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Title: Linking 1940 U.S. Census Data to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Technical Documentation
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: In this document we describe a project to link records from the 1940 U.S. Census to records for individuals in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The project is part of a larger effort to conduct parallel linkages to the 1940 Census for respondents to the PSID, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), and the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Each study contains sample members who were alive at the time of the 1940 federal census and were thus enumerated (along with their families and household members). These five ongoing longitudinal studies are central components of America’s data infrastructure for interdisciplinary research on aging and the life course; physical and mental health, disability, and well-being; later-life work, economic well-being, and retirement; end-of-life issues, and many other topics. Adding information about sample members from the 1940 Census expands the utility of all five projects and enables important research on the effects of early life social, economic, environmental, contextual, and other factors on subsequent life outcomes. For a longer discussion of the overall linking project, see Warren, Helgertz, and Xu (2020)...
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Authors: Warren, John Robert; Pfeffer, Fabian T; Helgertz, Jonas; Xu, Dafeng
Series Title: Technical Series Paper
Publication Number: 20-02
Institution: University of Michigan
Pages: 1-9
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Population Data Science
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