Scientific Data Documentation
1991 Current Population Survey
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ABSTRACT
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH 1991
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Washington, DC
Issued September 1991
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Robert L. Mosbacher, Secretary
Rockwell A. Schnabel, Deputy Secretary
Michael R. Darby, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Barbara Everitt Bryant, Director
C.Louis Kincannon, Deputy Director
Roland H. Moore, Associate Director
DATA USER SERVICES DIVISION
Marshall L. Turner, Jr., Chief
Acknowledgements
This documentation was prepared within the Data Access and Use Staff, under
the direction of Deborah D. Barrett, Chief, and Barbara J. Aldrich, Chief of
its Technical Information Section. Delores Baldwin was the coordinators for
this file. Word processing was provided by Virginia Collins, Sylvia Nowlin,
and Barbara Shugart. Technical assistance was provided by members of the
Current Population Surveys Branch, Demographic Surveys Division.
The file should be cited as follows:
Current Population Survey March 1991 {machine readable data file}/
conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. -Washington: Bureau of the Census {producer and distributor},
1991.
The technical documentation should be cited as follows:
Current Population Survey March 1991 Tape Technical Documentation /
prepared by Data User Services Division, Data Access and Use
Staff, Bureau of the Census. -Washington: The Bureau, 1991.
For additional information concerning the tape, contact Data User Services
Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.
Phone: (301)763-4100.
For additional information concerning the technical documentation, contact
Data User Services Division, Data Access and Use Staff, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, DC 20233.
Phone: (301)763-2074.
For additional information concerning the subject matter of the file, contact
Demographic Surveys Division, Current Population Surveys Branch, Bureau of
the Census, Washington, DC 20233.
Phone: (301)763-2773.
Type of File
Microdata; unit of observation is individuals, families, and households.
Universe Description
The universe is the civilian noninstitutional population of the United
States living in housing units and members of the Armed Forces living in
civilian housing units on a military base or in a household not on a
military base. A probability sample is used in selecting housing units.
Subject-Matter Description
This file, also known as the Annual Demographic File, provides the usual
monthly labor force data, but in addition, provides supplemental data on
work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive
work experience information is given on the employment status, occupation,
and industry of persons 15+ years old and over. Additional data for
persons 15 years old and older are available concerning weeks worked
and hours per week worked, reason not working full time, total income and
income components, and residence on March 1, 1990. Data on employment and
income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the
time of the survey.
This file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food
stamps, school lunch program, employer-provided group health insurance
plan, employer-provided pension plan, personal health insurance, Medicaid,
Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance.
Characteristics such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and
Spanish origin are shown for each person in the household enumerated.
Geographic Coverage
State of residence is uniquely identified as well as census geographic
division and region. The 113 largest metropolitan statistical areas
(CMSAs or MSAs), an additional 89 selected MSAs, 66 selected PMSAs, and
30 central cities in multi-central city MSAs or PMSAs are also uniquely
identified.(1) Within confidentiality restrictions, indicators are
provided for MSA-PMSA/non-MSA-PMSA, central city/noncentral city, farm/
nonfarm, and MSA/CMSA size.
Technical Description
File Structure: Hierarchical.
File Size: 300,012 logical records; record size is 656 characters.
File Sort Sequence: Census state code (MSTSTATE), then MSA/PMSA rank code
Reference Materials
Current Population Survey March 1991 Technical Documentation. The
documentation includes this abstract, pertinent information about the
file, a glossary, code lists, and a data dictionary. One copy accompanies
each file order. When ordered separately, it is available for $5 from Data
User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, DC 20233.
Related Printed Reports
Data from the March Current Population Survey are published most
frequently in the Current Population Reports P-20 and P-60 series. These
reports are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Forthcoming reports will
be cited in Census and You, CENDATA(TM), the Monthly Product Announcement
(MPA), and the Bureau of the Census Catalog and Guide.
1. MSA's = Metropolitan Statistical Areas; CMSA's = Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Areas; PMSA's = Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
Related Machine-Readable Data Files
A public use edition of the Current Population Survey, March file is
available for each year since 1968. For 1980, 1984, and 1988 two March
files are available for each year. The first March 1980 file contains
estimates based on 1970 population counts and should be used for
historical comparisons ending in 1980. The reweighted March 1980 file
contains estimates based on results of the 1980 census and should be used
for comparisons between 1981 and 1984.
In 1984, the Bureau of the Census introduced a step into the March second
stage weighting procedure controlling individual weights to independent
estimates of the Hispanic population. Since this introduction caused a
major disruption in the Hispanic estimates from March two data files were
created. The first file, without the Hispanic controls should be used for
comparing estimates for years prior to 1984 and the second file should be
used for comparison with 1985 and forward files.
From March 1989 forward, data on the Annual Demographic File are processed
using the rewrite system. The rewrite system includes revised procedures
to match supplement records to basic CPS records; revised weighting
procedures; revised demographic and family edits; revised imputation
procedures; and more income detail on the file.
For March 1988 there are two files, the regular Annual Demographic File
and the Annual Demographic Rewrite File. The rewrite file has been
prepared to allow historical comparison of data from the rewrite
processing system implemented between 1988 and 1989. It is recommended
that the rewrite file be used when comparing data collected from the March
Annual Demographic Supplement from 1988 forward. Use the regular file,
released in 1988, when comparing data from 1988 and prior years.
This is not to say, however, that comparisons cannot be made between years
before and after 1988. When such analyses are done, for example between
1986 through 1989, data users must consider that similarities or
differences between the data may be caused or effected by the rewritten
system. Thus, comparing estimates from the 1988 rewrite files and the
1988 regular file will reveal the extent of any differences caused by the
processing system changes though not the specific change. The magnitude of
the difference can then be applied to the estimates from 1986-1987 to
reveal whether any real differences exist. There were several revisions
made to the processing programs; therefore, it is difficult to determine
which specific revision effected the differences or similarities in the
data.
Some non-March data also are available from 1968 to present. For more
information, request the Data Developments on the Current Population
Survey from Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the
Census, Washington, DC 20233.
File Availability
The file may be ordered from Data User Services Division using the
Customer Services order form for tapes on the following page.
This file is available on 9 track tape, (EBCDlC or ASCII) at 1600 bpi on
4 reels or at 6250 bpi on 2 reels at a cost of $175 per reel.
OVERVIEW
Introduction
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is the source of the official Government
statistics on employment and unemployment. The CPS has been conducted monthly
for over 40 years. Currently, we interview about 57,000 households monthly,
scientifically selected on the basis of area of residence to represent the
Nation as a whole, individual States, and other specified areas. Each
household is interviewed once a month for four consecutive months one year,
and again for the corresponding time period a year later. This technique
enables us to obtain month-to-month and year-to-year comparisons at a reason-
able cost while minimizing the inconvenience to any one household.
Although the main purpose of the survey is to collect information on the
employment situation, a very important secondary purpose is to collect
information on the demographic status of the population, information such as
age, sex, race, marital status, educational attainment, and family structure.
From time to time additional questions are included on such important
subjects as health, education, income, and previous work experience. The
statistics resulting from these questions serve to update similar information
collected once every 10 years through the decennial census, and are used by
Government policymakers and legislators as important indicators of our
Nation's economic situation and for planning and evaluating many Government
programs.
The CPS provides current estimates of the economic status and activities of
the population of the United States. Because it is not possible to develop
one or two overall figures (such as the number of unemployed) that would
adequately describe the whole complex of labor market phenomena, the CPS is
designed to provide a large amount of detailed and supplementary data. Such
data are made available to meet a wide variety of needs on the part of users
of labor market information.
Thus, the CPS is the only source of monthly estimates of total employment
(both farm and non-farm); nonfarm self-employed persons, domestics, and
unpaid workers in nonfarm family enterprises; wage and salary employees; and,
finally, estimates of total unemployment.
It provides the only available distribution of workers by the number of hours
worked (as distinguished from aggregate or average hours for an industry),
permitting separate analyses of part-time workers, workers on overtime, etc.
The survey is also the only comprehensive current source of information on
the occupation of workers and the industries in which they work. Information
is available from the survey not only for persons currently in the labor
force but also for those who are outside the labor force. The characteristics
of such persons - whether married women with or without young children,
disabled persons, students, older retired workers, etc., can be determined.
Information on their current desire for work, their past work experience, and
their intentions as to job seeking are also available.
The March CPS, also known as the Annual Demographic File, contains the basic
monthly demographic and labor force data described above, plus additional
data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration.
CPS Sample
The CPS sample is based on the civilian noninstitutional population of the
United States. The sample is located in 729 sample areas comprising 1,973
counties and independent cities with coverage in every State and in the
District of Columbia.
In all, some 71,000 housing units or other living quarters are assigned for
interview each month; about 57,000 of them containing approximately 114,500
persons 15 years old and over are interviewed. Also included are demographic
data for approximately 33,500 children 0-14 years old and 650 Armed Forces
members living with civilians either on or off base within these households.
The remainder of the assigned housing units are found to be vacant, converted
to nonresidential use, contain persons with residence elsewhere, or are not
interviewed because the residents are not found at home after repeated calls,
are temporarily absent, or are unavailable for other reasons. Approximately
14,000 noninterview households are present each month. The resulting file
size is approximately 163,000 records. In March of each year supplemental
data are collected for Armed Forces members residing with their families in
civilian housing units or on a military base. The Armed Forces members,
however, are not asked the monthly labor force questions. In addition, the
March CPS is supplemented with a sample of Spanish households identified the
previous November. This results in the addition of about 2,500 households in
the March CPS. The inclusion of the additional sample of Spanish households
began in 1976.
A more precise explanation regarding the CPS sample design is provided in
Technical Paper 40, The Current Population Survey Design and Methodology.
For a more detailed discussion about the basic labor force data gathered on
a monthly basis in the CPS survey, see the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Report No. 463 and the Current Population Report P-23, No. 62, issued jointly
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census in October,
1976, and entitled Concepts and Methods Used In Labor Statistics derived from
the Current Population Survey.
Revisions To The March CPS Processing System
Introduction. Between 1988 and 1989 a new computer processing system was
introduced for the March Current Population Survey. This processing system
rewrite was long overdue; the system in use before this year was first
introduced in March 1976 and was never fully updated to reflect the numerous
questionnaire changes that have taken place since that time. In addition, the
programs used to process the CPS file were written in a computer language
that is being phased out of use at the Census Bureau. While the March 1989
file is the first to reflect this new processing system, the March 1988 file
was reprocessed based on these new procedures in order to: 1) better evaluate
the new processing procedures, and 2) allow year-to-year comparisons to be
made between income years 1987 and 1988 using a consistent processing system.
While the following section deals mainly with modifications to the March
imputation procedures and their subsequent effect on income and poverty
rates, it should be pointed out that all of the processing programs were
rewritten in 1989, so that not only are the files from 1989 forward based on
a somewhat different imputation system, but also reflect a rewritten
weighting system, data acceptance program, family relationship edits, and new
procedures to match income supplement records to the monthly CPS file. As a
result, it is difficult to ascertain whether differences (especially those
based on relatively small bases) are the result of imputation or other
processing differences between the original and revised files.
Since the Census Bureau began imputing the missing income data on the CPS in
1962, there have been three major revisions to the processing system (in
1967,1976, and 1989). Through all of these revisions, the basic strategy used
in make imputations has remained the same. This approach, commonly referred
to as "hot deck" imputation, assigns missing responses to sample persons with
information from matched sample persons with similar demographic and economic
information who answered these questions.
Under the new March processing system, there were three main modifications to
the income imputation programs:
1. The edits and imputations were expanded to reflect the full detail of
the March income questionnaire. The original processing system was
still based on a less detailed CPS income questionnaire that has not
been in use since 1980.
2. Under the revised processing procedures, entire sets of March income
and noncash benefits data were imputed to supplement noninterviews
from the same interviewed person. Under the original processing
procedures, earnings, unearned income, and noncash benefits were
imputed in separate stages during the processing system. Thus, the
new processing system imputes noninterviews more efficiently and is
better able to preserve the correlation between earnings, unearned
income, and noncash benefits.
3. Both the old and new processing systems employ what are called
"statisticial matches" to link sample cases with reported data to
those requiring imputation for missing responses. In the original
processing system, under certain circumstances, reported data was
removed and replaced with imputed data during the statistical matching
process. Under the new system, reported data are never removed. This
was accomplished by expanding the number of statisticial matches
in the income imputation system.
File Structure
There is a household record for each household or group quarters. The
household record is followed by one of three possible structures:
A.If the household contains related persons and is not a group
quarters household:
1. The family record appears next followed by person records for
members of the family who are not also members of a related
subfamily. The person records would be ordered: family householder,
spouse of family householder, children in the family, and other
relatives of the family householder.
2. The above records may be followed by one or more related subfamily
records, each related subfamily record being followed immediately
by person records for members of that related subfamily. The person
records would be ordered: reference person of the related subfamily,
spouse of subfamily reference person, and children of subfamily
reference person.
3. The above records may be followed by one or more unrelated subfamily
records, each unrelated subfamily record being followed immediately
by person records for members of that unrelated subfamily. The
person records would be ordered: unrelated subfamily reference
person, spouse of subfamily reference person, and children of
subfamily-reference person.
4. The above records may be followed by one or more persons living
with nonrelatives family records, each to be followed by the person
record for the unrelated individual it represents. (See Figure 1,
page 2-4.)
B.If the household contains a householder with no relatives and is not a
group quarters household:
1. The family record for the nonfamily householder is followed
immediately by the person record for that nonfamily householder.
2. These records may be followed by one or more unrelated subfamily
records, each unrelated subfamily record being followed immediately
by the person records for members of that unrelated subfamily.
3. These records may be followed by one or more family records for
persons living with nonrelatives, each person living with
nonrelatives family record being followed immediately by the
person record for that person living with nonrelatives. (See Figure
2, page 2-5.)
C.If the household is a group quarters, each person is defined as a
person living with nonrelatives. There will be a family record followed
by a person record for each person in the group quarters.
Relationship of Current Population Survey Files to Publications
Each month, a significant amount of information about the labor force is
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Employment and Earnings
and Monthly Labor Review Reports.
As mentioned previously, the CPS also serves as a vehicle for supplemental
inquiries on subjects other than employment which are periodically
added to the questionnaire. From the basic and supplemental data the Bureau
of the Census issues four series of publications under the general title
Current Population Reports:
P-20 Population Characteristics
P-23 Special Studies
P-27 Farm Population
P-60 Consumer Income
Of particular interest to users of the March microdata file would be those
reports based on information collected in March. These reports include the
following titles:
P-20 Population Profile of the United States: (Year)
P-20 Household and Family Characteristics: March (Year)
P-20 Households, Families, Marital Status, and Living Arrangements:
March (Year)
P-20 Geographical Mobility (Years)
P-20 Educational Attainment in the United States (Years)
P-20 Persons of Spanish Origin in the United States (Year)
P-60 Money Income and Poverty Status of Families and Persons in the
United States: (Year)
P-60 Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: (Year)
P-60 Characteristics of Households Receiving Selected Noncash Benefits:
(Year)
All Current Population Reports may be obtained by subscription from the U.S.
Government Printing Office. Subscriptions are available as follows:
Population Characteristics, Special Studies, Farm Population, and Consumer
Income series (P-20, P-23, P-27, P-60) combined, $71 per year (sold as a
package only); Population Estimates and Projections (P-25), $25 per year.
Single issues may be ordered separately; ordering information and prices are
provided on CENDATA(TM), in the Bureau of the Census Catalog and Guide, in
Census and You, and the Monthly Product Announcement (MPA).
Figure 1. Record Sequence for Households Containing a Family
Figure 1. Illustration of Record Sequence for Households Containing a Family
Household Record
Family Record
Person 1 (Householder) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
.
.
.
Person n (Family Member)
Family (Related Subfamily Record)
Person 1 (Related Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
.
.
.
Person n (Related Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Unrelated Subfamily) Record
Person 1 (Unrelated Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
.
.
.
Person n (Unrelated Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person 1 (Person Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Figure 2. Sequence for Households With a Nonfamily Householder
Figure 2. Illustration of Record Sequence for Households Containing a
Nonfamily Householder.
Household Record
Family (Nonfamily Householder) Record
Person (Nonfamily Householder) Record
Family (Unrelated Subfamily) Record
Person 1 (Unrelated Subfamily Reference Person) Record
Person 2 (Spouse) Record
.
.
.
Person n (Unrelated Subfamily Member) Record
Family (Person Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Figure 3. Illustration of Record Sequence for Group Quarters
Figure 3. Illustration of Record Sequence for Group Quarters.(1)
Household Record
Family (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
Person (Persons Living With Nonrelatives) Record
1.NOTE: Each person in group quarters is by definition a person living with
nonrelatives.
Geographic Limitations
In July 1985, the CPS microdata files began carrying the metropolitan
statistical area definitions announced by the Office of Management and Budget
on June 30, 1984. The new CPS estimates for the total metropolitan population
have consistently been higher than independent estimates of the total
metropolitan population prepared by the Census Bureau; the new CPS
nonmetropolitan estimates have been lower than the independent estimates. The
magnitude of the monthly differences has varied from 900,000 to 2.5 million
persons over the past year, so that the proportion of the population living
in metropolitan areas according to the CPS has ranged from 0.4 to 1.0
percentage points higher than the independent estimate. The difference in
level between the two sets of estimates is partially attributable to the
basic CPS sample design, which, because of sampling variability, includes an
oversample of metropolitan households and an undersample of nonmetropolitan
households. The monthly variations result from the exit and entrance of
rotation groups, each with slightly different metropolitan-nonmetropolitan
proportions, into the sample. The apparent overestimation of metropolitan
and underestimation of nonmetropolitan population in the CPS relative to the
Census Bureau's independent estimates should be taken into account when using
the data. Because of the monthly variation in these estimates, month-to-month
comparisons of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan estimates should be
interpreted with caution.
