Annual Demographic Survey (March CPS Supplement) 1995 Data Page
The public-use file for the 1995 Annual Demographic Survey (March) is a microdata file with records for each unit of observation: individuals, families, and households. It is a hierarchically structured file sorted by Census state code (MSTSTATE), then MSA/PMSA rank code. It contains 285,550 logical records, each containing 744 characters.
There is a household record for each household or group quarters. The household record is followed by one of three possible structures:
A. If the household contains related persons and is not a group quarters household:
1. The family record appears next followed by person records for members of the family who are not also members of a related subfamily. The person records would be ordered: family householder, spouse of family householder, children in the family, and other relatives of the family householder.
2. The above records may be followed by one or more related subfamily records, each related subfamily record being followed immediately by person records for members of that related subfamily. The person records would be ordered: reference person of the related subfamily, spouse of subfamily reference person, and children of subfamily reference person.
3. The above records may be followed by one or more unrelated subfamily records, each unrelated subfamily record being followed immediately by person records for members of that unrelated subfamily. The person records would be ordered: unrelated subfamily reference person, spouse of subfamily reference person, and children of subfamily reference person.
4. The above records may be followed by one or more persons living with nonrelatives family records, each to be followed by the person record for the unrelated individual it represents. (See Figure 1, page 2-4.)
B. If the household contains a householder with no relatives and is not a group quarters household:
1. The family record for the nonfamily householder is followed immediately by the person record for that nonfamily householder.
2. These records may be followed by one or more unrelated subfamily records, each unrelated subfamily record being followed immediately by the person records for members of that unrelated subfamily.
3. These records may be followed by one or more family records for persons living with nonrelatives, each person living with nonrelatives family record being followed immediately by the person record for that person living with nonrelatives. (See Figure 2, page 2-5.)
C. If the household is a group quarters, each person is defined as a person living with nonrelatives. There will be a family record followed by a person record for each person in the group quarters.
Illustration of Record Sequence for Households Containing a Family
Household Record
Family Record
Person 1 (Householder) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
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Person n (Family Member)
Family (Related Subfamily Record)
Person 1 (Related Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
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Person n (Related Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Unrelated Subfamily) Record
Person 1 (Unrelated Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
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Person n (Unrelated Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person 1 (Person Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Illustration of Record Sequence for Households Containing a Nonfamily Householder.
Household Record
Family (Nonfamily Householder) Record
Person (Nonfamily Householder) Record
Family (Unrelated Subfamily) Record
Person 1 (Unrelated Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
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Person n (Unrelated Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Person Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Illustration of Record Sequence for Group Quarters
Household Record
Family (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
1. NOTE: Each person in group quarters is by definition a person living with nonrelatives.
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