Survey of Income and Education (1976)

Federal Statistics

Investigator: Bureau of the Census. ICPSR number: 7634

Population: Artists (as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system) for more information see: http://stats.bls.gov/soc/soc_i0a0.htm.

Identification method: Survey respondents that spent the most paid working hours in the past week in an artistic occupation are classified as artists and related workers per the SOC.

Sampling procedure: Unavailable in works reviewed.

N and Response rate: N=158,500. Response rate information was unavailable in works reviewed.

Publication: Waits, C.R. and McNertney, E.M. 1980. "Uncertainty and Investment In Human Capital in the Arts." In W.S. Hendon et al. eds., Economic Policy for the Arts. Cambridge: Abt Associates.

National Endowment for the Arts. 1980. Artists Compared by Age, Sex, and Earnings in 1970 and 1976. . Washington D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts, Research Division Report 12. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. (Uses 1970 census data along with 1976 survey of income and education data.)

Summary: This data set contains information from the Survey of Income and Education (SIE) conducted during the months of April through July of 1976 by the Census Bureau for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The survey served as a supplement to the yearly Current Population Survey and was conducted to obtain reliable state-by-state data on the numbers of children in local areas with family incomes below the federal poverty level.