Evaluating a Multiple-Imputation Method for Recalibrating 1970 U.S. Census Detailed Industry Codes to the 1980 Standard
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TL;DR
A multiple-imputation procedure for converting data coded into the 1970 U.S. census detailed classification of industries to the categories of the 1980 classification is evaluated.
Abstract
In this paper, we evaluate a multiple-imputation procedure for converting data coded into the 1970 U.S. census detailed classification of industries to the categories of the 1980 classification. For a sample of 127,125 persons in the labor force drawm from responses to the U.S. census of 1970, we compare 1980 codes directly assigned by coders working from the narrative descriptions in the census questionnaires with 1980 codes imputed via a logistic regression procedure from the 1970 codes and other information about