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YRIMMIG

Description

YRIMMIG reports the year in which a person born outside the United States "came to the U.S. to stay."

Information on immigration was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview.

Comparability

The specific years grouped together for the period after 2001 differ over time. For example, persons in the 2003 dataset could have reported immigrating between 2000 and 2001, while persons in the 2004 dataset could have reported immigrating between 2000 and 2001 or between 2002 and 2004. Comparability across the datasets can be achieved by combining data on recent immigrants into a single "after 2001" classification and using the codes provided for the period between 1950 and 2001.

Response categories changed in January 2006. Immigration between 2002 and 2005 is grouped together for members of the 2006 ATUS dataset whose final CPS interview took place prior to January 2006. For members of the 2006 ATUS dataset whose final CPS interview took place during or after January 2006, years of immigration are separated into two categories: 2002-2003 and 2004-2006.

Universe

2003-2010: CPS household members.

Quality flags

QYRIMMIG
YRIMMIG: allocation flag

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 Not foreign born 18088 12231 11200 11094 10520 10862 11236 11246
1 Before 1950 79 33 85 26 43 33 32 32
2 1950-1959 151 105 89 79 91 89 77 80
3 1960-1964 123 77 63 86 61 66 58 66
4 1965-1969 153 85 96 98 82 91 94 88
5 1970-1974 180 102 121 117 93 122 114 122
6 1975-1979 200 142 125 154 125 134 124 129
7 1980-1981 157 93 65 90 70 96 71 80
8 1982-1983 96 66 52 57 57 60 63 64
9 1984-1985 123 82 78 73 64 64 72 59
10 1986-1987 150 74 84 71 79 80 60 69
11 1988-1989 169 114 115 104 91 90 102 96
12 1990-1991 192 104 99 128 95 94 92 98
13 1992-1993 140 96 105 102 99 94 118 109
14 1994-1995 157 114 111 118 102 107 100 124
15 1996-1997 160 121 119 94 99 121 116 96
16 1998-1999 200 128 138 126 116 108 140 135
17 2000-2001 202 144 155 155 136 133 127 160
18 2002-2003 -- -- -- 70 105 107 114 104
19 2002-2004 -- 62 -- -- -- -- -- --
20 2002-2005 -- -- 135 47 -- -- -- --
21 2004-2005 -- -- -- -- -- 69 93 123
22 2004-2006 -- -- -- 54 35 -- -- --
23 2004-2007 -- -- -- -- 85 40 -- --
24 2006-2007 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 79
25 2006-2008 -- -- -- -- -- 63 37 --
26 2006-2009 -- -- -- -- -- -- 93 37
27 2008-2010 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 64
998 Blank -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- --
999 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --