Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1988

This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1988 (October 1987 through September 1988). Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, New Arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigrant visas issued by the United States Department of State. Those in the second category, Adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.

本数据集收录了1988财年（1987年10月至1988年9月）获得美国合法永久居民身份的外籍人士特征相关信息。本数据集涵盖两类移民的相关数据：第一类为“新入境移民”，指从美国境外入境且持有美国国务院（United States Department of State）签发的有效移民签证的外籍人士；第二类为“身份调整移民”，指已在美国境内持有临时身份，并通过向美国移民归化局（United States Immigration and Naturalization Service）提交申请，成功调整为合法永久居民身份的外籍人士。数据集包含的变量包括入境口岸、入境年月、入境类别，以及移民获准定居的美国州份与区域。此外还收录了年龄、性别、婚姻状况、职业、出生国家、最后永久居住国及国籍等人口统计相关信息。