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Stata SAS
Variable Name time_arrive_usa
Top Access Level released
Label Time Period of Arrival to US (Foreign Born)
Codebook SIPP Synthetic Beta v7
Concept
Type numeric

Files

ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.sas7bdat   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( SAS )
ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.dta   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( Stata )

Full Description

This variable gives the year block when a respondent immigrated in the United States and is in-scope when foreign_born=1. The year of arrival to the U.S. is from the migration history wave 2 topical module (TM8736 for 1984, 1990-1993; emoveus for 1996, 2001, 2004, and 2008). Year blocks are generally five years but are as wide as 9 years and as short as 2 years. Categories are: 1=1959 or earlier; 2=1960-1964; 3=1965-1969; 4=1970-1974; 5=1974-1979; 6=1980-1981; 7=1982-1984; 8=1985-1993; 9=1994-1999; 10=2000-2004; 11=2005-2009; 12=2010-2014.

Value Ranges

Value Range

Range: [ 1 , 10 ]

Groups

Demographic Variables
Geographic Variables

Values (13 total)

1 Before 1959
2 1960-1964
3 1965-1969
4 1970-1974
5 1975-1979
6 1980-1981
7 1982-1984
8 1985-1993
9 1994-1999
10 2000-2004
11 2005-2009
12 2010-2014
sysmiss Structurally missing, out of scope for question (foreign_born=0)