Interviewers
Description
Basic CPS Interviewers Manual
Detailed Table of Contents
The Current Population Survey
Conducting the CPS Interview
Employment Concepts
Unemployment Concepts
Not in Labor Force Concepts
Industry and Occupation Concepts
Earnings and Union Membership Concepts
Overview of the CPS Instrument
The "Front" of the CPS Interview
CPS Demographic Data
The Labor Force Interview
The "Back" of the CPS Interview
Noninterviews
General Description of Housing Vacancy Survey
Instructions for Completing HVS Items
The HVS Items
Examples of Industry Responses Needing Special Reporting
Examples of Occupation Responses Needing Special Reporting
List of CAPI and CATI Outcome Codes and Descriptions
Items Book List of All Instrument Screens
March 1996 Interviewers Instruction Manual
March 1996 Interviewers Review Exercises and Practice Interview
March 1996 Self-Study Answer Key
Annual Demographic Survey (March 1996 CPS) Data Collection Page
CPS Home Page
Contact: (
ask.census.gov
) CPS Help-Census/DSD/CPSB
Last modified: September 26, 1996
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/ads/1996/sintvwrs.htm