Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Monthly Data

Stata, SAS, and SPSS programs to convert raw Current Population Survey Monthly Basic data files into their respective statistical package file formats. Each set of programs corresponds to a set of variable layouts and definitions for a specified time period. (The variable layouts and definitions change 21 times from 1989 to 2023.) We also provide processed versions of the raw files in Stata, CSV, SAS, and SPSS formats for ease of use.