One other set of estimates that can be produced from CPS microdata files
beginning in October 1985 should be treated with caution. These are estimates
for individual metropolitan areas. The change in Census Bureau confidential-
ity rules allowing identification of areas with populations of 100,000 or
more instead of 250,000 has produced a situation where we now identity
numerous small metropolitan areas on the CPS data files. Although estimates
for the larger areas such as New York, Los Angeles, and so forth, should be
fairly accurate and valid for a multitude of uses, estimates for the smaller
metropolitan areas (those with populations under 500,000) should be used with
caution because of the relatively large sampling variability associated with
these estimates.
It should be kept in mind that the sample design and methods of weighting
CPS data are geared towards producing estimates for the entire Nation.
Consequently, data for states are not as reliable as national data, and the
file will lose some of its utility in certain applications. For further
discussion of such considerations, the user should consult The Current
Population Survey: Design and Methodology (Technical Paper 40, U.S. Bureau of
the Census).
The nature of the work done by each individual investigator using the
microdata file will determine to what extent his/her requirements for
precision will allow using some of the smaller geographic areas identified
on the file.
2Weights
For all CPS data files a single weight is prepared and used to compute the
monthly labor force status estimates. An additional weight was prepared for
the earnings universe which roughly corresponds to wage and salary workers in
the two outgoing rotations. This is explained below in the section on
earnings data. However, the difference in content of the March CPS supplement
requires the presentation of additional weights: a household weight, a family
weight, and a March supplement weight. In this section we briefly describe
the construction and use of these weights. Chapter 5 of Technical paper 40,
The Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology provides documentation
of the weighting procedures for the CPS both with and without supplement
questions.
The final weight, which is the product of several adjustments, is used to
produce population estimates for the various items covered in the regular
monthly CPS. This weight is constructed from the basic weight for each
person, which represents the probability of selection for the survey. The
basic weight is adjusted for special sampling situations and failure to
obtain interviews from eligible households (noninterview adjustment). A two-
stage ratio estimation procedure adjusts the sample population to the known
distribution of the entire population. This two-stage ratio estimation
process produces factors which are applied to the basic weight (after the
special weighting and noninterview adjustments are made) and results in the
final weight associated with each record. In summary, the final weight is the
product of: (I) the basic weight, (2) adjustments for special weighting,
(3) noninterview adjustment, (4) first stage ratio adjustment factor, and
(5) second stage ratio adjustment factor. This final weight should be used
when producing estimates from the basic CPS data.
Differences in the questionnaire, sample and data uses for the March CPS
supplement result in the need for additional adjustment procedures to
produce what is called the March supplement weight. The sample for the March
CPS supplement is expanded to include male members of the Armed Forces who
are living in civilian housing or with the family on a military base, as
well as additional Spanish households which are not included in the monthly
labor force estimates.
The expanded sample and the need to have a husband and wife receive the same
weight has resulted in a weighting system which produces the March supplement
weight. The March supplement weight should be used for producing estimates
from March supplement data.
Finally, household and family weights are the weights assigned from the
householder or reference person after all adjustments have been made and
should be used when tabulating estimates of families-households.
Earnings Data
Beginning in 1982, usual hourly and weekly earnings data appear on the Annual
Demographic File (ADF) for that portion of the population roughly correspond-
ing to wage and salary workers (self-employed persons in incorporated
businesses are excluded, although they are normally included with the wage
and salary population). These data are now collected on a monthly basis in
the two outgoing rotation groups as part of the basic CPS labor force
interview.
Since the intent of the regular collection of earnings data was to initiate
a family earnings data series, all persons in the two outgoing rotations
receive an "earnings weight," even if they are not eligible for the earnings
item. The earnings weight is a simple ratio-estimation to the person's labor
force status by age, race, and sex. When tabulating estimates of earnings
based on basic CPS data, use the earnings weight.
Further information on this earnings series is contained in Technical
Description of the Quaterly Data on Weekly Earnings from the Current
Population Survey, BLS Report #601, July 1980. This report is available on
request from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Washington, D.C. 20212. Attn: Office of Inquiries and Correspondence.
NOTE: For 1982 and 1983, usual weekly earnings are not present for
individuals who were not paid on an hourly basis.
MATCHING OF MARCH CPS FILES
General Information
There are two basic limitations in linking the March CPS files across years.
First, only fifty percent of the sample is included in two consecutive years.
Second, the residents within the eligible housing units may have changed or
appeared as noninterview records in one or both years. The result is a
matched sample of considerably less than the upper limit of fifty percent.
The basic procedures and variables used to link two or more March CPS files
are outlined below.
Sample Selection
The first step in matching year t with year t+1 is to select from year t
those housing units with a "month in sample" value of 1 through 4, and from
year t + 1 those units with a "month in sample" value of 5 through 8. This
will identity the sample subset eligible for matching. Within this subset,
housing units in year t, month 1 will match only with units in year t+ 1,
month 5, etc.
Matching Housing Units
Using one or more variables, it is possible to uniquely identify each housing
unit in each sample rotation. However, because of changes in CPS procedures,
the available information for matching housing units is not always identical.
Below are the variables available for matching March CPS files.
Years: 1968-1971
Variables: Random Cluster Code (F6- 10) and Serial Number (F11-14)
Years: 1971-1972
Changes in CPS clustering procedures and the accompanying change
of household identification numbers prevent matching 1971 and
1972 March CPS files.
Years: 1972-1973
The 1972 file uses 1960 random cluster codes while the 1973 file
uses 1970 random cluster codes, thus precluding the matching of
records.
Years: 1973-1975
Variables: Random Cluster Code (F7-11). Segment Number (F12-16), and Serial
Number (F217-218)
Years: 1975-1976
Variables: 1975: Random Cluster Code (F7-11) Segment Number (F12-16), and
Serial Number (F217-218)
1976: Random Cluster Code (H35-39), Segment Number (H40-43), and
Serial Number (H44-45)
Years: 1976-1977
Matching is not possible because variables required for matching
are in a different format each year.
Years: 1977-1985
Variable: Household Identification Number (H18-29)
Years: 1985-1986
Matching is not possible because the 1986 file is based entirely
on the 1980 census design sample.
Years: 1986 Forward
Variable: Household Identification Number (H18-29)
Matching Households, Families, and Persons
Although the information presented above allows matching of housing units
across years, it is possible that the residents of the housing unit have
changed. Consequently, it is necessary to perform additional matches to
insure resident comparability. The specific variables used to match residents
will vary according to the needs of the project but it is more efficient to
arrange the matching in a hierarchical sequence. For example, matching on
sex and race should precede matching on age or household relationship. The
user should carefully work through the possible changes in household
structure that might result in an inappropriate rejection of a household.
For example, a husband-wife family in year t that experienced a divorce and
became a female headed household in year t+ 1 would fail the test for
matching sex of head. Clearly, the more criteria used in matching records
will result in greater accuracy, but will also increase the expense and
result in fewer matches.
HOW TO USE THE DATA DICTIONARY
The Data Dictionary describes the contents and record layout of the public-
use computer tape file. The first line of each data item description gives
the data name, size of the data field, relative begin position of the field,
and the range of the values.
The next few lines contain descriptive text and any applicable notes.
Categorical value codes and labels are given where needed. Comment notes
marked by an (*) are provided throughout. Comments should be removed from the
machine-readable version of the data dictionary before using it to help
access the data file.
Data. Alphabetic, numeric, and the special
character (-). No other special characters are
used. It may be a mnemonic such as "H-
HHTYPE" or "HFIN-YN", or a sequential
identifier such as "MIG-MTR1" or "SUR-
SC1". Data item names are unique through-
out the entire file (all 3 record types).
Size. Numeric. The size of a data item is
given in characters. Indication of implied
decimal places is provided in notes.
Begin. Numeric. Contains the location in the
data record of the first character position of
the data item field.
Category Value. Numeric. Contains the
range of values for the given data item.
The first line of each data item description begins with the character "D"
(left-justified, two characters). The "D" flag indicates lines in the data
dictionary containing the name, size, and begin position of each data item.
This information (in machine-readable form) can be used to help access
the data file. The line beginning with the character "U" describes the
universe for that item. Lines containing categorical value codes and labels
follow next and begin with the character "V". The special character (.)
denotes the start of the value labels. Two examples of data item descriptions
follow:
D H-HHTYPE 1 20 (1:3)
Type of household
U All households
V 1 .Interview
V 2 .Type A non-interview
V 3 .Type B/C non-interview
D MIG-MTR1 2 218 (01:09)
Migration recode
U MIGSAME = 2
V 01 .Nonmover
V 02 .MSA to MSA
V 03 .MSA to nonMSA
V 04 .NonMSA to MSA
V 05 .NonMSA to nonMSA
V 06 .Abroad to MSA
V 07 .Abroad to nonMSA
V 08 .Not in universe (children
V .under 1 year old)
V 09 .Not identifiable
How to Distinguish Supplement Variables from Monthly Variables
Monthly variables have a prefix and trailer as follows:
1. H-, HG-, or H% for household record variables.
2. A-, A% for person record variables.
3. The family record contains no monthly variables.
Supplement variables are all one string or they have a suffix. For example
HFIN-YN is a supplement variable on the household record.
CHANGES IN THE DATA DICTIONARY SINCE 1990
The following variables were added and/or changed in the March 1991 Annual
Demographic Supplement file:
March 1990 March 1991
Household Record
Data Size Begin Data Size Begin
Filler 7 13 Filler 2 13
SCMST 5 15
Person Record
Data Size Begin Data Size Begin
Filler 1 465 FL-665 1 465
IMIG2 1 635 IMIG1 1 635
DATA DICTIONARY INDEX
Household Record
Item Mnemonic Location
1960 Census State code HG-ST60 40
1980 State rank HG-STRN 42
Alimony payments income HALMVAL 225
Alimony payments received HALM-YN 224
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%HHNUM 296
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%LIVQRT 297
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%TELAVL 300
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%TELHHD 299
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%TELINT 301
Allocation flags for basic CPS H%TENURE 295
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCHI 304
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCHINN 307
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCHINO 305
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCHINR 306
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCMCAR 302
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HCMCEN 303
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HENGAS 318
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HENGVA 319
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFDVAL 315
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFLUNC 310
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFLUNN 311
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFOODM 317
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFOODN 316
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HFOODS 314
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HHOTLU 308
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HHOTNO 309
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HLOREN 313
Allocation flags for supplement household items I-HPUBLI 312
Central city MSA status code HCCC-R 58
Champus, VA, or military health care HCHAMP 276
Child support income HCSPVAL 217
Child support payments HCSP-YN 216
Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household HCHINNO 67
Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household HCHINO 65
Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household HCHINRH 66
Children covered by Medicare HCMCARE 62
Children covered by Medicare HCMCENO 63
Children covered by other health insurance HCHI 64
Children receiving free lunch HFLUNNO 73
Children receiving free or reduced price lunches HFLUNCH 72
CMSA code HG-CMSA 53
Control Card Family Income H-FAMINC 9
Disability benefits HDIS-YN 168
Disability income HDISVAL 169
Dividend income HDIVVAL 193
Dividend payments HDIV-YN 192
Education assistance income HEDVAL 209
Educational assistance benefits HED-YN 208
Energy assistance benefits HENGAST 85
Energy assistance income HENGVAL 86
Families in household HNUMFAM 23
Farm definition HFARM 59
Farm income HFRVAL 107
Farm self-employment HINC-FR 106
Financial assistance income HFINVAL 233
Financial assistance payments HFIN-YN 232
Food stamps recipients HFOODSP 76
Food stamps value HFDVAL 81
Food stamps, children covered HFOODNO 77
Food stamps, months covered HFOODMO 79
Health insurance coverage HHI-YN 277
Hot lunch eaten by children at school HHOTLUN 70
Hot lunch, number of children who ate at school HHOTNO 71
Household earnings, total value HEARNVAL 256
Household income HOIVAL 241
Household income percentiles HTOP5PCT 281
Household income percentiles, national rank HPCTCUT 282
Household income, total HHINC 272
Household income, total value HTOTVAL 248
Household number H-HHNUM 30
Household record HRECORD 1
Household respondent line number H-RESPNM 12
Household sequence number..... H-SEQ 2
Household status HHSTATUS 278
Household type H-TYPE 25
Household type H-HHTYPE 20
Housing unit type H-TYPEBC 33
Income payments, other HOI-YN 240
Income, value of other types HOTHVAL 264
Individual Central City Code INDCCODE 285
Interest payments HINT-YN 184
Interest income HINTVAL 185
Living quarters type H-LIVQRT 31
March supplement household weight HSUP-WGT 287
Medicaid coverage HMCAID 275
Medicare coverage HMCARE 274
Modified MSA status code HMSA-R 57
Month in sample H-MIS 29
Month of survey H-MONTH 26
MSA or CMSA rank HG-MSAR 50
MSA or PMSA FIPS Code HG-MSAC 44
MSA size HMSSZ 55
MSA/PMSA size HPMSASZ 56
Number of units in this structure HUUNITS 11
Own business self-employment HINC-SE 98
Persons in household H-NUMPER 21
Persons in household age 5 to 18 HH5TO18 68
Persons in household under age 15 HUNDER15 60
Persons in household under age 18 HUNDER18 279
PMMSA rank HG-PMSA 48
Public assistance HPAW-YN 145
Public assistance income HPAWVAL 146
Public housing project HPUBLIC 74
Record type indicator HHPOS 7
Reduced rent, Federal, State, or local government HLORENT 75
paid part of cost
Region HG-REG 39
Rental income HRNTVAL 201
Rental payments HRNT-YN 200
Retirement income HRETVAL 177
Retirement payments HRET-YN 176
Self employment income HSEVAL 99
Social Security income HSSVAL 131
Social Security payments HSS-YN 130
Sunbelt recode HSUN 286
Supplemental Security benefits HSSI-YN 138
Supplemental Security income HSSIVAL 139
Survivor benefits HSUR-YN 160
Survivor income HSURVAL 161
Telephone available H-TELAVL 37
Telephone in household H-TELHHD 36
Telephone interview acceptable H-TELINT 38
Tenure H-TENURE 35
Unemployment compensation HINC-UC 114
Unemployment compensation income HUCVAL 115
Unique household identification H-IDNUM 320
Veterans' payments income HVET-YN 152
Veterans' payments income HVETVAL 153
Wage and salary HINC-WS 90
Wages and salaries value HWSVAL 91
Worker's compensation income HWCVAL 123
Workers compensation HINC-WC 122
Year of survey - last digit H-YEAR 28
Family Record
Item Mnemonic Location
Alimony payments FINC-ALM 181
Alimony income FALMVAL 182
Child support payments FINC-CSP 173
Child support value FCSPVAL 174
Disability income FDISVAL 126
Disability payments FINC-DIS 125
Dividend income FDIVVAL 150
Dividend payments FINC-DIV 149
Education benefits FINC-ED 165
Education income FEDVAL 166
Family earnings, total value FEARNVAL 213
Family income - other FOIVAL 198
Family income, total other FOTHVAL 221
Family record FRECORD 1
Family spouse index in persons record FSPOUIDX 19
Family type FTYPE 10
Farm income FFRVAL 64
Farm self-employment FINC-FR 63
Financial assistance income FFINVAL 190
Financial assistance payments FINC-FIN 189
Household sequence number FH-SEQ 5
Householder or reference person weight FSUP-WGT 233
Income percentiles FPCTCUT 30
Index to persons record of family husband FHUSBIDX 17
Index to persons record of family reference person FHEADIDX 13
Index to persons record of family wife FWIFEIDX 15
Interest income FINTVAL 142
Interest payments FINC-INT 141
llind of family FKIND 9
Last member of family person record
index. Primary family includes
related subfamily members FLASTIDX 21
Last member of family person record
index. Primary family excludes
related subfamily members FMLASIDX 23
Low income cutoff dollar amount FPOVCUT 32
Low income cutoff dollar amount of
related subfamily FRSPPCT 42
Number of persons in family FPERSONS 11
Other income payments FINC-OI 197
Own business self-employment FINC-SE 55
Own children in family under 6 FOWNU6 25
Own never married children under 18 FOWNU18 27
Public assistance family income FPAWVAL 103
Public assistance or welfare benefits FINC-PAW 102
Ratio of family income to low-income level POVLL 38
Ratio of related subfamily income to
low-income level FRSPOV 40
Ratio offamily income to low-income level FAMLIS 37
Record type and sequence indicator FFPOS 7
Record type and sequence indicator FFPOSOLD 241
Related persons in family under 18 FRELU18 29
Related persons in family under 6 FRELU6 28
Rental family income FRNTVAL 158
Rental payments FINC-RNT 157
Retirement family income FRETVAL 134
Retirement payments FINC-RET 133
Self employment income FSEVAL 56
Social security benefits FINC-SS 87
Social Security family income family income FSSVAL 88
Spanish origin of reference person or spouse FSPANISH 231
Supplemental Security benefits FINC-SSI 95
Supplemental Security family income FSSIVAL 96
Survivor family income FSURVAL 118
Survivor's payments FINC-SUR 118
Total family income FTOT-R 17
Total family income FTOTVAL 229
Unemployment compensation FINC-UC 205
Unemployment compensation family income FUCVAL 71
Veteran payments family income FVETVAL 7
Veterans' benefits FINC-VET 110
Wage and salary FINC-WS 109
Wages and salaries family income FWSVAL 47
Worker's compensation family income FWCVAL 48
Workers compensation FINC-WC 79
Person Record
Item Mnemonic Location
Absent from job or business or
on layoff last week A-JOBABS 84
Absent from work last week, reason A-WHYABS 85
Activity most of last week A-MAJACT 74
AFDC or some other type of assistance received PAW-TYP 302
Age A-AGE 15
Age allocation flag A%AGE 491
Age recode, persons 15 + years AGE1 40
Alimony income received ALM-VAL 421
Alimony payments ALM-YN 420
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%AVAIL 518
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%CHKWJ 524
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%CLSWKR 523
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%EARNRT 531
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%ENRCHK 538
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%ENRLW 539
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%FTABS 512
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%FTPT 541
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%FTREAS 506
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%GRSWK 535
