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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Total household income (in US$) (US2015A_HHINCOME)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 336
End: 342
Width: 7
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
47. Income in the past 12 months
<br />Mark (X) the "Yes" box for each type of income this person received, and give your best estimate of the total amount during the past 12 months. (NOTE: The "past 12 months" is the period from today's date one year ago up through today.) </p>

<p>Mark (X) the "No" box to show types of income NOT received. </p>

<p>If net income was a loss, mark the "Loss" box to the right of the dollar amount. </p>

<p>For income received jointly, report the appropriate share for each person -- or, if that's not possible, report the whole amount for only one person and mark the "No" box for the other person.</p>

<p>48. What was this person's total income during the past 12 months? </p>
<div class="i1">Add entries in questions 47a to 47h; subtract any losses. If net income was a loss, enter the amount and mark (X) the "Loss" box next to the dollar amount.<br /><br />[] None or total amount for past 12 months (USD)________<br />[] Loss</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total household income (in USD).
Universe
United States 2015: Private occupied houesholds [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 7-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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