Data Watch: The Redesigned Current Population Survey
回顾了1994年当前人口调查(CPS)在问卷措辞和数据收集方法上的重大重新设计,比较了新旧调查的关键估计值,并解释了新收集的数据,对关注美国劳动力市场统计的研究者有用。
The Current Population Survey (CPS), a national survey of 50,000 households, is a major source of information about the American labor market. In January 1994, the CPS underwent a major redesign both in the wording of the questionnaire and the methodology used to collect the data. This article reviews the motivation for the redesign, compares several key CPS estimates before and after the implementation of the new survey, and explains some of the new data collected in the redesigned CPS.