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HGA 496
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HGC 497
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HRLYWK 533
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HRS 503
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HRSCHK 504
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HRSPAY 534
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%HSCOL 540
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%IND 521
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%INTEND 530
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%JOBABS 509
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%LFSR 500
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%LINENO 488
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%LKFTPT 517
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%LKWK 513
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%LOSTIM 507
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%MAJACT 501
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%MARITL 492
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%MTHD 514
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%NLFLJ 526
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%NLFROT 525
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%OCC 522
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%OVRTIM 508
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%PAYABS 511
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%UNCOV 537
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%UNMEM 536
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%USLFT 505
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%USLHRS 532
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WANTJB 528
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHENLJ 520
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHYABS 510
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHYLFT 527
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHYLK 515
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHYNA 519
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WHYNL 529
Allocation flag for basic CPS A%WKSLK 516
Allocation flag for March supplement I-ALMVAL 599
Allocation flag for March supplement I-ALMYN 598
Allocation flag for March supplement I-CHAMP 627
Allocation flag for March supplement I-CSPVAL 597
Allocation flag for March supplement I-CSPYN 596
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISCS 576
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISHP 575
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISSC1 573
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISSC2 574
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISTYP 578
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISVL1 579
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISVL2 580
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DISYN 577
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DIVVAL 589
Allocation flag for March supplement I-DIVYN 588
Allocation flag for March supplement I-EDTYP1 593
Allocation flag for March supplement I-EDTYP2 594
Allocation flag for March supplement I-EDYN 592
Allocation flag for March supplement I-ERNSRC 623
Allocation flag for March supplement I-ERNVAL 543
Allocation flag for March supplement I-ERNYN 542
Allocation flag for March supplement I-FINVAL 601
Allocation flag for March supplement I-FINYN 600
Allocation flag for March supplement I-FRMVAL 549
Allocation flag for March supplement I-FRMYN 548
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HIELSE 632
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HIEMP 630
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HIOWN 629
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HIPAID 631
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HIYN 628
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HRCHK 612
Allocation flag for March supplement I-HRSWK 611
Allocation flag for March supplement I-INDUS 617
Allocation flag for March supplement I-INTVAL 587
Allocation flag for March supplement I-INTYN 586
Allocation flag for March supplement I-LJCW 616
Allocation flag for March supplement I-LKSTR 608
Allocation flag for March supplement I-LKWEEK 607
Allocation flag for March supplement I-LOSEWK 606
Allocation flag for March supplement I-MCAID 626
Allocation flag for March supplement I-MCARE 625
Allocation flag for March supplement I-MIG1 635
Allocation flag for March supplement I-MIG4 636
Allocation flag for March supplement I-NOEMP 624
Allocation flag for March supplement I-NWLKWK 604
Allocation flag for March supplement I-NWLOOK 603
Allocation flag for March supplement I-OCCUP 618
Allocation flag for March supplement I-OEDVAL 595
Allocation flag for March supplement I-OIVAL 602
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PAWMO 562
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PAWTYP 560
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PAWVAL 561
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PAWYN 559
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PENINC 634
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PENPLA 633
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PHMEMP 610
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PTRSN 615
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PTWKS 614
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PTYN 613
Allocation flag for March supplement I-PYRSN 609
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RETSC1 582
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RETSC2 583
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RETVL1 584
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RETVL2 585
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RETYN 581
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RNTVAL 591
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RNTYN 590
Allocation flag for March supplement I-RSNNOT 605
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SEVAL 547
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SEYN 546
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SSIVAL 558
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SSIYN 557
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SSVAL 556
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SSYN 555
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURSC1 569
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURSC2 570
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURTYP 568
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURVL1 571
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURVL2 572
Allocation flag for March supplement I-SURYN 567
Allocation flag for March supplement I-UCVAL 551
Allocation flag for March supplement I-UCYN 550
Allocation flag for March supplement I-VETQVA 566
Allocation flag for March supplement I-VETTYP 564
Allocation flag for March supplement I-VETVAL 565
Allocation flag for March supplement I-VETYN 563
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WCTYP 553
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WCVAL 554
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WCYN 552
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WKCHK 622
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WKSWK 621
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WORKYN 619
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WSVAL 545
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WSYN 544
Allocation flag for March supplement I-WTEMP 620
Any work allocation flag A%ANYWK 502
Any work dones last week A-ANYWK 75
Attending or enrolled in high school,
college, or university A-HSCOL 143
Attending or enrolled in high school,
college, or university A-ENRLW 142
Available for a job if offered one A-AVAIL 100
Child covered by health insurance CH-HI 487
Child covered by medicare CH-MC 486
Child support payments received CSP-YN 414
Child support payments value CSP-VAL 415
Children in household HIELSE2 477
Children not in household HIELSE3 478
Civilian labor force status A-CIVLF 152
Class of worker A-CLSWRK 109
Class of worker LJCW 189
Class of worker recode A-RCOW 164
Covered by Champus, VA, or military
health care CHAMP 471
Current activity/reason not looking A-NLFREA 147
Current earnings, hourly pay A-WERNTF 641
Detailed industry code A-DTIND 157
Detailed occupation code A-DTOCC 161
Disability income, source 1 DIS-VAL1 350
Disability income, source 2 DIS-VAL2 355
Disability income other than Social
Security or Veterans' benefits DIS-YN 345
Disability income, other DIS-CS2 348
Disability income, total DSAB-VAL 360
Dividends received DIV-YN 391
Earner Status Recode EARNER 201
Earnings before deductions, value ERN-VAL 228
Earnings from employer or
self-employment, value TCERNVAL 637
Earnings from longest job ERN-YN 227
Earnings per hour A-HRSPAY 131
Earnings per week at job before
deductions A-GRSWK 135
Earnings, total value PEARNVAL 448
Earnings/not in labor force weight A-ERNLWT 58
Educational assistance ED-YN 404
Educational assistance, government OED-TYP1 405
Educational assistance, other OED-TYP3 407
Educational assistance, scholarships,
grants etc. OED-TYP2 406
Educational assistance, total value ED-VAL 408
Employment status, time worked or lost A-WKSCH 151
Expanded relationship code A-EXPRRP 13
Experienced labor force employment status A-EXPLF 150
Family number A-FAMNUM 29
Family relationship A-FAMREL 32
Family relationship, primary and
unrelated subfamily only FAMREL 35
Family type A-FAMTYP 31
Farm self employment income TCFFMVAL 640
Farm self-employment FRMOTR 262
Farm self-employment FRSE-YN 268
Farm self-employment earnings value FRM-VAL 263
Farm self-employment earnings, total value FRSE-VAL 269
Final weight A-FNLWGT 50
Financial assistance FIN-YN 426
Financial assistance income FIN-VAL 427
FIPS State code GRIN-ST 216
Full-time labor force A-FTLF 153
Full/part-time worker WEXP 196
Full/part-time status A-WKSTAT 149
Group health insurance, including
dependents COV-GH 484
Health insurance plan coverage in
own name HIOWN 473
Health insurance plan offered through
employer or union HIEMP 474
Health plan portion paid by employer
or union HIPAID 475
Health problem or a disability which
prevents working DIS-HP 343
Highest grade attended A-HGA 22
Highest grade completed A-HGC 24
Hourly wages A-HRLYWK 130
Hours per week usually worked at job A-USLHRS 128
Hours worked last week at all jobs A-HRS1 76
Hours worked per week HRSWK 181
Household and Family Status HHDFMX 37
Household sequence number PH-SEQ 2
Household summary HHDREL 34
Income received, other OI-YN 434
Income sources, other OI-OFF 432
Income, other OI-VAL 435
Income, other persons total value POTHVAL 457
Industry A-IND 103
Industry of longest job INDUSTRY 190
Industry of longest job by detailed
groups WEIND 208
Industry of longest job by major
industry group WEMIND 210
Interest income received INT-VAL 386
Interest received INT-YN 385
Interviewer check item A-ENRCHK 141
Interviewer check item HRCHECK 183
Interviewer check item WRK-CK 481
Interviewer check item A-HRSCHK 78
Interviewer check item WKCHECK 173
Job not taken, reason A-WHYNA 101
Labor force status recode A-LFSR 145
Labor union or of an employee
association member A-UNMEM 139
Last full/part-time job A-NLFLJ 112
Last time worked at a full/part-time
job A-WHENLJ 102
Length of time looking for work A-WKSLK 97
Line number A-LINENO 9
Longest job class of worker WECLW 203
Longest job class of worker recode CLWK 202
Looking for full/part-time work A-LKFTPT 99
Looking for job, did nothing A-MTHD6 94
Looking for job, employer directly A-MTHD3 91
Looking for job, friends or relatives A-MTHD4 92
Looking for job, other methods A-MTHD7 95
Looking for job, placed or answered
ads A-MTHD5 93
Looking for job, private employment
agency A-MTHD2 90
Looking for job, public employment
agency A-MTHD1 89
Looking for work NWLOOK 167
Looking for work during next 12 months A-INTEND 126
Looking for work during past 4 weeks A-LKWK 88
Looking for work, reason A-WHYLK 96
Lost time or time taken off from work,
any reason A-LOSTIM 82
Low-income level of persons recode PERLIS 468
Major industry code A-MJIND 155
Major occupation code A-MJOCC 159
March supplement final weight MARSUPWT 66
Marital status A-MARITL 17
Medicaid coverage MCAID 470
Medicare coverage MCARE 469
Migration recode MIG-MTR1 218
Migration recode MIG-MTR3 220
Migration recode MIG-MTR4 221
Money earned from other work ERN-OTR 235
MSA status description of residence GRN-PLAC 224
No dividends received DIV-NON 392
Nonfarm self employment income TCSEVAL 639
Not looking for work reason PYRSN 179
Number of employers PHMEMPRS 180
Occupation A-OCC 106
Occupation of longest job OCCUP 193
Occupation of longest job POCCU2 204
Occupation of longest job by major
groups WEMOCG 206
Origin A-REORGN 27
Origin allocation flag for basic CPS A%ORIGIN 499
Other wage and salary earnings WAGEOTR 236
Others in household HIELSE5 480
Overtime work or worked at more
than one job A-OVRTIM 83
Own business self-employment SEMP-YN 255
Own business self-employment earnings,
other work SE-VAL 250
Own business self-employment earnings,
total value SEMP-VAL 256
Own business self-employment, other
work SEOTR 249
Parent's line number A-PARENT 11
Parent's line number allocation flag
for basic CPS A%PARENT 490
Parent(s) present PARENT 39
Pension or retirement income other
than Social Sec. or Veterans'
benefits RET-YN 366
Pension plan participant PENINCL 483
Pension plan provided by employer
or union PENPLAN 482
People employed at job NOEMP 226
Person income, total PTOT-R 466
Person income, total PTOTVAL 440
Person record PRECORD 1
Persons living in house last year MIGSAME 214
Place description of residence last
year PLACDSCP 225
Previous residence in sunbelt MIGSUN 223
Previous residence region GRIN-REG 215
Primary family relationship A-PFREL 33
Private health insurance plan coverage HI-YN 472
Private health insurance, including
dependents COV-HI 485
Public assistance or welfare value
received PAW-VAL 305
Public assistance received PAW-YN 301
Race A-RACE 25
Race allocation flag for basic CPS A%RACE 498
Reason for not working RSNNOTW 170
Reason for not working, believes no
work available A-WHYNL1 115
Reason for not working, can't arrange
child care A-WHYNL6 120
Reason for not working, couldn't find
any work A-WHYNL2 116
Reason for not working, don't know A-WHYNLB 125
Reason for not working, employers
think too young or too old A-WHYNL4 118
Reason for not working, family
responsibilities A-WHYNL7 121
Reason for not working, ill health A-WHYNL9 123
Reason for not working, in school or
other training A-WHYNL8 122
Reason for not working, lacks
necessary schooling, etc. A-WHYNL3 117
Reason for not working, other A-WHYNLLA 124
Reason for not working, other personal
handicap in finding A-WHYNL5 119
Reason left job A-WHYLFT 113
Record type and sequence indicator PPPOS 7
Record type and sequence indicator PPOSOLD 110
Regular job wanted, either
full/part-time A-WANTJB 144
Relationship to reference person
allocation flag for basic CPS A%RRP 489
Rent income RNT-VAL 399
Rent income received RNT-YN 398
Retire or leave a job for health
reasons DISCS 344
Retirement income received, total RTM-VAL 379
Retirement income source, type 1 RET-SC1 367
Retirement income, other, type 2 RET-SC2 368
Retirement income, type 1 RET-VAL1 369
Retirement income, type 2 RET-VAL2 374
School enrollment, full-time
or part-time A-FTPT 144
Self only in household HIELSE4 479
Sequence number of parent in household PRNT-PTR 48
Sequence number pointer to family
record PF-SEQ 46
Sequence number pointer to own family
record in household PHF-SEQ 44
Sex A-SEX 20
Sex allocation flag for basic CPS A%SEX 494
Social Security payments received SS-YN 290
Social Security payments received,
value SS-VAL 291
Social Security payments, months
received PAW-MON 303
Source of earnings from longest job ERN-SRCE 234
Source of income DIS-SC1 346
Spouse in household HIELSE1 476
Spouse's line number A-SPOUSE 18
Spouse's line number allocation flag
for basic CPS A%SPOUSE 493
Status of person identifier P-STAT 26
Stock dividends value DIV-VAL 393
Supplemental Security income SSI-VAL 297
Supplemental Security income received SSI-YN 296
Supplemental unemployment benefits
received SUBUC 276
Survivor's benefits other than Social
Security or Veterans' benefits SUR-YN 322
Survivor's income received, total SRVS-VAL 337
Survivor's income, source 1 SUR-SC1 323
Survivor's income, source 1 SUR-VAL1 327
Survivor's income, source 2 SUR-SC2 325
Survivor's income, source 2 SUR-VAL2 332
Temporary, part-time, or seasonal work WTEMP 166
Total wage and salary earnings value WSAL-VAL 243
Unemployment compensation benefits UC-YN 275
Unemployment compensation benefits value UC-VAL 278
Unemployment, reason A-UNTYPE 146
Union or employee association contract A-UNCOV 140
Union unemployment or strike benefits received STRKUC 277
VA annual income questionnaire requirement VET-QVA 316
Veteran A-VET 21
Veteran status allocation flag for basic CPS A%VET 495
Veterans' payments income VET-VAL 317
Veterans' payments received VET-YN 310
Veterans' payments, type 1 VET-TYP1 311
Veterans' payments, type 2 VET-TYP2 312
Veterans' payments, type 3 VET-TYP3 313
Veterans' payments, type 4 VET-TYP4 314
Veterans' payments, type 5 VET-TYP5 315
Wage and salary earnings in ERN-YN or WAGEOTR WSAL-YN 242
Wage and salary earnings, other, value WS-VAL 237
Wage and salary income TCWSVAL 638
Wages or salary received during week A-PAYABS 86
Weekly pay A-HERNTF 642
Weeks looking for job WEUEMP 200
Weeks looking for work LKWEEKS 176
Weeks looking for work in one stretch LKSTRCH 178
Weeks looking for work on layoff NWLKWK 168
Weeks lost from work LOSEWKS 174
Weeks nonworker looked for job WELKNW 199
Weeks worked LKNONE 175
Weeks worked WKSWORK 171
Weeks worked last year WEWKRS 198
Weeks worked less than 35 hours PTWEEKS 185
Work at job or business during year WORKYN 165
Worked 35 hours or more a week at job A-USLFT 79
Worked 35 hours or more per week A-FTABS 87
Worked less than 35 hours PTYN 184
Worked less than 35 hours per week, reason PTRSN 187
Worker's compensation payments received WC-YN 283
Worker's compensation payments, type WC-TYPE 284
Worker's compensation payments, value WC-VAL 285
Works 35 hours or more a week at job A-FTREAS 80
Years of school completed SCHL1 42
DATA DICTIONARY ALPHABETICAL VARIABLE LISTING
Household Record
Mnemonic Item Location
H%HHNUM Allocation flags for basic CPS 296
H%LIVQRT Allocation flags for basic CPS 297
H%TELAVL Allocation flags for basic CPS 300
H%TELHHD Allocation flags for basic CPS 299
H%TELINT Allocation flags for basic CPS 301
H%TENURE Allocation flags for basic CPS 295
H-FAMINC Control Card Family Income 9
H-HHNUM Household number 30
H-HHTYPE Type of household 20
H-IDNUM Unique household identifler 320
H-LIVQRT Type of living quarters 31
H-MIS Month in sample 29
H-MONTH Month of survey 26
H-NUMPER Persons in household 21
H-SEQ Household sequence number 2
H-TELAVL Telephone available 37
H-TELHHD Telephone in household 36
H-TELINT Telephone interview acceptable 38
H-TENURE Tenure 35
H-TYPE Household type 25
H-TYPEBC Type of housing unit 33
H-YEAR Year of survey - last digit 28
HALM-TH Alimony payments received 224
HALMVAL Alimony payments income 225
HCCC-R Central city MSA status code 58
HCHAMP Champus, VA, or military health care 276
HCHI Children covered by other health insurance 64
HCHINNO Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household 67
HCHINO Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household 65
HCHINRH Children covered by insurance of person not
living in household 66
HCMCARE Children covered by Medicare 62
HCMCENO Children covered by Medicare 63
HCSP-YN Child support payments 216
HCSPVAL Child support income 217
HDIS-YN Disability benefits 168
HDISVAL Disability income 169
HDIV-YN Dividend payments 192
HDIVVAL Dividend income 193
HEARNVAL Household earnings, total value 256
HED-YN Educational assistance benefits 208
HEDVAL Education assistance income 209
HENGAST Energy assistance benefits 85
HENGVAL Energy assistance income 86
HFARM Farm definition 59
HFDVAL Food stamps value 81
HFIN-YN Financial assistance payments 232
HFINVAL Financial assistance income 233
HFLUNCH Children receiving free or Reduced price lunches 72
HFLUNNO Children receiving free lunch 73
HFOODMO Food stamps, months covered 79
HFOODNO Food stamps, children covered 77
HFOODSP Food stamps recipients 76
HFRVAL Farm income 107
HG-CMSA CMSA code 53
HG-MSAC MSA or PMSA FIPS Code 44
HG-MSAR MSA or CMSA rank 50
HG-PMSA PMSA rank 48
HG-REG Region 39
HG-ST60 1960 Census State code 40
HG-STRN 1980 State rank 42
HH5TO18 Persons in household age 5 to 18 68
HHI-YN Health insurance coverage 277
HHINC Household income, total 272
HHOTLUN Hot lunch eaten by children at school 70
HHOTNO Hot lunch, number of children who ate at school 71
HHPOS Record type indicator 7
HHSTATUS Household status 278
HINC-FR Farm self-employment 106
HINC-SE Own business self-employment 98
HINC-UC Unemployment compensation 114
HINC-WC Workers compensation 122
HINC-WS Wage and salary 90
HINT-YN Interest payments 184
HINTVAL Household interest income 185
HLORENT Reduced rent, federal, state, or local gov.
