******************** Description of selected variables ******************** <_year> Survey year - Unicon created This is a variable that takes its value for year from the request file, not from any column location on the data files. The values are all numeric. Type: basic Topic: record keeping Related variable: year - year of CPS survey Code: Four-digit year Note: Universe - all records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - _year ** 2009-1976 Unicon constructed variable, not on Census files. _______________________________________________________________________________ Age as of end of survey week Original location, length, and name of record: 09-94 93-89 88-84 83-82 81-76 122 270 97 97 97 2 2 2 2 2 PEAGE A-AGE I18D I18C I27 Type: basic Topic: demography Related variable: agetop - age top code flag aage - allocation flag Code: 09-Apr04 Mar04-03 02-Jul85 Jun85-82 81-76 Range 00-79 00-79 00-89 00-99 14-99 80 80-84 80+ 85 85+ 90 90+ Ages are top coded at 90 for July 1985-December 2002 Ages are top coded at 80 for 2003-March 2004 In April 2004 forward ages at the top end are grouped at 80 then 85. Comparison to counts from earlier years indicate that 80 can be interpreted as '80-84' and 85 can be interpreted as '85+'. Census confirms these interpretations. Note: 2009-1994 Universe - all people (1<=popstat<=3) 1993-1989 Universe - all interview records 1988-1982 Universe - all adult and child records 1981-1976 Universe - all adult ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - age ** 2009-1994 Derived from: >BMON-scrn< What is (name's/your) date of birth? Enter month. >BDAY-scrn< Enter day. >BYEAR-scrn< Enter year. >AGEVR< As of last week, that would make (name/you) ((age/approximately (age)/ less than 1/over 98) years/year) old. Is that correct? >GESAGE< Even though you don't know (name's/your) exact birthdate, what is your best guess as to how old (you/he/she) (were/was) on (your/his/her) last birthday? 1993-1983 18D. Age. 1982-1976 18C. Age. _______________________________________________________________________________ Industry code of primary job last week Original location, length, and name: 09-03 02-94 93-89 88-83 82-76 856 436 310 524 88 4 3 3 3 3 PEIO1ICD PEIO1ICD A-IND I23B I23B Type: basic Topic: industry Related variable: aind - allocation flag ind70 - industry last week (70 codes) Code: 09-03 02-92 91-83 82-76 Range 170-9999 10-999 10-992 17-999 Year codes 2000 1990 1980 1970 Appendix K K K K Missing -1 -1 See Appendix K for value definitions. Note: 2009-1994 Universe - those who were: employed or on layoff last week or; unemployed/looking and ever worked or; retired and worked within last 12 months or; disabled and worked within last 12 months or; otherwise not in labor force and worked within last 12 months ((mlr=1-3) or (mlr=4 & whenlj=1-2) or (mlr=5 & (nlfjh=1 or jhwk=1)) or (mlr=6 & nlfjh=1) or (mlr=7 & jhwk=1)) 1993-1989 Universe - those in the labor force (1<=class<=7) 1988-1976 Universe - those in the labor force or those not in the labor force, but have been in the last 5 years & in rotation 4 or 8, excluding those who never worked (mlr=1-3 or (mlr=4-7 & nilflj=1-5 & zchkmis=2 & class NE 5)) ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - ind ** 2009-1994 >IO1IND< What kind of business or industry is this? What do they make or do where (you/he/she) (work/ works?/worked?) 1993-1976 23. Description of job or business. 23B. What kind of business or industry is this? (For example: TV & radio mfg., retail ind store, State Labor Dept. 68-93) _______________________________________________________________________________ Major industry last week - job 1 Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 88-83 482 366 518 2 2 2 PRMJIND1 A-MJIND Type: basic Topic: industry Code: 09-03 02-83 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting 1 Mining 2 Construction 3 Manufacturing 4 Wholesale & retail trade 5 Transportation and utilities 6 Information 7 Financial activities 8 Professional and business services 9 Educational and health services 10 Leisure and hospitality 11 Other services 12 Public administration 13 Armed Forces 14 NIU . Agriculture 01 Mining 02 Construction 03 Manufacturing durable goods 04 Manufacturing nondurable goods 05 Transportation 06 Communications and public utilities 07 Utilities and sanitary services 08 Wholesale trade 09 Retail