The
LPS public use data file contains information about a sample of 6,193
undocumented migrants who were living in the United States in 1986/87
when they sought legal permanent residence through the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Survey data was collected from the entire
group in 1989, and again (for 4,012 of these respondents) in 1992.
The
first wave of the legalized population survey (LPS1) was sponsored by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 1989. In 1992, the
Department of Labor sponsored a second wave (LPS2), co-sponsored by
the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce.
Three
files are available for download through this website. Simply double-click
on the file to initiate the download. Data are available in SAS, SPSS, and Stata.
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FILENAME
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TYPE
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CONTENTS
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| README |
pdf
|
Technical
documentation |
| CBK |
pdf
|
The
codebook for the LPS matched file |
| LPS |
SAS
transport
|
The
LPS data file in SAS |
| LPS |
SPSS |
The LPS data file in SPSS |
| LPS |
Stata |
The LPS data file in Stata |