Status Report

Overview of CPS Data

Using the CPS

Variable Locations:

Verifying Data Accuracy:

Record Selection Criteria

A. Household Record:

B. Family record

C. Person record

1. Teen Birth Rates:

2. Percent of Teens that are High School Dropouts and Percent of Teens Not Attending School

3. Percent of Children Living With Parents

4, Percent of Families With Children Headed by a Single Parent

5. Percent of Children Under 18 Living in Poverty

6 Population of Hispanic Children Under 18

7. Median Income of Families

8.Percent of Female Headed Families Receiving Alimony

9. Percent of Children In Extreme Poverty (income below 50% of poverty level):

10. Percent of Children In Poverty (income below 100% of poverty level):

11. Educational Attainment persons

12. Children Under 6 Living With Parents Who Work Full Time