paid part of cost 75
HMCAID Medicaid coverage 275
HMCARE Medicare coverage 274
HMSA-R Modified MSA status code 57
HMSSZ MSA size 55
HNUMFAM Families in household 23
HOI-YN Income payments, other 240
HOIVAL Household income 241
HOTHVAL Income, value of other types 264
HPAW-YN Public assistance 145
HPAWVAL Public assistance income 146
HPCTCUT Household income percentiles National rank 282
HPMSASZ MSA/PMSA size 56
HPUBLIC Public housing project 74
HRECORD Household record 1
H-RESPNM Household respondent line number 12
HRET-YN Retirement payments 176
HRETVAL Retirement income 177
HRNT-YN Rental payments 200
HRNTVAL Rental income 201
HSEVAL Self employment income 99
HSS-YN Social Security payments 130
HSSI-YN Supplemental Security benefits 138
HSSIVAL Supplemental Security income 139
HSSVAL Social Security income 131
HSUN Sunbelt recode 286
HSUP-WGT March supplement household weight 287
HSUR-YN Survivor benefits 160
HSURVAL Survivor income 161
HTOP5PCT Household income percentiles 281
HTOTVAL Household income, total value 248
HUCVAL Unemployment compensation income 115
HUNDER15 Persons in household under age 15 60
HUNDER18 Persons in household under age 18 279
HUUNITS Number of units in this structure 11
HVET-YN Veterans' payments income 152
HVETVAL Veterans' payments income 153
HWCVAL Worker's compensation income 123
HWSVAL Wages and salaries value 91
I-HCHI Allocation flags for supplement household items 304
I-HCHINN Allocation flags for supplement household items 307
I-HCHINO Allocation flags for supplement household items 305
I-HCHINR Allocation flags for supplement household items 306
I-HCMCAR Allocation flags for supplement household items 302
I-HCMCEN Allocation flags for supplement household items 303
I-HENGAS Allocation flags for supplement household items 318
I-HENGVA Allocation flags for supplement household items 319
I-HFDVAL Allocation flags for supplement household items 315
I-HFLUNC Allocation flags for supplement household items 310
I-HFLUNN Allocation flags for supplement household items 311
I-HFOODM Allocation flags for supplement household items 317
I-HFOODN Allocation flags for supplement household items 316
I-HFOODS Allocation flags for supplement household items 314
I-HHOTLU Allocation flags for supplement household items 308
I-HHOTNO Allocation flags for supplement household items 309
I-HLOREN Allocation flags for supplement household items 313
I-HPUBLI Allocation flags for supplement household items 312
INDCCODE Individual Central City Code 285
Family Record
Mnemonic Item Location
FALMVAL Family alimony income 182
FAMLIS Ratio of family income to low-income level 37
FCSPVAL Child support value 174
FDISVAL Disability income 126
FDIVVAL Dividend income 150
FEARNVAL Family earnings, total value 213
FEDVAL Education income 166
FFINVAL Financial assistance income 190
FFPOS Record type and sequence indicator 7
FFPOSOLD Record type and sequence indicator 241
FFRVAL Farm income 64
FH-SEQ Household sequence number 5
FHEADIDX Index to persons record of family reference person 13
FHUSBIDX Index to persons record of family husband 17
FINC-ALM Alimony payments 181
FINC-CSP Child support payments 173
FINC-DIS Disability payments 125
FINC-DIV Dividend payments 149
FINC-ED Education benefits 165
FINC-FIN Financial assistance payments 189
FINC-FR Farm self-employment 63
FINC-INT Interest payments 141
FINC-OI Other income payments 197
FINC-PAW Public assistance or welfare benefits 102
FINC-RET Retirement payments 133
FINC-RNT Rental payments 157
FINC-SE Own business self-employment 55
FINC-SS Social Security benefits 87
FINC-SSI Supplemental Security benefits 95
FINC-SUR Survivor's payments 117
FINC-UC Unemployment compensation 71
FINC-VET Veterans' benefits 109
FINC-WC Workers compensation 79
FINC-WS Wage and salary 47
FINTVAL Family income - interest income 142
FKIND Kind of family 9
FLASTIDX Last member of family person record index.
Primary family includes related subfamily members 21
FMLASIDX Last member of family person record index. Primary
family excludes related subfamily members 23
FOIVAL Family income - other 198
FOTHVAL Family income, total other 221
FOWNU18 Own never married children under 18 27
FOWNU6 Own children in family under 6 25
FPAWVAL Public assistance family income 103
FPCTCUT Income percentiles 30
FPERSONS Number of persons in family 11
FPOVCUT Low income cutoff dollar amount 32
FRECORD Family record 1
FRELU6 Related persons in family under 6 28
FRELU18 Related persons in family under 18 29
FRETVAL Retirement family income 134
FRNTVAL Rental family income 158
FRSPOV Ratio of related subfamily income to low-income level 40
FRSPPCT Low income cutoff dollar amount of related subfamily 42
FSEVAL Self employment income 56
FSPANISH Spanish origin of reference person or spouse 231
FSPOUIDX Family spouse index in persons record 19
FSSIVAL Supplemental Security family income 96
FSSVAL Social Security family income family income 88
FSUP-WGT Householder or reference person weight 233
FSURVAL Survivor family income 118
FTOT-R Total family income recode 229
FTOTVAL Total family income 205
FTYPE Family type 10
FUCVAL Unemployment compensation family income 72
FVETVAL Veteran payments family income 110
FWCVAL Worker's compensation family income 80
FWIFEIDX Index to persons record of family wife 15
FWSVAL Wages and salaries family income 48
POVLL Ratio of family income to low-income level 38
Person Record
Mnemonic Item Location
A%AGE Age allocation flag 491
A%ANYWK Any work allocation flag 502
A%AVAIL Allocation flag for basic CPS 518
A%CHKWJ Allocation flag for basic CPS 524
A%CLSWKR Allocation flag for basic CPS 523
A%EARNRT Allocation flag for basic CPS 531
A%ENRCHK Allocation flag for basic CPS 538
A%ENRLW Allocation flag for basic CPS 539
A%FTABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 512
A%FTPT Allocation flag for basic CPS 541
A%FTREAS Allocation flag for basic CPS 506
A%GRSWK Allocation flag for basic CPS 535
A%HGA Allocation flag for basic CPS 496
A%HGC Allocation flag for basic CPS 497
A%HRLYWK Allocation flag for basic CPS 533
A%HRS Allocation flag for basic CPS 503
A%HRSCHK Allocation flag for basic CPS 504
A%HRSPAY Allocation flag for basic CPS 534
A%HSCOL Allocation flag for basic CPS 540
A%IND Allocation flag for basic CPS 521
A%INTEND Allocation flag for basic CPS 530
A%JOBABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 509
A%LFSR Allocation flag for basic CPS 500
A%LINENO Allocation flag for basic CPS 488
A%LKFTPT Allocation flag for basic CPS 517
A%LKWK Allocation flag for basic CPS 513
A%LOSTIM Allocation flag for basic CPS 507
A%MAJACT Allocation flag for basic CPS 501
A%MARITL Allocation flag for basic CPS 492
A%MTHD Allocation flag for basic CPS 514
A%NLFLJ Allocation flag for basic CPS 526
A%NLFROT Allocation flag for basic CPS 525
A%OCC Allocation flag for basic CPS 522
A%ORIGIN Origin allocation flag for basic CPS 499
A%OVRTIM Allocation flag for basic CPS 508
A%PARENT Parent's line number allocation flag for basic CPS 490
A%PAYABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 511
A%RACE Race allocation flag for basic CPS 498
A%RRP Relationship to reference person allocation flag
for basic CPS 489
A%SEX Sex allocation flag for basic CPS 494
A%SPOUSE Spouse's line number allocation flag for basic CPS 493
A%UNCOV Allocation flag for basic CPS 537
A%UNMEM Allocation flag for basic CPS 536
A%USLFT Allocation flag for basic CPS 505
A%USLHRS Allocation flag for basic CPS 532
A%VET Veteran status allocation flag for basic CPS 495
A%WANTJB Allocation flag for basic CPS 528
A%WHENLJ Allocation flag for basic CPS 520
A%WHYABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 510
A%WHYLFT Allocation flag for basic CPS 527
A%WHYLK Allocation flag for basic CPS 515
A%WHYNA Allocation flag for basic CPS 519
A%WHYNL Allocation flag for basic CPS 529
A%WKSLK Allocation flag for basic CPS 516
A-AGE Age 15
A-ANYWK Any work done last week 75
A-AVAIL Available for a job if offered one 100
A-CIVLF Civilian Labor Force Status 152
A-CLSWKR Class of worker 109
A-DTIND Detailed industry code 157
A-DTOCC Detailed occupation code 161
A-ENRCHK Interviewer check item 141
A-ENRLW Attending or enrolled in high school, college,
or university 142
A-ERNEL Earnings eligibility flag 163
A-ERNLWT Earnings/not in labor force weight 58
A-EXPLF Experienced labor force employment status 150
A-EXPRRP Expanded relationship code 13
A-FAMNUM Family number 29
A-FAMREL Family relationship 32
A-FAMTYP Family type 31
A-FNLWGT Final weight 50
A-FTABS Worked 35 hours or more per week 87
A-FTLF Full-time labor force 153
A-FTPT School enrollment, full-time or part-time 144
A-FTREAS Works 35 hours or more a week at job 80
A-GRSWK Earnings per week at job before deductions 135
A-HERNTF Weekly pay 642
A-HGA Highest grade attended 22
A-HGC Highest grade completed 24
A-HRLYWK Hourly wages 130
A-HRS1 Hours worked last week at all jobs 76
A-HRSCHK Interviewer check item 78
A-HRSPAY Earnings per hour 131
A-HSCOL Attending or enrolled in high school or college 143
A-IND Industry 103
A-INTEND Looking for work during next 12 months 126
A-JOBABS Absent from job or business or on layoff last week 84
A-LFSR Labor force status recode 145
A-LINENO Line number 9
A-LKFTPT Looking for full/part-time work 99
A-LKWK Looking for work during past 4 weeks 88
A-LOSTIM Lost time or time taken off from work, any reason 82
A-MAJACT Activity most of last week 74
A-MARITL Marital status 17
A-MJIND Major industry code 155
A-MJOCC Major occupation code 159
A-MTHD1 Looking for job, public employment agency 89
A-MTHD2 Looking for job, private employment agency 90
A-MTHD3 Looking for job, employer directly 91
A-MTHD4 Looking for job, friends or relatives 92
A-MTHD5 Looking for job, placed or answered ads 93
A-MTHD6 Looking for job, did nothing 94
A-MTHD7 Looking for job, other methods 95
A-NLFLJ Last full/part-time job 112
A-NLFREA Current activity/reason not looking 147
A-OCC Occupation 106
A-OVRTIM Overtime work or worked at more than one job 83
A-PARENT Parent's line number 11
A-PAYABS Wages or salary received during week 86
A-PFREL Primary family relationship 33
A-RACE Race 25
A-RCOW Class of worker recode 164
A-REORGN Origin 27
A-SEX Sex 20
A-SPOUSE Spouse's line number 18
A-UNCOV Union or employee association contract 140
A-UNMEM Labor union or of an employee association member 139
A-UNTYPE Unemployment, reason 146
A-USLFT Worked 35 hours or more a week at job 79
A-USLHRS Hours per week usually worked at job 128
A-VET Veteran 21
A-WANTJB Regular job wanted, either full/part-time 114
A-WERNTF Current earnings, hourly pay 641
A-WHENLJ Last time worked at a full/part-time job 102
A-WHYABS Absent from work last week, reason 85
A-WHYLFT Reason left job 113
A-WHYLK Looking for work, reason 96
A-WHYNA Job not taken, reason 101
A-WHYNL1 Reason for not working, believes no work available 115
A-WHYNL2 Reason for not working, couldn't find any work 116
A-WHYNL3 Reason for not working, lacks necessary schooling,
etc. 117
A-WHYNL4 Reason for not working, employers think too young
or too old 118
A-WHYNL5 Reason for not working, other personal handicap in finding 119
A-WHYNL6 Reason for not working, can't arrange child care 120
A-WHYNL7 Reason for not working, family responsibilities 121
A-WHYNL8 Reason for not working, in school or other training 122
A-WHYNL9 Reason for not working, ill health 123
A-WHYNLA Reason for not working, other 124
A-WHYNLB Reason for not working, don't know 125
A-WKSCH Employment status, time worked or lost 151
A-WKSLK Length of time looking for work 97
A-WKSTAT Full/part-time status 149
AGE1 Age recode, persons 15 + years 40
ALM-VAL Alimony income received 421
ALM-YN Alimony payments 420
CH-HI Child covered by health insurance 487
CH-MC Child covered by medicare 486
CHAMP Covered by Champus, VA, or military health care 471
CLWK Longest job class of worker recode 202
COV-GH Group health insurance, including dependetns 484
COV-HI Private health insurance, including dependents 485
CSP-VAL Child support payments value 415
CSP-YN Child support payments received 414
DIS-CS Retire or leave a job for health reasons 344
DIS-HP Health problem or a disability which prevents working 343
DIS-SC1 Source of income 346
DIS-SC2 Disability income, other 348
DlS-VAL1 Disability income, source 1 350
DIS-VAL2 Disability income, source 2 355
DIS-YN Disability income other than Social Security or veterans'
benefits 345
DIV-NON No dividends received 392
DIV-VAL Stock dividends value 393
DIV-YN Dividends received 391
DSAB-VAL Disability income, total 360
EARNER Earner Status Recode 201
ED-VAL Educational assistance, total value 408
ED-YN Educational assistance 404
ERN-OTR Money earned from other work 235
ERN-SRCE Source of earnings from longest job 234
ERN-VAL Earnings before deductions, value 228
ERN-YN Earnings from longest job 227
FAMREL Family relationship, primary and unrelated subfamily only 35
FIN-VAL Financial assistance income 427
FIN-YN Financial assistance 426
FRM-VAL Farm self-employment earnings value 263
FRMOTR Farm self-employment 262
FRSE-VAL Farm self-employment earnings, total value 269
FRSE-YN Farm self-employment 268
GRIN-REG Previous residence region 215
GRIN-ST FIPS State code 216
GRN-PLAC MSA status description of residence 224
HHDFMX Household and family status 37
HHDREL Household summary 34
HI-YN Private health insurance plan coverage 472
HIELSE1 Spouse in household 476
HIELSE2 Children in household 477
HIELSE3 Children not in household 478
HIELSE4 Self only in household 479
HIELSE5 Others in household 480
HIEMP Health insurance plan offered through employer or
union 474
HIOWN Health insurance plan coverage in own name 473
HIPAID Health plan portion paid by employer or union 475
HRCHECK Interviewer check item 183
HRSWK Hours worked per week 181
I-ALMVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 599
I-ALMYN Allocation flag for March supplement 598
I-CHAMP Allocation flag for March supplement 627
I-CSPVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 597
I-CSPYN Allocation flag for March supplement 596
I-DISCS Allocation flag for March supplement 576
I-DISHP Allocation flag for March supplement 575
I-DISSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 573
I-DISSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 574
I-DISTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 578
I-DISVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 579
l-DISVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 580
I-DISYN Allocation flag for March supplement 577
I-DIVVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 589
I-DIVYN Allocation flag for March supplement 588
I-EDTYP1 Allocation flag for March supplement 593
I-EDTYP2 Allocation flag for March supplement 594
I-EDYN Allocation flag for March supplement 592
I-ERNSRC Allocation flag for March supplement 623
I-ERNVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 543
I-ERNYN Allocation flag for March supplement 542
I-FINVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 601
I-FINYN Allocation flag for March supplement 600
I-FRMVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 549
I-FRMYN Allocation flag for March supplement 548
I-HIELSE Allocation flag for March supplement 632
I-HIEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 630
I-HIOWN Allocation flag for March supplement 629
I-HIPAID Allocation flag for March supplement 631
I-HIYN Allocation flag for March supplement 628
I-HRCHK Allocation flag for March supplement 612
I-HRSWK Allocation flag for March supplement 611
I-INDUS Allocation flag for March supplement 617
I-INTVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 587
I-INTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 586
I-LJCW Allocation flag for March supplement 616
I-LKSTR Allocation flag for March supplement 608
I-LKWEEK Allocation flag for March supplement 607
I-LOSEWK Allocation flag for March supplement 606
I-MCAID Allocation flag for March supplement 626
I-MCARE Allocation flag for March supplement 625
I-MIG1 Allocation flag for March supplement 635
I-MIG4 Allocation flag for March supplement 636
I-NOEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 624
I-NWLKWK Allocation flag for March supplement 604
I-NWLOOK Allocation flag for March supplement 603
I-OCCUP Allocation flag for March supplement 618
I-OEDVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 595
I-OIVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 602
I-PAWMO Allocation flag for March supplement 562
I-PAWTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 560
I-PAWVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 561
I-PAWYN Allocation flag for March supplement 559
I-PENINC Allocation flag for March supplement 634
I-PENPLA Allocation flag for March supplement 633
I-PHMEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 610
I-PTRSN Allocation flag for March supplement 615
I-PTWKS Allocation flag for March supplement 614
I-PTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 613
I-PYRSN Allocation flag for March supplement 609
I-RETSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 582
I-RETSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 583
I-RETVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 584
I-RETVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 585
I-RETYN Allocation flag for March supplement 581
