Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: Artist Extract File

Produced By: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; National Endowment for the Arts, Research Division, Washington, DC

Author:

• U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
• National Endowment for the Arts

Abstract (CPANDA): Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: Artist Extract File was prepared by the National Endowment for the Arts from data collected by the Census Bureau in the 1970 decennial census. The NEA extracted public use microdata samples (PUMS) relevant to research about artist occupations into Artist Extract Files to reduce file size and reduce time and costs for researchers interested in analyzing these data. The files contain records of all persons in households with one or more persons having a detailed occupation code considered "artist" by the NEA. These occupations include: actors and directors; announcers; architects; authors; dancers; designers; musicians and composers; painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artist printmakers; photographers; teachers of art, drama, and music in higher education; and artists, performers, and related workers not elsewhere classified.

Methodology (CPANDA) : The 1970 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) was obtained through a representative sample, consisting of one sample unit for every one hundred such units in the population. Three such samples were drawn from a 15% sample of the population and three were drawn from a 5% sample. The 1970 Census had two long form questionnaires; one was used for the 15% sample and one was used for the 5% sample. The artist extract file contains PUMS data on persons in households in the United States with one or more persons having a detailed occupation code considered "artist" by the NEA. There are 217,758 cases.