trade 10 Finance, insurance and real estate 11 Private household services 12 Business, auto and repair services 13 Personal services, except household 14 Entertainment and recreation 15 Hospital 16 Medical, except hospital 17 Educational 18 Social services 19 Other professional 20 Forestry and fisheries 21 Public administration 22 Armed forces 23 See appendix I Note: 2009-1994 Universe - those whose reported industry was not the armed forces (1<=inddt<=51) 1993-1989 Universe - those in the labor force (1<=class<=7) 1988-1983 Universe - those in the labor force and those not in the labor force who have worked in the last 5 years, excludes never worked (mlr=1-3 or (mlr=4-7 & nilflj=1-5 & zchkmis=2 & class NE 5)) ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - indmaj ** 2009-1983 Derived from ind _______________________________________________________________________________ Monthly labor force recode (formerly esr) Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 88-76 180 348 109 2 1 1 PEMLR A-LFSR ESR Type: basic Topic: labor Related variable: amlr - allocation flag Code: 09-94 93-89 88-76 Employed: Working 1 1 1 With job, not at work 2 2 2 Unemployed: Looking 4 3 3 Layoff 3 4 NILF: Housekeeping 4 At school 5 Unable 6 Wrk <16hrs w/o pay; tmp abs from w/o pay jb 5 Unavailable 6 Other (retired) 7 7 Retired 5 Disabled 6 Other 7 Note: Universe - all adult civilians (popstat=2) Was formerly esr (Employment status recode) ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - mlr ** 2009-1994 Derived from all labor force items. 1993-1976 Derived from majact _______________________________________________________________________________ Month of interview Original location, length, and name: 09-98 97-94 93-89 88-76 16 65 38 118 2 2 2 2 HRMONTH HRMONTH H-MONTH MONTH Type: basic Topic: record keeping Code: 09-76 Month 01-12 Note: Universe - all records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - month ** 2009-1994 >START< Date is: (date) 1993-1976 Control Card 31B. Date(example: 1-84) - month _______________________________________________________________________________ Unique record ID number - Unicon created Variable is the record number from each file. There is no corresponding variable to be found in the census files. Therefore, no column numbers are listed here. Type: internal Topic: record keeping Code: Maximum value is the total record count per month/year. Note: Universe - all records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - recnum** 2009-1976 Unicon constructed variable, not on Census files. _______________________________________________________________________________ Region of the country Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 88-76 89 113 16 2 1 1 GEREG HG-REG Type: basic Topic: geography Code: 09-86 85-76 Northeast 1 1 North central 2 Midwest 2 South 3 3 West 4 4 Note: Universe - all records Appendix A.11 is a list of states and divisions within region. ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - region ** 2009-1994 Derived from >STATE-ref< Reference: permissible state codes. 1993-1976 Derived from the Master Segment Tape (MST) which supplies all geographic identifiers for CPS data. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sex Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 88-84 83-82 81-76 129 275 101 101 101 2 1 1 1 1 PESEX A-SEX I18G I18E I30 Type: basic Topic: demography Related variable: asex - allocation flag Code: 09-76 Male 1 Female 2 Note: 2009-1994 Universe - all persons (1<=popstat<=3) 1993-1989 Universe - all interview records 1988-1976 Universe - all adult and child records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - sex ** 2009-1994 >SEX-scrn< Enter appropriate sex. Ask only if necessary: What is (name's/your) sex? 1993-1986 18G1. Sex. 1985-1976 Sex and veteran status. Item Number: 76-82 -> 18E 83-85 -> 18G _______________________________________________________________________________ State census code Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 88-76 91 114 17 2 2 2 GESTCEN HG-ST60 Type: basic Topic: geography Code: 09-77 76 Maine 11 Appendix A New Hampshire 12 Vermont 13 Massachusetts 14 Rhode Island 15 Connecticut 16 New York 21 New Jersey 22 Pennsylvania 23 Ohio 31 Indiana 32 Illinois 33 Michigan 34 Wisconsin 35 Minnesota 41 Iowa 42 Missouri 43 North Dakota 44 South Dakota 45 Nebraska 