I-RNTVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 591
I-RNTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 590
I-RSNNOT Allocation flag for March supplement 605
I-SEVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 547
I-SEYN Allocation flag for March supplement 546
I-SSIVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 558
I-SSIYN Allocation flag for March supplement 557
I-SSVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 556
I-SSYN Allocation flag for March supplement 555
I-SURSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 569
I-SURSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 570
I-SURTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 568
I-SURVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 571
I-SURVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 572
I-SURYN Allocation flag for March supplement 567
I-UCVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 551
I-UCYN Allocation flag for March supplement 550
I-VETQVA Allocation flag for March supplement 566
I-VETTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 564
I-VETVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 565
I-VETYN Allocation flag for March supplement 563
I-WCTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 553
I-WCVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 554
I-WCYN Allocation flag for March supplement 552
I-WKCHK Allocation flag for March supplement 622
I-WKSWK Allocation flag for March supplement 621
I-WORKYN Allocation flag for March supplement 619
I-WSVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 545
I-WSYN Allocation flag for March supplement 544
I-WTEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 620
INDUSTRY Industry of longest job 190
INT-VAL Interest income received 386
INT-YN Interest received 385
LJCW Class of worker 189
LKNONE Weeks worked 175
LKSTRCH Weeks looking for work in one stretch 178
LKWEEKS Weeks looking for work 176
LOSEWKS Weeks lost from work 174
MARSUPWT March supplement final weight 66
MCAID Medicaid coverage 470
MCARE Medicare coverage 469
MIG-MTR1 Migration recode 218
M1G-MTR3 Migration recode 220
M1G-MTR4 Migration recode 221
MIGSAME Persons living in house last year 214
MIGSUN Previous residence in sunbelt 223
NOEMP People employed at job 226
NWLKWK Weeks looking for work on layoff 168
NWLOOK Looking for work 167
OCCUP Occupation of longest job 193
OED-TYP1 Educational assistance, government 405
OED-TYP2 Educational assistance, scholarships, grants etc. 406
OED-TPP3 Educational assistance, other 407
OI-OFF Income sources, other 432
OI-VAL Income, other 435
OI-YN Income received, other 434
P-STAT Status of person identifier 26
PARENT Parent(s) present 39
PAW-MON Social Security payments, months received 303
PAW-TYP AFDC or some other type of assistance received 302
PAW-VAL Public assistance or welfare value received 305
PAW-YN Public assistance received 301
PEARNVAL Earnings, total value 448
PENINCL Pension plan participant 483
PENPLAN Pension plan provided by employer or union 482
PERLIS Low-income level of persons recode 468
PF-SEQ Sequence number pointer to family record 46
PH-SEQ Household sequence number 2
PHF-SEQ Sequence number pointer to own family record in
household 44
PHMEMPRS Number of employers 180
PLACDSCP Place description of residence last year 225
POCCU2 Occupation of longest job 204
POTHVAL Income, other persons total value 457
PPPOS Record type and sequence indicator 7
PPPOSOLD Record type and sequence indicator 1
PRECORD Person record 110
PRNT-PTR Sequence number of parent in household 48
PTOT-R Person income, total 466
PTOTVAL Person income, total 440
PTRSN Worked less than 35 hours per week, reason 187
PTWEEKS Weeks worked less than 35 hours 185
PTYN Worked less than 35 hours 184
PYRSN Not looking for work reason 179
RET-SC1 Retirement income source, type 1 367
RET-SC2 Retirement income, other, type 2 368
RET-VALl Retirement income, type 1 369
RET-VAL2 Retirement income, type 2 374
RET-YN Pension or retirement income other than 366
Social Security or veterans' benefits
RNT-VAL Rent income 399
RNT-YN Rent income received 398
RSNNOTW Reason for not working 170
RTM-VAL Retirement income received, total 379
SCHL1 Years of school completed 42
SE-VAL Own business self-employment earnings, other work 250
SEMP-VAL Own business self-employment earnings, total value 256
SEMP-YN Own business self-employment 255
SEOTR Own business self-employment, other work 249
SRVS-VAL Survivor's income received, total 337
SS-VAL Social Security payments received, value 291
SS-YN Social Security payments received 290
SSI-VAL Supplemental Security income 297
SSI-YN Supplemental Security income received 296
STRKUC Union unemployment or strike benefits received 277
SUBUC Supplemental unemployment benefits received 276
SUR-SCl Survivor's income, source 1 323
SUR-SC2 Survivor's income, source 2 325
SUR-VAL1 Survivor's income, source 1 327
SUR-VAL2 Survivor's income, source 2 332
SUR-YN Survivor's benefits other than Social Security or
veterans' benefits 322
TCERNVAL Earnings from employer or self-employment, value 637
TCFFMVAL Farm self employment income 640
TCSEVAL Nonfarm self employment income 639
TCWSVAL Wage and salary income 638
UC-VAL Unemployment compensation benefits value 278
UC-YN Unemployment compensation benefits 275
VET-QVA VA annual income questionnaire requirement 316
VET-TYP1 Veterans' payments, type 1 311
VET-TYP2 Veterans' payments, type 2 312
VET-TYP3 Veterans' payments, type 3 313
VET-TYP4 Veterans' payments, type 4 314
VET-TYP5 Veterans' payments, type 5 315
VET-VAL Veterans' payments income 317
VET-YN Veterans' payments received 310
WAGEOTR Other wage and salary earnings 236
WC-TYPE Worker's compensation payments, type 284
WC-VAL Worker's compensation payments, value 285
WC-YN Worker's compensation payments received 283
WECLW Longest job class of worker 203
WEIND Industry of longest job by detailed groups 208
WELKNW Weeks nonworker looked for job 199
WEMIND Industry of longest job by major industry group 210
WEMOCG Occupation of longest job by major groups 206
WEUEMP Weeks looking for job 200
WEWKRS Weeks worked last year 198
WEXP Full/part-time worker 196
WKCHECK Interviewer check item 173
WKSWORK Weeks worked 171
WORKYN Work at job or business during year 165
WRK-CK Interviewer check item 481
WS-VAL Wage and salary earnings, other, value 237
WSAL-VAL Total wage and salary earnings value 243
WSAL-YN Wage and salary earnings in ERN-YN or WAGEOTR 242
WTEMP Temporary, part-time, or seasonal work 166
DATA DICTIONARY
Household Record
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH 1991 DD
September 24, 1991
Household Record
D HRECORD 1 1 (1:1)
U All households
V 1 .Household record
D H-SEQ 5 2 (00001:99999)
Household sequence number
U All households
V 00001-99999.Household sequence number
D HHPOS 2 7 (00:00)
Trailer portion of unique household
ID. 00 for HH record.
Same function in family record is
field FFPOS (01-39).
Same function in person record is
PPPOS (41-79).
D HUUNITS 1 9 (0:5)
Item 78 - How many units in the structure
V 0 .NC
V 1 .1 Unit
V 2 .2 Units
V 3 .3 - 4 Units
V 4 .5 - 9 Units
V 5 .10+ Units
D H-FAMINC 2 10 (0:13,19:19)
Family Income
Note: If a nonfamily household, income
includes only that of householder.
U All households
V 0 .Less than $5,000 or NIU
V 1 .$5,000 to $7,499
V 2 .$7,500 to $9,999
V 3 .$10,000 to $12,499
V 4 .$12,500 to $14,999
V 5 .$15,000 to $19,999
V 6 .$20,000 to $24,999
V 7 .$25,000 to $29,999
V 8 .$30,000 to $34,999
V 9 .$35,000 to $39,999
V 10 .$40,000 to $49,999
V 11 .$50,000 to $59,999
V 12 .$60,000 to $74,999
V 13 .$75,000 and over
V 19 .Value Assigned
D H-RESPNM 1 12 (0:7)
Item 12 - Line number of household
respondent
V 0 .Blank or impossible
V 1-6 .Line number
V 7 .Nonhousehold respondent
D FILLER 2 13
Filler
D SCMST 5 15 (0:99999)
Unique segment identifier
U All households
D H-HHTYPE 1 20 (1:3)
Type of household
U All households
v 1 .Interview
v 2 .Type A non-interview
v 3 .Type B/C non-interview
D H-NUMPER 2 21 (00:39)
Number of persons in household
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00 .Noninterview household
V 1-39 .Number of persons in HHLD
D HNUMFAM 2 23 (00:39)
Number of families in household
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00 .Noninterview household
V 1-39 .Number of families in HHLD
D H-TYPE 1 25 (0:9)
Household type
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Husband/wife primary family
.(neither Husband or wife in
.Armed Forces)
V 2 .Husband/wife primary family
.(husband and/or wife in
.Armed Forces)
V 3 .Unmarried civilian male
.primary family householder
V 4 .Unmarried civilian female
.primary family householder
V 5 .Primary family household -
.reference person in
.Armed Forces and unmarried
V 6 .Civilian male nonfamily
.householder
V 7 .Civilian female nonfamily
.householder
V 8 .Nonfamily householder
.household - reference person
.in Armed Forces
V 9 .Group quarters
D H-MONTH 2 26 (01:12)
Month of survey
U All households
V 01-12 .Month
D H-YEAR 1 28 (0:9)
Year of survey - last digit
U All households
V 0-9 .Last digit of year
D H-MIS 1 29 (1:8)
Month in sample
U All households
V 1-8 .Month in sample
D H-HHNUM 1 30 (0:8)
Household number
U All households
V 0 .Blank
V 1-8 .Household number
D H-LIVQRT 2 31 (01:12)
Item 4 - Type of living quarters
(recode)
U All households
Housing unit
V 01 .House, apt., flat
V 02 .HU in nontransient hotel, etc.
V 03 .HU, perm, in trans. hotel,
.motel etc.
V 04 .HU in rooming house
V 05 .Mobile home or trailer with
.no permanent room added
V 06 .Mobile home or trailer with 1
.or more perm. rooms added
V 07 .HU not specified above
Other unit
V 08 .Qtrs not HU in rooming or
.boarding house
V 09 .Unit not perm in trans. hotel,
.motel, etc.
V 10 .Tent or trailer site
V 11 .Student quarters in college
.dormitory
V 12 .Other not HU
D H-TYPEBC 2 33 (00:19)
Item 15 - Type B/C
U H-HHTYPE = 3
V 0 .Not in universe - interviewed
.and Type A noninterviewed
.households
Type B
V 01 .Vacant - regular
V 02 .Vacant - storage of HHLD
.furniture
V 03 .Temp. occ. by persons with URE
V 04 .Unfit or to be demolished
V 05 .Under construction, not ready
V 06 .Converted to temp. business or
.storage
V 07 .Occ. by AF members or persons
.under 15
V 08 .Unocc. tent or trailer site
V 09 .Permit granted, construction
.not started
V 10 .Other
Type C
V 11 .Demolished
V 12 .House or trailer moved
V 13 .Outside segment
V 14 .Converted to perm. business or
.storage
V 15 .Merged
V 16 .Condemned
V 17 .Built after April 1, 1980
V 18 .Unused line of listing sheet
V 19 .Other
D H-TENURE 1 35 (0:3)
Tenure
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Owned or being bought
V 2 .Rent
V 3 .No cash rent
D H-TELHHD 1 36 (0:2)
Telephone in household
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe (non-interview)
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D H-TELAVL 1 37 (0:2)
Telephone available
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D H-TELINT 1 38 (0:2)
Telephone interview acceptable
U H-TELAVL = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HG-REG 1 39 (1:4)
Region
U All households
V 1 .Northeast
V 2 .Midwest
V 3 .South
V 4 .West
D HG-ST60 2 40 (11:95)
1960 census state code
(First digit=geog. division code)
U All households
Northeast region (region 1)
New England Division (Division 1)
V 11 .Maine
V 12 .New Hampshire
V 13 .Vermont
V 14 .Massachusetts
V 15 .Rhode Island
V 16 .Connecticut
Middle Atlantic Division (Division 2)
V 21 .New York
V 22 .New Jersey
V 23 .Pennsylvania
Midwest Region (Region 2)
East North Central Division (Division 3)
V 31 .Ohio
V 32 .Indiana
V 33 .Illinois
V 34 .Michigan
V 35 .Wisconsin
West North Central Division (Division 4)
V 41 .Minnesota
V 42 .Iowa
V 43 .Missouri
V 44 .North Dakota
V 45 .South Dakota
V 46 .Nebraska
V 47 .Kansas
South Region (Region 3)
South Atlantic Division (Division 5)
V 51 .Delaware
V 52 .Maryland
V 53 .District of Columbia
V 54 .Virginia
V 55 .West Virginia
V 56 .North Carolina
V 57 .South Carolina
V 58 .Georgia
V 59 .Florida
East South Central Division (Division 6)
V 61 .Kentucky
V 62 .Tennessee
V 63 .Alabama
V 64 .Mississippi
West South Central Division (Division 7)
V 71 .Arkansas
V 72 .Louisiana
V 73 .Oklahoma
V 74 .Texas
West Region (Region 4)
Mountain Division (Division 8)
V 81 .Montana
V 82 .Idaho
V 83 .Wyoming
V 84 .Colorado
V 85 .New Mexico
V 86 .Arizona
V 87 .Utah
V 88 .Nevada
Pacific Division (Division 9)
V 91 .Washington
V 92 .Oregon
V 93 .California
V 94 .Alaska
V 95 .Hawaii
D HG-STRN 2 42 (01:51)
1980 State rank
U Allhouseholds
D HG-MSAC 4 44 (0000:9340)
MSA or PMSA FIPS code
V 0000 .Not MSA/PMSA or not
.identifiable (see appendix
.for values)
V 0040-9340 .MSA/PMSA code
D HG-PMSA 2 48 (00:12)
PMSA rank
V 00 .Not a PMSA or not
.identifiable
V 01-12 .Ranking of PMSA within its CMSA
.(see appendix for values)
D HG-MSAR 3 50 (000:252)
MSA or CMSA rank
V 000 .Not an MSA or not identifiable
V 001-252 .Ranking of MSAs or CMSAs by
.population (see appendix for
.values)
D HG-CMSA 2 53 (0:91)
V 00 .Not in CMSA or not identifiable
V 07-91 .CMSA code (see appendix for
.values)
D HMSSZ 1 55 (0:8)
MSA size
U Allhouseholds
V 1 .Not a MSA/CMSA or not identifiable
V 2 .100,000 - 249,999
V 3 .250,000 - 499,999
V 4 .500,000 - 999,999
V 5 .1 million - 2,499,999
V 6 .2.5 million - 4,999,999
V 7 .5 million - 9,999,999
V 8 .10 million or more
D HPMSASZ 1 56 (1:6)
MSA/PMSA size recode
U All
V 1 .3,000,000 or more
V 2 .1,000,000 to 2,999,999
V 3 .500,000 to 999,999
V 4 .250,000 to 499,999
V 5 .Less than 250,000
V 6 .Not identified
D HMSA-R 1 57 (1:3)
Modified metropolitan statistical
area status code MSA residence
U All households
V 1 .MSA
V 2 .Non MSA
V 3 .Not identifiable
D HCCC-R 1 58 (1:4)
Central city metropolitan statistical
area status code residence
U All households
V 1 .Central City
V 2 .Balance of MSA
V 3 .Non MSA
V 4 .Not identifiable
D HFARM 1 59 (1:2)
Farm def'n - edited using urban/rural code
U All households
V 1 .Nonfarm
V 2 .Farm
3Edited noncash household items
D HUNDER15 2 60 (00:39)
Recode
U ITEM 79 = 1
Number of persons in household
under age 15
V 00 .None
V 01-39 .Number persons under 15
D HCMCARE 1 62 (0:2)
Item 80 - During 19.. how many of the
children in this household were covered
by Medicare or Medicaid
U HUNDER15 = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .All or some
V 2 .None
D HCMCENO 1 63 (0:9)
Item 80 - Number of children in
household covered by Medicare or Medicaid
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HCMCARE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1 child
...
V 9 .9 or more children
D HCHI 1 64 (0:2)
Item 81 - During 19.. how many of the
children in this household were
covered by other health insurance
U HUNDER15 = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .All or some
V 2 .None
D HCHINO 1 65 (0:9)
Item 81 - Number of children in house-
hold covered by a health insurance plan
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HCHI = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1 Child
...
V 9 .9 or more children
D HCHINRH 1 66 (0:2)
Item 81A - During 19.. how many of
these children were covered by the
health insurance plan of someone not
residing in this household
U HCHI = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .All or some
V 2 .None
D HCHINNO 1 67 (0:9)
Item 81A - During 19.. how many of these
children were covered by the health
insurance plan of someone not residing
in this household
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HCHINRH = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1 child
...
V 9 .9 or more children
D HH5TO18 2 68 (00:39)
Recode
Item 82 -Number of persons in household
age 5 to 18
V 00 .None
V 01-39 .Number persons 5 to 18
D HHOTLUN 1 70 (0:2)
Item 83 - During 19.. how many of the
children in this household
usually ate a complete hot lunch
offered at school
U HH5TO18 = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .All or some
V 2 .None
D HHOTNO 1 71 (0:9)
Item 83 - Number of children in
household who usually ate hot lunch
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HHOTLUN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1 child
...
V 9 .9 or more children
D HFLUNCH 1 72 (0:2)
Item 86 - During 19.. how many of the
children in this household received free
or reduced price lunches because they
qualified for the federal school lunch
program
U HHOTLUN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Some or all
V 2 .None
D HFLUNNO 1 73 (0:9)
Item 86 - Number receiving free lunch
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HFLUNCH = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .One
...
V 9 .Nine or more
D HPUBLIC 1 74 (0:2)
Item 88 = Is this house in a public
housing project, that is, is it owned
by a local housing authority or other
public agency
U HTENURE = 2
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HLORENT 1 75 (0:2)
Item 89 - Are you paying lower rent
because the federal, state, or local
government is paying part of the cost
U HPUBLIC = 2
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HFOODSP 1 76 (0:2)
Item 90 - Did anyone in this household
get food stamps at any time in during
19..
U HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HFOODNO 1 77 (0:9)
Item 91 - Number of people covered
by food stamps
Note: If more than 9 children/persons
present, a value of 9 does not necessarily
mean "ALL."
