. Tee 0 No C)07. Blosk lung anther pension Vas 0 No 0CO. Reorler peyments from mums or Mee VP 0 No 0CO. Regular payments horn omit., or pod.upwourrne polka Tat 0 No 010. Of nr don't kron(S/se* hy Nom) Ye 0 No 0
I (Complete 61D ene161E for lest "Va"ln 61C)
61D. income Sown Code
Tee 0 No (.)Tee 0 No 0Tea 0 NoOYe 0 No 0V 0 N. 0WI 0 No 0Tee 0 No 0V. 0 No0V. 0 NoOTo 0 No 0
Tee 0 No 0Tee 0 No0Toe 0 No 0Vet 0 No 0V. 0 No 0We 0 NoOTee 0 No 0Toe 0 No 0Ts 0 No 0Tat 0 No 0
Ye 0 NO 0V. 0 No0Yes 0 No 0Tee 0 No 0Tee 0 El Ms 0Tee 0 No0Tee 0 No 0Tin 0 No 0Tee 0 No0Tee 0 No 0
0 I0 I 2 3 4 5 G ? Et 9
0I0 I 2 3 4 5 G T 8 9
0 I0 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9
0 I0 I 2 3 9- 5 G ? 8 9
61E. Now meth dld ...11PCIIM In (reed
duringwen
(Complete 61r ars:161G for next /NOOK sane maned Digo to 61C
MA. Own my lend, Witten property, oportmentkor homes which
was rented 10 Pfors1Yee 0 No 0 (// "Yes"
Mahe income from royal*.IX from roornsrs morted In
or bards& (Etch,dironounb pekl by relethes) NY, ode
Yee 0 13 No 0 688,
WhinerRewire Income from Pen or thotskteekeis manor sho toANSI IIII110/17p0/114 Vie 0 No 0 nett me)
fel Who nosind Pk rent frame)? (Anyone dad)(Ink* err In eweOlt** eeowsW1)
Yu 0 No 0 Yee 0 No 0 Yse 0 No 0 Yas 0 No 0
(A* 68Cfor eachperson with "Yes" In 688)
MD How north did ... reteint In Mcome from tankardso t b a w d " e s t e e m , t r u g ; o r e o y o l l f e l ) of t s e out
0 0 0 0 0 08
000001 1 1 1 12 2 2 2 2
8
0 0 0 0111 I 12 2 2 2 2
8
0 0 01 1 1 1 12 2 2 2 2
$
0 01 1 1 1 /2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 30 Lost money 4 4 4 1. 4
5 5 5 5 5al GGGGG
0 A l m o d y 7 7 7 7 7Included 8 8 88 8
9 9 99 9
3 3 3 3 30 Lott mow 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5la GGGGG
0 A l r e a d y 7 ? ? ? ?indudei 8 8 s 8 8
999 9 9
3 333 30 UV moray 4 4 4 4 4
5 555 5a GGGGG
0 M o o d y 7 7 7 7 7Ircludid 8888 8
99 99 9
33 3330 Lon money 4. I 4 4 4
55555ri GGGGG
0 Almady 7 ? ? ? ?included 88 888
99 999
for 19877 Overlie power for lofnt ow en14,)
1 0
97
CRS - 665 CONTINUED
NAME (00/weer)
LINE NUMBER Mow /14) Page 3 Pp4 Pole 5 Pea 6
60A. During KV drid awons In this howohokl *turd schx4 breadthe MO shoed heal IncludIng I case. **miry or othw schemes*Asko, vocational, &nines; or tratridtools)?
yes N. O (G.,. 13next )
MM. Del ammo MOW Ilfff liesestioralWawa (co t don.low. WWI.Of [WO worm during 11877(EAdvdc .oens or
ISAMU from horwhold monbers tr. VA educational benefits)
Yes 0 No 0 (Go soant PRO
09C. Which maim mired wirtanco?(Anyowe elm)) Yes 0 No 0 Yea 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 0 Ya 0 No 0
(Complete 690 to 6911 for torn pawn with 'Yes" ws 69C)
6610.Nhet type of wisotneo dd... nuts -e?
(gnyakresecowrcer)
1. Ped Grant
2. Some other gammen! annum
3. Scholarshe* grants. etc.
4. Other adistanee (ssooloyers, fronds. ea)(Evade astrence from hotathold members)