The February 2026 monthly data are available via IPUMS CPS. We have not yet processed the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
Topcode flag income: wage and salary - 1976-1988
This variable contains values other than 0 and 1 for some years. No labels for these values were found in any Census Bureau documentation.
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
The various income fields have been topcoded to prevent disclosure. In some years, the top code flags seem to be inconsistent with the actual data. See Appendix H.4 for details.
Universe
- All persons.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 – 1987 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