U HFOODSP = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .One
...
V 9 .Nine or more
D FILLER 1 78
Blank Filler
D HFOODMO 2 79 (00:12)
Item 92 - Number months covered
by food stamps
U HFOODSP = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .One month
...
V 12 .Months
D HFDVAL 4 81 (0000:9999)
Item 93 - What was the value of
all food stamps received during 19..
U HFOODSP = 1
V 0000 .Not in universe
V 0001-9999 .Food stamps value
D HENGAST 1 85 (0:2)
Item 94 - Since October 1, 19.., has
this household received energy
assistance from the Federal, State,
or local government
U HHINC = 01-12
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HENGVAL 4 86 (0000:1999)
Item 95 - Altogether, how much energy
assistance has been received since
October 1, 19..
U HENGAST = 1
V 0000 .Not in universe
V 0001-1999 .Energy assistance
Household Income Recipency and Values
Source of Income - Wages and Salaries
D HINC-WS 1 90 (0:2)
Recode - Wage and Salary
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HWSVAL 7 91 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - wages and
salaries
U HINC-WS = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Self-employment (nonfarm)
D HINC-SE 1 98 (0:2)
Recode - Own business self-employment
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HSEVAL 7 99 (-389961:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - self employment
income
U HINC-SE = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
Source of Income - Self-employment farm
D HINC-FR 1 106 (0:2)
Recode - Farm self-employment
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HFRVAL 7 107 (-389961:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - farm income
U HINC-FR = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
Source of Income - Unemployment Compensation
D HINC-UC 1 114 (0:2)
Recode - Unemployment Compensation Benefits
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HUCVAL 7 115 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - unemployment
compensation
U HINC-UC = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Worker's Compensation
D HINC-WC 1 122 (0:2)
Recode - Workers Compensation
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HWCVAL 7 123 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - worker's
compensation
U HINC-WC = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Social Security
D HSS-YN 1 130 (0:2)
Recode - Social Security payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HSSVAL 7 131 (0000000:1169961)
Recode - HHLD income - Social Security
U HSS-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Supplemental Security
D HSSI-YN 1 138 (0:2)
Recode - Supplemental Security benefits
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HSSIVAL 6 139 (000000:389961)
Recode - HHLD income - Supplemental
Security income
U HSSI-YN = 1
V 0 .None
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Public Assistance or Welfare
D HPAW-YN 1 145 (0:2)
Recode - Public Assistance
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HPAWVAL 6 146 (000000:779961)
Recode - HHLD income - Public Assistance
income
U HPAW-YN = 1
V 000000 .None
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Veterans' Benefits
D HVET-YN 1 152 (0:2)
Recode - Veterans' payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HVETVAL 7 153 (0000000:1169961)
Recode - HHLD income - Veteran payments
U HVET-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Survivor's Income
D HSUR-YN 1 160 (0:2)
Recode - Survivor Benefits
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HSURVAL 7 161 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Survivor income
U HSUR-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Disability
D HDIS-YN 1 168 (0:2)
Recode - Disability Benefits
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HDISVAL 7 169 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Disability income
U HDIS-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Retirement Income
D HRET-YN 1 176 (0:2)
Recode - Retirement payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HRETVAL 7 177 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Retirement income
U HRET-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Interest
D HINT-YN 1 184 (0:2)
Recode - Interest payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HINTVAL 7 185 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Interest income
U HINT-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Dividends
D HDIV-YN 1 192 (0:2)
Recode - Dividend payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HDIVVAL 7 193 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Dividend income
U HDIV-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Rents
D HRNT-YN 1 200 (0:2)
Recode - Rental payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HRNTVAL 7 201 (-389961:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Rent income
U HRNT-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Negative dollar amount
V .Positive dollar amount
Source of Income - Education
D HED-YN 1 208 (0:2)
Recode - Educational Assistance benefits
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HEDVAL 7 209 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Education income
U HED-YN = 1
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Child Support
D HCSP-YN 1 216 (0:2)
Recode - Child support payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HCSPVAL 7 217 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Child support
U HCSP-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Alimony
D HALM-YN 1 224 (0:2)
Recode - Alimony payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HALMVAL 7 225 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Alimony
U HALM-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Financial Assistance
D HFIN-YN 1 232 (0:2)
Recode - Financial assistance payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HFINVAL 7 233 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Financial
assistance income
U HFIN-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Other Income
D HOI-YN 1 240 (0:2)
Other income payments
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HOIVAL 7 241 (0000000:3899961)
Recode - HHLD income - Other income
U HOI-YN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Summary Household Income Recodes
D HTOTVAL 8 248 (-389961:23399766)
Recode - Total household income
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D HEARNVAL 8 256 (-389961:11699883)
Recode - Total household earnings
U HINC-WS,HINC-SE or HINC-FR = 1
V 00000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D HOTHVAL 8 264 (-389961:11699883)
Other types of income except HEARNVAL
Recode - total other household income
V 00000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D HHINC 2 272 (00:41)
Recode - Total household income
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Under $2,500
V 02 .$2,500 to $4,999
V 03 .$5,000 to $7,499
V 04 .$7,500 to $9,999
V 05 .$10,000 to $12,499
V 06 .$12,500 to $14,999
V 07 .$15,000 to $17,499
V 08 .$17,500 to $19,999
V 09 .$20,000 to $22,499
V 10 .$22,500 to $24,999
V 11 .$25,000 to $27,499
V 12 .$27,500 to $29,999
V 13 .$30,000 to $32,499
V 14 .$32,500 to $34,999
V 15 .$35,000 to $37,499
V 16 .$37,500 to $39,999
V 17 .$40,000 to $42,499
V 18 .$42,500 to $44,999
V 19 .$45,000 to $47,499
V 20 .$47,500 to $49,999
V 21 .$50,000 to $52,499
V 22 .$52,500 to $54,999
V 23 .$55,000 to $57,499
V 24 .$57,500 to $59,999
V 25 .$60,000 to $62,499
V 26 .$62,500 to $64,999
V 27 .$65,000 to $67,499
V 28 .$67,500 to $69,999
V 29 .$70,000 to $72,499
V 30 .$72,500 to $74,999
V 31 .$75,000 to $77,499
V 32 .$77,500 to $79,999
V 33 .$80,000 to $82,499
V 34 .$82,500 to $84,999
V 35 .$85,000 to $87,499
V 36 .$87,500 to $89,999
V 37 .$90,000 to $92,499
V 38 .$92,500 to $94,999
V 39 .$95,000 to $97,499
V 40 .$97,500 to $99,999
V 41 .$100,000 and over
Edited Health Insurance
D HMCARE 1 274 (0:2)
Anyone in HHLD covered by Medicare
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HMCAID 1 275 (0:2)
Anyone in HHLD covered by Medicaid
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HCHAMP 1 276 (0:2)
Champus, VA, or Military health care
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HHI-YN 1 277 (0:2)
Anyone in HHLD have health insurance
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
3Household Recodes
D HHSTATUS 1 278 (0:3)
Recode - Household status
U H-TYPE = 1:8
V 0 .Not in universe (group quarters) .
V 1 .Primary family
V 2 .Nonfamily householder living alone
V 3 .Nonfamily householder living with
.nonrelatives
D HUNDER18 2 279 (00:39)
Recode - Number of persons in HHLD
under age 18
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00 .None
V 01-39 .Number persons under 18
D HTOP5PCT 1 281 (0:2)
Recode - Household income percentiles
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe (group
.quarters) .
V 1 .In top 5 percent
V 2 .Not in top 5 percent
D HPCTCUT 2 282 (00:20)
Recode - HHLD income percentiles -
national rank
U H-HHTYPE = 1
V 00 .Not in universe (group
.quarters) .
V 01 .Lowest 5 percent
V 02 .Second 5 percent
. . .
V 20 .Top 5 percent
D FILLER 1 284
Blank Filler
D INDCCODE 1 285 (0:4)
V 0 .Not individually identified
.central city
V 1-4 .See Geographic Appendix E
.List 3 for MSA
D HSUN 1 286 (1:2)
Sunbelt recode
U All households
V 1 .In sunbelt
V 2 .Not in sunbelt
March Supplement Household Weight
D HSUP-WGT 8 287 (00000000:99999999)
(2 implied decimals)
U H-HHTYPE = 1
Allocation flags for basic CPS
D H%TENURE 1 295 (0:4)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Value to blank
V 4 .Allocated
D H%HHNUM 1 296 (0:8)
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 8 .Blank to NA - error
D H%LIVQRT 1 297 (0:7)
V 0 .No change
V 4 .Allocated
V 7 .Blank to NA - no error
D FILLER 1 298
Blank Filler
D H%TELHHD 1 299 (0:4)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Value to blank
V 4 .Allocated
D H%TELAVL 1 300 (0:4)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Value to blank
V 4 .Allocated
D H%TELINT 1 301 (0:4)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Value to blank
V 4 .Allocated
Allocation flags for supplement household items
D I-HCMCAR 1 302 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HCMCEN 1 303 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HCHI 1 304 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HCHINO 1 305 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HCHINR 1 306 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HCHINN 1 307 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HHOTLU 1 308 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HHOTNO 1 309 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFLUNC 1 310 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFLUNN 1 311 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HPUBLI 1 312 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HLOREN 1 313 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFOODS 1 314 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFDVAL 1 315 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFOODN 1 316 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HFOODM 1 317 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HENGAS 1 318 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HENGVA 1 319 (0:1)
V 0 .No change
V 1 .Allocated
D H-IDNUM 12 320
Household identification number
U All households
D FILLER 325 332
Blank Filler
Family Record
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH 1991 DD
September 24, 1991
Family Record
D FRECORD 1 1 (2:2)
U All families
V 2 .Family record
D FH-SEQ 5 2 (00001:99999)
Household sequence number
U All families
V 00001-99999.Household sequence number
D FFPOS 2 7 (01:39)
Unique family identifier
Same function in household record is
field HHPOS (00).
Same function in person record is PPPOS
(41-79).
U All families
V 01-39 .Index for
.family identifier
D FKIND 1 9 (1:3)
Kind of family
U All families
V 1 .Husband-wife family
V 2 .Other male head
V 3 .Other female head
D FTYPE 1 10 (1:5)
Family type
U All families
V 1 .Primary family
V 2 .Nonfamily householder
V 3 .Related subfamily
V 4 .Unrelated subfamily
V 5 .Secondary individual
D FPERSONS 2 11 (01:39)
Number of persons in family
U All families
V 01-39 .Number of persons
D FHEADIDX 2 13 (01:39)
Index to person record of family head
U All families
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.reference person
D FWIFEIDX 2 15 (00:39)
Index to person record of family wife
U F-KIND = 1
V 00 .No wife
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.wife
D FHUSBIDX 2 17 (00:39)
Index to person record of family
husband
U F-KIND = 1
V 00 .No husband
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.husband
D FSPOUIDX 2 19 (00:39)
Index to person record of family spouse
U F-KIND = 1
V 00 .No spouse
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.spouse
D FLASTIDX 2 21 (01:39)
Index to person record of last
member of family. All persons from
FHEADIDX thru FLASTIDX are
members of this family. (Primary
family includes related subfamily
members.)
U All families
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.last family member
D FMLASIDX 2 23 (01:39)
Index to person record of last
member of family. All persons from
FHEADIDX thru FMLASIDX are
members of this family. (Primary
family excludes subfamily members.)
U All families
V 01-39 .Index (roster position) for
.last family member
D FOWNU6 1 25 (0:6)
Own children in family under 6
V 0 .None, not in universe
V 1 .1
V 2 .2
...
V 6 .6+
D FILLER 1 26
Zero filler
D FOWNU18 1 27 (0:9)
Number of own never married children
under 18
U All families
V 0 .None, not in universe
V 1 .1
...
V 9 .9 or more
D FRELU6 1 28 (0:6)
Related persons in family under 6
U All families
V 0 .None, not in universe
V 1 .1
V 2 .2
. . .
V 6 .6+
D FRELU18 1 29 (0:9)
Related persons in family under 18
U All families
V 0 .None, not in universe
V 1 .1
V 2 .2
. . .
V 9 .9+
D FPCTCUT 2 30 (01:20)
Income percentiles
U All families
V 01 .Lowest 5 percent
V 02 .Second 5 percent
. . .
V 20 .Top 5 percent
D FPOVCUT 5 32 (00000:35000)
Low income cutoff dollar amount
If FTYPE = 3 then value comes from
primary family
D FAMLIS 1 37 (1:4)
Ratio of family income to low-income
level
If FTYPE = 3 then value comes from
primary family
V 1 .Below low-income level
V 2 .100 - 124 percent of the low-
.income level
V 3 .125 - 149 percent of the low-
.income level
V 4 .150 percent and above the
.low-income level
D POVLL 2 38 (01:14)
Ratio of family income to low-income
level
If FTYPE = 3 then value comes from
primary family
V 01 .Under .50
V 02 ..50 to .74
V 03 ..75 to .99
V 04 .1.00 to 1.24
V 05 .1.25 to 1.49
V 06 .1.50 to 1.74
V 07 .1.75 to 1.99
V 08 .2.00 to 2.49
V 09 .2.50 to 2.99
V 10 .3.00 to 3.49
V 11 .3.50 to 3.99
V 12 .4.00 to 4.49
V 13 .4.50 to 4.99
V 14 .5.00 and over
D FRSPOV 2 40 (00:14)
Ratio of related subfamily income to
low-income level (care should be
exercised when using this data as the
related subfamilies are a part of the
primary family and usually their
poverty status comes from the
primary family)
U F-TYPE = 3
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Under .50
V 02 ..50 to .74
V 03 ..75 to .99
V 04 .1.00 to 1.24
V 05 .1.25 to 1.49
V 06 .1.50 to 1.74
V 07 .1.75 to 1.99
V 08 .2.00 to 2.49
V 09 .2.50 to 2.99
V 10 .3.00 to 3.49
V 11 .3.50 to 3.99
V 12 .4.00 to 4.49
V 13 .4.50 to 4.99
V 14 .5.00 and over
D FRSPPCT 5 42 (00000:35000)
Low income cutoff dollar amount of
related subfamily (care should be
exercised when using these data as the
related subfamilies are a part of the
primary family and usually their poverty
status comes from the primary family)
U F-TYPE = 3
V 00000- .Not in related subfamilies
35000 .
Family Income Recipency and Values
Source of Income - Wages and Salaries
D FINC-WS 1 47 (1:2)
Wage and salary
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FWSVAL 7 48 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - wages and salaries
U FINC-WS = 1
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Self-employment (nonfarm)
D FINC-SE 1 55 (1:2)
Own business self-employment
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FSEVAL 7 56 (-389961:3899961)
Family income - self employment income
U FINC-SE = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
Source of Income - Self-employment farm
D FINC-FR 1 63 (1:2)
Farm self-employment
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FFRVAL 7 64 (-389961:3899961)
Family income - Farm income
U FINC-FR = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
Source of Income - Unemployment Compensation
D FINC-UC 1 71 (1:2)
Unemployment compensation
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FUCVAL 7 72 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Unemployment
compensation
U FINC-UC = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Worker's Compensation
D FINC-WC 1 79 (1:2)
Worker's compensation
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FWCVAL 7 80 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Worker's compensation
U FINC-WC = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Social Security
D FINC-SS 1 87 (1:2)
Social Security Benefits
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FSSVAL 7 88 (0000000:1169961)
Family income - Social Security
U FINC-SS = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Supplemental Security
D FINC-SSI 1 95 (1:2)
Supplemental Security Benefits
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FSSIVAL 6 96 (000000:389961)
Family income - Supplemental Security
Income
U FINC-SSI = 1
V 0 .None
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Public Assistance or Welfare
D FINC-PAW 1 102 (1:2)
Public assistance or welfare benefits
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FPAWVAL 6 103 (000000:779961)
Family income - public assistance income
U FINC-PAW = 1
V 00000 .None
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Veterans' Benefits
D FINC-VET 1 109 (1:2)
Veterans' Benefits
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FVETVAL 7 110 (0000000:1169961)
Family income - veteran payments
U FINC-VET = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Survivor's income
D FINC-SUR 1 117 (1:2)
Survivor's payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FSURVAL 7 118 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Survivor income
U FINC-SUR = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Disability
D FINC-DIS 1 125 (1:2)
Disability payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FDISVAL 7 126 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Disability income
U FINC-DIS = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Retirement Income
D FINC-RET 1 133 (1:2)
Retirement payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FRETVAL 7 134 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Retirement income
U FINC-RET = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Interest
D FINC-INT 1 141 (1:2)
Interest payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FINTVAL 7 142 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Interest income
U FINC-INT = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Dividends
D FINC-DIV 1 149 (1:2)
Dividend payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FDIVVAL 7 150 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Dividend income
U FINC-DIV = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Rents
D FINC-RNT 1 157 (1:2)
Rental payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FRNTVAL 7 158 (-389961:3899961)
Family income - Rental income
U FINC-RNT = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Negative dollar amount
V .Positive dollar amount
Source of Income - Education
D FINC-ED 1 165 (1:2)
Education benefits
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FEDVAL 7 166 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Education income
U FINC-ED = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Child support
D FINC-CSP 1 173 (1:2)
Child support payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FCSPVAL 7 174 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Child support
U FINC-CSP = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Alimony
D FINC-ALM 1 181 (1:2)
Alimony payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FALMVAL 7 182 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Alimony
U FINC-ALM = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Financial Assistance
D FINC-FIN 1 189 (1:2)
Financial assistance payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FFINVAL 7 190 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Financial assistance
income
U FINC-FIN = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Source of Income - Other income
D FINC-OI 1 197 (1:2)
Other income payments
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FOIVAL 7 198 (0000000:3899961)
Family income - Other income
U FINC=OI = 1
V 0000000 .None or not in universe
V .Dollar amount
Family Summary Income Values and Recodes
D FTOTVAL 8 205 (-389961:23399766)
Total family income
U All families
V 00000000 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D FEARNVAL 8 213 (-389961:11699883)
Total family earnings
U FINC-WS, FINC-SE OR FINC-FR = 1
V 00000000 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D FOTHVAL 8 221 (-389961:11699883)
Total other family income
U All other types of income except HEARNVAL
V 00000000 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D FTOT-R 2 229 (01:41)
Total family income recode
U All families
V 01 .Under $2,500
V 02 .$2,500 to $4,999
V 03 .$5,000 to $7,499
V 04 .$7,500 to $9,999
V 05 .$10,000 to $12,499
V 06 .$12,500 to $14,999
V 07 .$15,000 to $17,499
V 08 .$17,500 to $19,999
V 09 .$20,000 to $22,499
V 10 .$22,500 to $24,999
V 11 .$25,000 to $27,499
V 12 .$27,500 to $29,999
V 13 .$30,000 to $32,499
V 14 .$32,500 to $34,999
V 15 .$35,000 to $37,499
V 16 .$37,500 to $39,999
V 17 .$40,000 to $42,499
V 18 .$42,500 to $44,999
V 19 .$45,000 to $47,499
V 20 .$47,500 to $49,999
V 21 .$50,000 to $52,499
V 22 .$52,500 to $54,999
V 23 .$55,000 to $57,499
V 24 .$57,500 to $59,999
V 25 .$60,000 to $62,499
V 26 .$62,500 to $64,999
V 27 .$65,000 to $67,499
V 28 .$67,500 to $69,999
V 29 .$70,000 to $72,499
V 30 .$72,500 to $74,999
V 31 .$75,000 to $77,499
V 32 .$77,500 to $79,999
V 33 .$80,000 to $82,499
V 34 .$82,500 to $84,999
V 35 .$85,000 to $87,499
V 36 .$87,500 to $89,999
V 37 .$90,000 to $92,499
V 38 .$92,500 to $94,999
V 39 .$95,000 to $97,499
V 40 .$97,500 to $99,999
V 41 .$100,000 and over
D FSPANISH 1 231 (1:2)
Reference person or spouse of Spanish
origin
U All families
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FILLER 1 232
Blank Filler
March Supplement Family Weight
D FSUP-WGT 8 233 (00000000:99999999)
Householder or reference person weight
(2 implied decimal)
U All families
V 000000- .(2 implied decimal places)
999999 .
