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Title: Updated unified category system for 1960-2000 Census occupations

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Occupation categories in the U.S. Censuses of Population change every ten years. Meyer and Osborne (2005) proposed a standardized category system to report consistent detailed occupational data from the 1960 to 2000 Censuses, based on the occupations originally reported. This paper explores imputation of standardized occupation on the basis of further information about the respondent and special data sets from the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics which apply two Census occupation category systems to samples of respondents in the Current Population Survey. This technique uses more detail and in particular situations can be more accurate on average.

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Authors: Meyer, Peter B.

Conference Name: 2009 Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference

Publisher Location: Washington, DC

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection

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