. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2019 Aug;56(4):1463–1493. doi: 10.1007/s13524-019-00790-6

Table 1.

Metropolitan Statistical Area Variables and their corresponding Data Sources

Variable	Data Source(s)
Total Fertility Rate	Restricted-use birth data from the NVSS; population data from the bridged-race population estimates from the NCHS
Unemployment Rate	Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAU)
% Goods-Producing Businesses Logged # Goods-Producing Businesses	U.S. Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (CBP)
Per Capita GDP	Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Never Married Status	1-Year American Community Survey (ACS) via IPUMS-USA
Education Level
Past Year In-Migration⁹
Homeownership Rate
Unemployment Rate (Male and Female) Share of Hispanic population who are Mexican-origin
Labor Force Participation Rate (Overall, Male, and Female)
Employment-to-Population Ratio (Overall, Male, and Female)
Divorce Rate