D FFPOSOLD 2 241
Trailer portion of unique household ID.
00 for HH record. Same function in
Family record is field FFPOSOLD
(41-79). Same function in Person
record is PPPOSOLD (01-39)
U All families
D FILLER 414 243
Blank Filler
Person Record
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH 1991 DD
September 24, 1991
Person Record
D PRECORD 1 1 (3:3)
U All persons
V 3 .Person record
D PH-SEQ 5 2 (00001:99999)
Household sequence number
U All persons
V 00001-99999.Household sequence number
D PPPOS 2 7 (41:79)
Trailer portion of unique household ID.
00 Household record. Same function in
Family record is field FFPOS (01-39).
Same function in Person record is PPPOS
(41-79)
Edited adult control card items
D A-LINENO 2 9 (01:39)
Item 18A - Line number
U All persons
V 01-39 .Line number
D A-PARENT 2 11 (00:39)
Item 18C - Parent's line number
U All persons
V 00 .None
V 01-39 .Parent's line number
D A-EXPRRP 2 13 (01:14)
Expanded relationship code
U All persons
V 01 .Reference person with relatives
V 02 .Reference person without
.relatives
V 03 .Husband
V 04 .Wife
V 05 .Natural/adopted child
V 06 .Step child
V 07 .Grandchild
V 08 .Parent
V 09 .Brother/sister
V 10 .Other relative
V 11 .Foster child
V 12 .Nonrelative with relatives
V 13 .Partner/roommate
V 14 .Nonrelative without relatives
D A-AGE 2 15 (00:90)
Item 18D - Age
U All persons
V 00-90 .Years of age and over
D A-MARITL 1 17 (1:7)
Item 18E - Marital status
U All persons
V 1 .Married - civilian spouse
.present
V 2 .Married - af spouse present
V 3 .Married - spouse absent (exc
.separated)
V 4 .Widowed
V 5 .Divorced
V 6 .Separated
V 7 .Never married
D A-SPOUSE 2 18 (00:39)
Item 18F - Spouse's line number
U All persons
00 .None or children
V 01-39 .Spouse's line number
D A-SEX 1 20 (1:2)
Item 18G - Sex
U All persons
V 1 .Male
V 2 .Female
D A-VET 1 21 (0:6)
Veteran Status
V 0 .Children or Armed Forces
U All persons
V 1 .Vietnam
V 2 .Korean war
V 3 .World war II
V 4 .World war I
V 5 .Other service
V 6 .Nonveteran
D A-HGA 2 22 (00:18)
Item 18H - Highest grade attended
U All persons
V 00 .None , kindergarten or children
V 01 .E1
V 02 .E2
V 03 .E3
V 04 .E4
V 05 .E5
V 06 .E6
V 07 .E7
V 08 .E8
V 09 .H1
V 10 .H2
V 11 .H3
V 12 .H4
V 13 .C1
V 14 .C2
V 15 .C3
V 16 .C4
V 17 .C5
V 18 .C6+
D A-HGC 1 24 (0:2)
Item 18I - Grade completed
U All persons
V 0 .Children
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-RACE 1 25 (1:5)
Item 18J - Race
U All persons
V 1 .White
V 2 .Black
V 3 .Amer Indian, Aleut Eskimo
V 4 .Asian or Pacific Islander
V 5 .Other
Person Recodes
D P-STAT 1 26 (1:3)
Status of person identifier
U All persons
V 1 .Civilian 15+
V 2 .Armed forces
V 3 .Children 0 - 14
D A-REORGN 2 27 (01:10)
Item 18K - Origin
U All persons
V 01 .Mexican American
V 02 .Chicano
V 03 .Mexican (Mexicano)
V 04 .Puerto Rican
V 05 .Cuban
V 06 .Central or South American
V 07 .Other Spanish
V 08 .All other
V 09 .Don't know
V 10 .NA
D A-FAMNUM 2 29 (00:19)
Family number
U All persons
V 00 .Not a family member
V 01 .Primary family member only
V 02-19 .Subfamily member
D A-FAMTYP 1 31 (1:5)
Family type
U All persons
V 1 .Primary family
V 2 .Nonfamily householder
V 3 .Related subfamily
V 4 .Unrelated subfamily
V 5 .Secondary individual
D A-FAMREL 1 32 (0:4)
Family relationship
U All persons
V 0 .Not a family member
V 1 .Reference person
V 2 .Spouse
V 3 .Child
V 4 .Other relative (primary family
.and unrelated subfamily only)
D A-PFREL 1 33 (0:5)
Primary family relationship
U All persons
V 0 .Not in primary family
V 1 .Husband
V 2 .Wife
V 3 .Own child
V 4 .Other relative
V 5 .Unmarried reference person
D HHDREL 1 34 (1:8)
Detailed household summary
in household
U All persons
V 1 .Householder
V 2 .Spouse of householder
Child of householder:
V 3 .Under 18 years, single
.(never married)
V 4 .Under 18 years, ever married
V 5 .18 years and over
Other householder
V 6 .Other relative of householder
V 7 .Nonrelative of householder
In group quarters:
V 8 .Secondary individual
D FAMREL 2 35 (01:11)
Family relationship - primary and
unrelated subfamily only
U All persons
V 01 .Reference person of family
V 02 .Spouse of reference person
Child of reference person
V 03 .Under 18 years, single
.(never married)
V 04 .Under 18 years, ever married
V 05 .18 years and over
Grandchild of reference person
V 06 .Grandchild of reference person
Other relative in family of reference
person
V 07 .Under 18 years, single
.(never married)
V 08 .Under 18 years, ever married
V 09 .18 years and over
Not in a family - Unrelated individual
V 10 .Nonfamily householder
V 11 .Secondary individual
D HHDFMX 2 37 (01:51)
Detailed household and family status
in household
In primary family
U All persons
V 01 .Householder
V 02 .Spouse of householder
Child of householder
Under 18, single (never married)
V 03 .Reference person of subfamily
V 04 .Not in a subfamily
Under 18, ever-married
V 05 .Reference person of subfamily
V 06 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 07 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, single (never
married)
V 08 .Reference person of a subfamily
V 09 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, ever-married
V 10 .Reference person of subfamily
V 11 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 12 .Not in a subfamily
Stepchild of householder
Under 18, single (never married)
V 13 .Reference person of subfamily
V 14 .Not in a subfamily
Under 18, ever-married
V 15 .Reference person of subfamily
V 16 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 17 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, single (never
married)
V 18 .Reference person of
.a subfamily
V 19 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, ever-married
V 20 .Reference person of subfamily
V 21 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 22 .Not in a subfamily
Grandchild of householder
Under 18, single (never married)
V 23 .Reference person of subfamily
V 24 .Child of a subfamily reference
.person
V 25 .Not in a subfamily
Under 18, ever-married
V 26 .Reference person of subfamily
V 27 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 28 .Not used
V 29 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, single (never
married)
V 30 .Reference person of a subfamily
V 31 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, ever-married
V 32 .Reference person of subfamily
V 33 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 34 .Not in a subfamily
Other relative of householder
Under 18, single (never married)
V 35 .Reference person of subfamily
V 36 .Child of subfamily reference
.person
V 37 .Not in a subfamily
Under 18, ever married
V 38 .Reference person of subfamily
V 39 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 40 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, single (never
married)
V 41 .Reference person of a subfamily
V 42 .Not in a subfamily
18 years and over, ever-married
V 43 .Reference person of subfamily
V 44 .Spouse of subfamily reference
.person
V 45 .Not in a subfamily
In unrelated subfamily
V 46 .Reference person of unrelated
.subfamily
V 47 .Spouse of unrelated subfamily
.reference person
Child less than or equal to 18, single (never-married) of
unrelated subfamily
V 48 .Reference person
V 49 .Nonfamily householder
V 50 .Secondary individual
V 51 .In group quarters: secondary
.individuals
D PARENT 1 39 (0:4)
Family members under 18 (excludes
reference person and spouse if under 18)
V 0 .Not in universe
V .presence of parents
V 1 .Both parents present
V 2 .Mother only present
V 3 .Father only present
V 4 .Neither parent present
D AGE1 2 40 (00:17)
Age recode - Persons 15+ years
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .15 years
V 02 .16 and 17 years
V 03 .18 and 19 years
V 04 .20 and 21 years
V 05 .22 to 24 years
V 06 .25 to 29 years
V 07 .30 to 34 years
V 08 .35 to 39 years
V 09 .40 to 44 years
V 10 .45 to 49 years
V 11 .50 to 54 years
V 12 .55 to 59 years
V 13 .60 to 61 years
V 14 .62 to 64 years
V 15 .65 to 69 years
V 16 .70 to 74 years
V 17 .75 years and over
D SCHL1 2 42 (00:10)
Years of school completed
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .None - did not finish E1
V 02 .Elementary 1-4
V 03 .5-7
V 04 .8
V 05 .High school 1-3
V 06 .4
V 07 .College 1-3
V 08 .4
V 09 .5
V 10 .6+
D PHF-SEQ 2 44 (01:39)
Pointer to the sequence number of own
family record in household.
(Related subfamily members point to
related subfamily record.)
U All persons
D PF-SEQ 2 46 (01:39)
Pointer to the sequence number of
family record in household.
(Related subfamilies point to
primary family.)
U All persons
D PRNT-PTR 2 48 (01:39)
Sequence number of parent in HHLD
Basic CPS Weighs
D A-FNLWGT 8 50 (00000000:99999999)
Final weight (2 implied decimal places)
U All persons
V 00000000 .Supplemental spanish sample
V 00000001 - .March basic sample
V 99999999 .
D A-ERNLWT 8 58 (00000000:99999999)
Earnings/not in labor force weight
U H-MIS = 4 or 8
V 00000000 .Not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 000000001- .(2 implied decimal places)
V 99999999 .
March Supplement Person Weights
D MARSUPWT 8 66 (00000000:99999999)
March supplement final weight (2 implied
decimal places)
U All persons
V 000000- .(2 implied
999999 .decimal places)
Edited Labor Force Items
D A-MAJACT 1 74 (0:8)
Item 19 - What was ... doing most of
last week
U All persons
V 0 .Children or Armed Forces
V 1 .Working
V 2 .With job but not at work
V 3 .Looking for work
V 4 .Keeping house
V 5 .Going to school
V 6 .Unable to work
V 7 .Retired
V 8 .Other
D A-ANYWK 1 75 (0:2)
Item 20 - Did ... do any work at all
last week, not counting work around
the house
U A-MAJACT (I-19) = 2,3,4,5,7,8 (NE 1,6)
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-HRS1 2 76 (00:99)
Item 20A - How many hrs did ... work
last week at all jobs
U A-MAJACT (I-19) = 1
or A-ANYWK (I-20) = yes
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 01:99 .Number of hrs
D A-HRSCHK 1 78 (0:3)
Item 20B - Interviewer check of itm 20A
U Same as A-HRS1 (I-20A)
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .49+
V 2 .1-34
V 3 .35-48
D A-USLFT 1 79 (0:2)
Item 20C - Does ... usually work 35 hrs
or more a week at this job (part 1)
U A-HRSCHK (I-20B) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-FTREAS 2 80 (00:15)
Item 20C - What is the reason ...
(worked/usually works) less than
35 hours (last week/a week)
U H-HRSCHK (I-20B) = 2
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 01 .Slack work
V 02 .Material shortage
V 03 .Plant or machine repair
V 04 .New job started during week
V 05 .Job terminated during week
V 06 .Could find only part time
.work
V 07 .Holiday
V 08 .Labor dispute
V 09 .Bad weather
V 10 .Own illness
V 11 .On vacation
V 12 .Too busy with house, school,
.etc.
V 13 .Did not want full time work
V 14 .Full-time work weeks less
.than or equal to 35 hrs
V 15 .Other
D A-LOSTIM 1 82 (0:2)
Item 20D - Did ... lose any time or take
any time off last week for any reason
such as illness, holiday or slack work
U A-HRSCHK (I-20B) = 3
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-OVRTIM 1 83 (0:2)
Item 20E - Did ... work any overtime
or at more than one job last week
U A-LOSTIM (I-20D) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-JOBABS 1 84 (0:2)
Item 21 - Did ... have a job or
business from which he/she was
temporarily absent or on layoff last
week
U A-ANYWK (I-20) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-WHYABS 1 85 (0:8)
Item 21A - Why was ... absent from work
last week
U A-JOBABS (I-21) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Own illness
V 2 .On vacation
V 3 .Bad weather
V 4 .Labor dispute
V 5 .New job to begin within 30 days
V 6 .Temporary layoff (under 30
.days)
V 7 .Indefinite layoff (30 days
.or more)
V 8 .Other
D A-PAYABS 1 86 (0:3)
Item 21B - Is ... receiving wages or
salary for any of the time off last
week
U A-WHYABS (I-21A) = 1-4, 8
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
V 3 .Self-employed
D A-FTABS 1 87 (0:2)
Item 21C - Does ... usually work
35 hours or more a week at this job
U A-WHYABS (I-21A) = 1-4, 8
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-LKWK 1 88 (0:2)
Item 22 - Has ... been looking for
work during the past 4 weeks
U A-JOBABS (I-21) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
Item 22A - What has ... been doing in
the last 4 weeks to find work
Method use - multiple entries possible
D A-MTHD1 1 89 (0:1)
Checked with public employment agency
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD2 1 90 (0:1)
Checked with private employment agency
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD3 1 91 (0:1)
Checked with employer directly
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD4 1 92 (0:1)
Checked with friends or relatives
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD5 1 93 (0:1)
Placed or answered ads
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD6 1 94 (0:1)
Nothing
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-MTHD7 1 95 (0:1)
Other
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYLK 1 96 (0:7)
Item 22B - Why did ... start looking
for work was it because ...
U A-LKWK (I-22) = 1
or A-WHYABS (I-21A) = 5
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Lost job
V 2 .Quit job
V 3 .Left school
V 4 .Wanted temporary work
V 5 .Change in home or family
.responsibilities
V 6 .Left military service
V 7 .Other
D A-WKSLK 2 97 (00:99)
Item 22C -
1) How many weeks has ... been
looking for work
2) How many weeks ago did ...start
looking
3) How many weeks ago was ...laid off
U A-WHYLK (I-22B) = entry or
A-WHYABS (I-21A) = 6 or 7
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 01-99 .Entry
D A-LKFTPT 1 99 (0:2)
Item 22D - Has ... been looking for
full-time or or part-time work
U Same as A-WKSLK (I-22C)
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Full-time
V 2 .Part-time
D A-AVAIL 1 100 (0:2)
Item 22E1 - Could ... have taken a
job if one had been offered
U Same as A-WKSLK (I-22C)
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-WHYNA 1 101 (0:4)
Item 22E2- Why not
U A-AVAIL (I-22E1) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Already has a job
V 2 .Temporary illness
V 3 .Going to school
V 4 .Other
D A-WHENLJ 1 102 (0:5)
Item 22F - When did ... last work
at a full-time job or business lasting
2 consecutive weeks or more
U Same as A-WKSLK (I-22C)
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .In last 12 months
V 2 .1-5 years ago
V 3 .More than 5 years ago
V 4 .Never worked full time
.2 weeks or more
V 5 .Never worked at all
See Industry and Occupation Code
Appendix for list of legal codes
D A-IND 3 103 (000:991)
Item 23B - Industry
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 000 .Old not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 010-991 .See Industry Code Appendix A1
V .for list of legal codes.
D A-OCC 3 106 (000:905)
Item 23C - Occupation
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 000 .Old not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 003-905 .See Occupation Code
V .Appendix B1 for list of
V .legal codes.
