The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
From 1976-1988, a multi-stage merge process was used to link ASEC data to March Basic Monthly data to create MARBASECIDP and MARBASECIDH. In these years, MARBASECSTAGE indicates at which stage of that process a given person was successfully linked across those files within a given year.
Universe
- All persons.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 – 1988 | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
