9999999 = N.I.U. (Not in Universe).

The Census Bureau applies different disclosure avoidance measures across time for individuals with high income in this variable. Detailed explanations of these methods, topcodes, and replacement value and swap value thresholds are available here.

Description

INCRENT indicates how much pre-tax income (if any) the respondent received from rent (after expenses), from charges to roomers or boarders, and from money paid by estates, trusts, and royalties, during the previous calendar year.

Amounts are expressed as they were reported to the interviewer; users must adjust for inflation using Consumer Price Index adjustment factors.

Comparability

Apart from the effects of inflation, INCRENT is consistent from 1988 onward.

The income sources included in INCRENT were incorporated in the following variables prior to 1988: INCUNERN (1962-1967), INCIDR (1968-1975), and INCDRT (1976-1987).

INCDRT is equivalent to the sum of INCDIVID and INCRENT. INCIDR is equivalent to the sum of INCINT and INCDRT (for 1976-1987), and to the sum of INCINT, INCDIVID, and INCRENT (for 1988-2004). Users who chose to combine these variables should keep in mind that the minimum age of respondents rose from 14 to 15 beginning in 1980.

Comparability with IPUMS-USA

Universe

Flags

Unharmonized Variables

• UH_INCRNT_A1
• UH_INCRNT_A2
• UH_INCRNT_A3