46 Kansas 47 Delaware 51 Maryland 52 Washington, D.C. 53 Virginia 54 West Virginia 55 North Carolina 56 South Carolina 57 Georgia 58 Florida 59 Kentucky 61 Tennessee 62 Alabama 63 Mississippi 64 Arkansas 71 Louisiana 72 Oklahoma 73 Texas 74 Montana 81 Idaho 82 Wyoming 83 Colorado 84 New Mexico 85 Arizona 86 Utah 87 Nevada 88 Washington 91 Oregon 92 California 93 Alaska 94 Hawaii 95 Note: Universe - all records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - state ** 2009-1994 >STATE-ref< Reference: permissible state codes (List of 50 states plus Wash DC follows) 1993-1976 Derived from the Master Segment Tape (MST) which supplies all geographic identifiers for CPS data. _______________________________________________________________________________ State FIPS code Original location, length, and name: 09-94 93-89 93 118 2 2 GESTFIPS HG-FIPS Type: basic Topic: geography Code: 09-89 Alabama 01 Alaska 02 Arizona 04 Arkansas 05 California 06 Colorado 08 Connecticut 09 Delaware 10 Washington, D.C. 11 Florida 12 Georgia 13 Hawaii 15 Idaho 16 Illinois 17 Indiana 18 Iowa 19 Kansas 20 Kentucky 21 Louisiana 22 Maine 23 Maryland 24 Massachusetts 25 Michigan 26 Minnesota 27 Mississippi 28 Missouri 29 Montana 30 Nebraska 31 Nevada 32 New Hampshire 33 New Jersey 34 New Mexico 35 New York 36 North Carolina 37 North Dakota 38 Ohio 39 Oklahoma 40 Oregon 41 Pennsylvania 42 Rhode Island 44 South Carolina 45 South Dakota 46 Tennessee 47 Texas 48 Utah 49 Vermont 50 Virginia 51 Washington 53 West Virginia 54 Wisconsin 55 Wyoming 56 Note: Universe - all records ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - stfips ** 2009-1994 >STATE-ref< Reference: permissible state codes (List of 50 states plus Wash DC follows) 1993-1989 Derived from the Master Segment Tape (MST) which supplies all geographic identifiers for CPS data. _______________________________________________________________________________ Duration of unemployment Original location, length, and name: 09-94 88-76 407 173 3 1 PRUNEDUR Type: basic Topic: labor - unemployment Code: 09-94 88-76 Number of weeks 0-999 Not unemployed 0 <5 weeks 1 5 and 6 weeks 2 7-10 weeks 3 11-14 weeks 4 15-26 weeks 5 27-39 weeks 6 40-51 weeks 7 52+ 8 Note: 2009-1994 Universe - those who are unemployed (3<=mlr<=4) 1988-1976 Universe - all adult records In 1994 forward the manual describes this as the 'duration of unemployment for layoff and looking records'. ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - undur ** 2009-1994 Combination of wksun and >LAYDR1< As of the end of (the week before last/last week), how long (had/has) (you/he/she) been on layoff? Weeks Months Years >LAYDR2< Enter number of weeks/months/years. >LAYDR3< We would like to have that in weeks, if possible. Exactly how many weeks had (name/you) been on layoff? 1988-1976 Derived from wksun _______________________________________________________________________________ Composited final weight (*10000) for BLS statistics Original location, length, and name: 09-03 02-00 99-98 846 877 846 10 10 10 PWCMPWGT NWCMPWGT PWCMPWGT Type: basic Topic: record keeping Related variable: zwgtbls - original composited final weight values for 2000-2002 wgtbalt - alternate composited final weight values for Dec 2007 Code: 09-00 99-98 Decimal points implied 4 4 Based on Census year 2000 1990 The Census does not provide decimal points in their data. USER MUST DIVIDE BY 10000. Note: Universe - civilian adults (popstat=2 and age>=16) Used to create BLS's published labor force statistics. The 2000-based values for 2000-2002 come from a Census patch file which was appended by Unicon 6/08. The original wgtbls 1990-based values can be found in zwgtbls. Each month in the CPS is weighted independently to adjust to national numbers. To compute counts from the monthly basic files, when taken all together, divide resulting weighted values by 12 to compute annual values. The outgoing rotations files are 1/4 of each of the 12 monthly files (groups 4 and 8). Divide resulting weighted values by 3 (12/4) to compute annual values. The sum of all the weights on one complete year of data would be 3 times too large without this adjustment. (per Census 5/98) ** Survey Questionnaire Source Items - wgtbls ** 2009-1998 Generated by the Census, not a questionnaire item. _______________________________________________________________________________