The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly household sample survey of individuals living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Conducted by the Bureau of the Census, this survey is intended to provide a basis for estimates of employment, unemployment, and other characteristics of the general labor force, of the U.S. population as a whole, and of various subgroups of the population. In this survey data on demographic characteristics and employment experiences, for the week preceding the survey, are obtained for household members aged 14 or over. Data are obtained through interviews with a single responsible member of the household.

Beginning in 1971, at the request of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a special supplementary survey was conducted in selected years, in conjunction with the June CPS, to obtain data on individuals' marital and fertility histories and on their birth expectations. Data were also obtained on children residing in the household. The file described here (DAAPPP Data Set No. 11) contains data from the June 1980 CPS and fertility supplement. Specifically, it contains data for 71,407 women aged 14 and older that were included in that survey. (Data on the men and children included in that survey are contained in DAAPPP Data Sets No. 12 and No. 13, respectively. These data sets may be used to supplement the information available in the women's records, if desired. However, as noted below, information on selected characteristics of the spouses as well as number, sex, and birthdates of children is already available on the women's file.)