D A-CLSWKR 1 109 (0:8)
Item 23E - Class of worker
U A-LFSR = 1-3 or A-LFSR = 4-7;
and A-NLFROT = 2 and A-NLFLJ = 1-5
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Private
V 2 .Federal government
V 3 .State government
V 4 .Local government
V 5 .Self-employed-incorporated
V 6 .Self-employed-not incorporated
V 7 .Without pay
V 8 .Never worked
D PPPOSOLD 2 110 (01:39)
Trailer portion of unique household ID
00 for HH Record. Same function in
Family Record is filed FFPOSOLD (41-79)
Same function in Person Record is
PPPOSOLD (01-39)
D A-NLFLJ 1 112 (0:7)
Item 24A - When did ... last work for
pay at a regular job or business, either
full-time or part-time
U A-NLFROT (I-24) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Within past 12 months
V 2 .1 up to 2 years ago
V 3 .2 up to 3 years ago
V 4 .3 up to 4 years ago
V 5 .4 up to 5 years ago
V 6 .5 or more years ago
V 7 .Never worked
D A-WHYLFT 1 113 (0:8)
Item 24B - Why did ... leave that job
U A-NLFLJ (I-24A) = 1-5
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Personal, family or school
V 2 .Health
V 3 .Retirement or old age
V 4 .Seasonal job completed
V 5 .Slack work or business
.conditions
V 6 .Temporary nonseasonal job
.completed
V 7 .Unsatisfactory work
.arrangements
V 8 .Other
D A-WANTJB 1 114 (0:4)
Item 24C - Does ... want a regular job
now, either full or part-time
U A-NLFROT (I-24) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .Maybe-it depends
V 3 .No
V 4 .Don't know
Item 24D - What are the reasons ... is
not looking for work (multiple entries
possible)
(For A-WHYNL1-9 and A-WHYNLA-B)
D A-WHYNL1 1 115 (0:1)
Believes no work available
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL2 1 116 (0:1)
Couldn't find any work
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL3 1 117 (0:1)
Lacks necessary schooling, etc.
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL4 1 118 (0:1)
Employers think too young or too old
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL5 1 119 (0:1)
Other personal handicap in finding job
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL6 1 120 (0:1)
Can't arrange child care
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL7 1 121 (0:1)
Family responsibilities
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL8 1 122 (0:1)
In school or other training
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNL9 1 123 (0:1)
Ill health
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNLA 1 124 (0:1)
Other
U A-WANTJB (I-24C) = 1 or 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-WHYNLB 1 125 (0:1)
Don't know
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces or no entry
V 1 .Entry
D A-INTEND 1 126 (0:4)
Item 24E - Does ... intend to look for
work of any kind in the next 12 months
U A-NLFROT (I-24) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .It depends
V 3 .No
V 4 .Don't know
D FILLER 1 127
Blank Filler
Edited Earnings Items
D A-USLHRS 2 128 (00:99)
Item 25A - How many hrs per week
does ... usually work at this job
U A-EARNRT (I-25) = 2
V 00 .None, not in universe or
.children or Armed Forces
V 01-99 .Entry
D A-HRLYWK 1 130 (0:2)
Item 25B - is ... paid by the hour on
this job
U A-EARNRT (I-25) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.and Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-HRSPAY 4 131 (0000:9999)
Item 25C
How much does ... earn per hour
U A-HRLYWK (I-25B) = 1
V 0000 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 0001-9999 .Entry (2 implied decimal
.places)
D A-GRSWK 4 135 (0000:1923)
Item 25D - How much does ... usually
earn per week at this job
before deductions?
For hourly workers, subject to
topcoding, the higher of either the
amount of item 25A times item 25C or
the actual item 25D entry will be
present.
U A-EARNRT (I-25) = 2
V 0000 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 0001-1923 .Entry
D A-UNMEM 1 139 (0:2)
Item 25E - On this job, is ... a
member of a labor union or of an
employee association similar to a union
U A-EARNRT (I-25) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-UNCOV 1 140 (0:2)
Item 25F - On this job, is ... covered
by a union or employee association
contract
U A-UNMEM (I-25E) = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-ENRCHK 1 141 (0:2)
Item 26 - Interviewer check item
U All persons
V 0 .Children or Armed Forces
V 1 .This person is 16-24 years of age
V 2 .All others
D A-ENRLW 1 142 (0:2)
Item 26A1 - Last week was ... attending
or enrolled in a high school, college
or university
U A-ENRCHK (I-26) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D A-HSCOL 1 143 (0:2)
Item 26A2
U A-ENRLW (I-26A1) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .High school
V 2 .College or university
D A-FTPT 1 144 (0:2)
Item 26B - Is ... enrolled in school
as a full-time or part-time student
U A-ENRLW (I-26A1) = 1
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Full time
V 2 .Part time
Labor Force Person Recodes
D A-LFSR 1 145 (0:7)
Labor force status recode
U All persons
V 0 .Children or Armed Forces
V 1 .Working
V 2 .With job,not at work
V 3 .Unemployed, looking for work
V 4 .Unemployed, on layoff
V 5 .NILF - working w/o pay less
.than or equal to 15 hrs;
.Temp absent from w/o pay job
V 6 .NILF - unavailable
V 7 .Other NILF
D A-UNTYPE 1 146 (0:5)
Reason for unemployment
U A-LFSR = 3 or 4
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Job loser - on layoff
V 2 .Other job loser
V 3 .Job leaver
V 4 .Re-entrant
V 5 .New entrant
D A-NLFREA 2 147 (00:11)
Current activity/reason not looking
for work
U LFSR = 5, 6 or 7 and MIS = 4 or 8
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 01 .School
V 02 .Ill, disabled
V 03 .Keeping house
V 04 .Retired or old age
V 05 .No desire
V 06 .Employers think too young
.or old
V 07 .Lacks education or training
V 08 .Other personal reason
V 09 .Could not find work
V 10 .Thinks no job available
V 11 .Other
D A-WKSTAT 1 149 (0:7)
Full/part-time status
U All persons
V 0 .Children or Armed Forces
V 1 .Not in labor force
V 2 .Full-time schedules
V 3 .Part-time for economic
.reasons, usually full-time
V 4 .Part-time for non-economic
.reasons, usually part-time
V 5 .Part-time for economic reasons,
.usually part-time
V 6 .Unemployed full-time
V 7 .Unemployed part- time
D A-EXPLF 1 150 (0:2)
Experienced labor force employment
status
U A-COW NE 8
V 0 .Not in experienced labor force
V 1 .Employed
V 2 .Unemployed
D A-WKSCH 1 151 (0:4)
Labor force by time worked or lost
U All
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .At work
V 2 .With job, not at work
V 3 .Unemployed, seeks full-time
V 4 .Unemployed, seeks part-time
D A-CIVLF 1 152 (0:1)
Civilian labor force
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .In universe
D A-FTLF 1 153 (0:1)
Full-time labor force
U Full-time
V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .In universe
D FILLER 1 154
Blank Filler
D A-MJIND 2 155 (00:23)
Major industry code
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 00 .Not in universe or children
V 01 .Agriculture
V 02 .Mining
V 03 .Construction
Manufacturing
V 04 .Manufacturing-durable goods
V 05 .Manufacturing-nondurable goods
Transportation,communications,and other
public utilities
V 06 .Transportation
V 07 .Communications
V 08 .Utilities and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
V 09 .Wholesale trade
V 10 .Retail trade
V 11 .Finance,insurance and real
.estate
Services (12-20)
V 12 .Private household
Miscellaneous services
V 13 .Business and repair
V 14 .Personal services, except
.private household
V 15 .Entertainment
Professional and related services
V 16 .Hospital
V 17 .Medical, except hospital
V 18 .Educational
V 19 .Social services
V 20 .Other professional
V 21 .Forestry and fisheries
V 22 .Public administration
V 23 .Armed Forces
D A-DTIND 2 157 (00:51)
Detailed industry recode
See Appendix A2 for list of legal codes
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
D A-MJOCC 2 159 (00:15)
Major occupation code
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 00 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
Managerial and professional
V 01 .Executive, admin. and managerial
V 02 .Professional specialty
Technical, sales and admin. support
V 03 .Technicians and related support
V 04 .Sales
V 05 .Administrative support, incl.
.clerical
Service
V 06 .Private household
V 07 .Protective service
V 08 .Other service
V 09 .Precision production, craft and
.repair
Operators, fabricators and laborers
V 10 .Machine operators, assemblers and
.inspectors
V 11 .Transportation and material moving
V 12 .Handlers, equip. cleaners, etc.
V 13 .Farming, forestry and fishing
V 14 .Armed Forces
V 15 .No previous experience - never
.worked
D A-DTOCC 2 161 (00:46)
Detailed occupation recode
See Appendix B2 for list of legal codes
U A-CLSWKR = 1-7
V 00 .Not in universe for children
.or Armed Forces
D A-ERNEL 1 163 (0:1)
Earnings eligibility flag
U All persons
V 0 .Not earnings eligible
V 1 .Earnings eligible
D A-RCOW 1 164 (0:7)
Class of worker recode
U All persons V 0 .Not in universe or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Private
V 2 .Federal
V 3 .State
V 4 .Local
V 5 .Self-employment-
.unincorporated
V 6 .Without pay
V 7 .Never worked
Edited Work Experience Items - All Persons 15+ Years
The following items are from the March
supplement 665 questionnaire
Edited work experience items -
all persons 15+ years
D WORKYN 1 165 (0:2)
Item 29A
Did ... work at a job or business at any
time during 19..
U All persons 0 .Not in universe or children
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WTEMP 1 166 (0:2)
Item 29B
Did ... do any temporary, part-time,
or seasonal work even for a few days
during 19..
U WORKYN = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D NWLOOK 1 167 (0:2)
Item 30
Even though ... did not work in 19..
did spend any time trying to find
a job or on layoff
U WTEMP = 2
V 0 .Not in universe or children
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D NWLKWK 2 168 (00:52)
Item 31
How may different weeks was ... looking
for work or on layoff
U WTEMP = 2
V 00 .Not in universe or children
V 01 .1 week
...
V 52 .52 weeks
D RSNNOTW 1 170 (0:6)
Item 32
What was the main reason ... did not
work in 19..
U WTEMP = 2
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Ill or disabled
V 2 .Retired
V 3 .Taking care of home or family
V 4 .Going to school
V 5 .Could not find work
V 6 .Other
D WKSWORK 2 171 (00:52)
Item 33
During 19.. in how many weeks did ...
work even for a few hours?
Include paid vacation and sick leave
as work
U WORKYN = 1 or WTEMP = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .1 week
...
V 52 .52 weeks
D WKCHECK 1 173 (0:3)
Item 34
Interviewer check item - number of
weeks in item 33 is
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1-49 weeks
V 2 .50-51 weeks
V 3 .52 weeks
D LOSEWKS 1 174 (0:2)
Item 35
Did ... lose any full weeks of work in
19.. because was on layoff
from a job or lost a job
U WKSWORK = 50, 51
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D LKNONE 1 175 (0:1)
Item 36
You said... worked about (entry in
item 33) weeks in 19..
How many of the remaining (52 minus
entry in item 33) weeks was ... looking
for work or on layoff from a job
U WKSWORK = 1-49
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .No weeks looking for work
.or on layoff
D LKWEEKS 2 176 (00:51)
Item 36
How many weeks was ... looking for
work or on layoff from a job
U WKSWORK = 1-49
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .01 weeks
...
V 51 .51 weeks
D LKSTRCH 1 178 (0:3)
Item 37
Were the (entry in item 36) weeks ...
was looking for work (or on layoff)
all in one stretch
U Entry in LKWEEKS
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes, 1 stretch
V 2 .No, 2 stretches
V 3 .No, 3 plus stretches
D PYRSN 1 179 (0:6)
Item 38
What was the main reason ... was not
working or looking for work in the
remaining weeks of 19..
U Sum of entries in WKSWORK and LKWEEKS
add to a number less
than 52
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Ill or disabled
V 2 .Taking care of home
V 3 .Going to school
V 4 .Retired
V 5 .No work available
V 6 .Other
D PHMEMPRS 1 180 (0:3)
Item 39
For how many employers did ... work
in 19..? If more than one at same
time, only count it as one employer
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .1 employer
V 2 .2
V 3 .3 plus
D HRSWK 2 181 (00:99)
Item 40
In the weeks that ... worked how may
hours did ... usually work per week
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .1 hour
...
V 99 .99 hours plus
D HRCHECK 1 183 (0:2)
Item 41
Interviewer check item - number
of hours in item 41 is
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Part-time (1-34)
V 2 .Full-time (35+)
D PTYN 1 184 (0:2)
Item 42
Did ... work less than 35 hours for
at least one week in 19..?
Exclude time off with pay because of
holidays, vacation, days off, or
sickness
U HRCHECK = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D PTWEEKS 2 185 (00:52)
Item 43
How many weeks did ... work less
than 35 hours in 19..
U PTYN = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .1 week
...
V 52 .52 weeks
D PTRSN 1 187 (0:4)
Item 44
What was the main reason ... worked
less than 35 hours per week
U PTYN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Could only find part time job
V 2 .Wanted part time
V 3 .Slack work
V 4 .Other
D FILLER 1 188
Blank Filler
D LJCW 1 189 (0:7)
Item 46E
Class of worker
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Private
V 2 .Federal
V 3 .State
V 4 .Local
V 5 .Self-employed incorporated, yes
V 6 .Self-employed incorporated, no
.or farm
V 7 .Without pay
D INDUSTRY 3 190 (000:991)
Item 46B
Industry of longest job
See Industry Code Appendix A1 for list
of legal codes
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 000 .Not in universe
V 010-991 .Industry code
D OCCUP 3 193 (000:905)
Item 46C
Occupation of longest job
See Industry Code Appendix B1 for list
of legal codes
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 000 .Not in universe or children
V 003-905 .Occupation code
Work Experience Recodes
D WEXP 2 196 (00:13)
Recode - Worker/nonworker recode -
full/part-time worker
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 00 .Not in universe
Worked full-time
V 01 .50 to 52 weeks
V 02 .48 to 49 weeks
V 03 .40 to 47 weeks
V 04 .27 to 39 weeks
V 05 .14 to 26 weeks
V 06 .13 weeks or less
Worked part-time
V 07 .50 to 52 weeks
V 08 .48 to 49 weeks
V 09 .40 to 47 weeks
V 10 .27 to 39 weeks
V 11 .14 to 26 weeks
V 12 .13 weeks or less
V 13 .Nonworker
D WEWKRS 1 198 (0:5)
Recode - Worker/nonworker recode -
weeks worked last year
V 0 .Not in universe
Full year worker
V 1 .Full-time
V 2 .Part-time
Part year worker
V 3 .Full-time
V 4 .Part-time
V 5 .Nonworker
D WELKNW 1 199 (0:7)
Recode - Worker/nonworker recode -
weeks looking for nonworkers
V 0 .Children
V 1 .None (not looking for work) .
V 2 .1 to 4 weeks looking
V 3 .5 to 14 weeks looking
V 4 .15 to 26 weeks looking
V 5 .27 to 39 weeks looking
V 6 .40 or more weeks looking
V 7 .Workers
D WEUEMP 1 200 (0:9)
Recode - Worker/nonworker recode -
part year worker weeks looking
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .None
V 2 .1 to 4 weeks
V 3 .5 to 10 weeks
V 4 .11 to 14 weeks
V 5 .15 to 26 weeks
V 6 .27 to 39 weeks
V 7 .40 or more weeks
V 8 .Full year worker
V 9 .Nonworker
D EARNER 1 201 (0:2)
Recode - Earner status of longest job
U PEARNVAL NE 0
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Earner
V 2 .Nonearner
D CLWK 1 202 (0:5)
Recode - Longest job class of
worker recode .
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Private (includes self-
.employment, inc.)
V 2 .Government
V 3 .Self-employed
V 4 .Without pay
V 5 .Never worked
D WECLW 1 203 (0:9)
Recode - Longest job class of worker
U WKSWORK = 1+
V 0 .Not in universe
Agriculture
V 1 .Wage and salary
V 2 .Self-employed
V 3 .Unpaid
Nonagriculture
V 4 .Private household
V 5 .Other private
V 6 .Government
V 7 .Self-employed
V 8 .Unpaid
V 9 .Never worked
D POCCU2 2 204 (00:53)
Recode - Occupation of longest job
by detailed groups
U WKSWORK = 1
V 00 .Children
Managerial and professional specialty
occupations
Executive, administrative, and
managerial occupations
V 01 .Officials and administrators,
.public administration
Managers and administrators
except public administration
V 03 .Salaried
V 04 .Self-employed
V 05 .Management related occupations
V 06 .Accountants and auditors
Professional specialty occupations
V 07 .Engineers: Architects, and
V .surveyors
V 08 .Engineers
V 09 .Natural scientists and
.mathematicians
V 10 .Computer systems analysts and
.scientists
V 11 .Health diagnosing occupations
V 12 .Physicians and dentists
V 13 .Health assessment and treating
.occuptions
V 14 .Teachers, librarians, and
.counselors
V 15 .Teachers, except postsecondary
V 16 .Other professional specialty
.occupations
Technical: sales, and administrative
support occupations
V 17 .Health technologists and
.technicians
V 18 .Engineering and science
.technicians
V 19 .Technicians, except health,
.engineering, and science
.Sales occupations
V 20 .Supervisors and proprietors,
Sales occupations
V 21 .Sales representatives,
.commodities and finance
V 22 .Other sales occupations
Administrative support occupations,
including clerical
V 23 .Computer equipment operators
V 24 .Secretaries, stenographers,
.and typists
V 25 .Financial records processing
.occupations
V 26 .Other administrative support
.occupations,including clerical
Service occupations
V 27 .Private household occupations
V 28 .Service occupations, except
.protective and household
V 29 .Food services occupations
V 30 .Health service occupations
V 31 .Cleaning and building service
.occupations
V 32 .Personal service occupations
Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations
V 33 .Farm operators and managers
V 34 .Farm occupations, except
.managerial
V 35 .Related agricultural occupations
V 36 .Forestry and fishing occupations
Precision production: craft, and repair
occupations
V 37 .Mechanics and repairers
V 38 .Construction trades and
.extractive occupations
V 39 .Carpenters
Precision production occupations
V 40 .Supervisors, production
.occupations
V 41 .Precision metal working
.occupations
V 42 .Other precision production
.occupations
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors
V 43 .Machine operators and tenders
.except precision
V 44 .Fabricators, assemblers, and
.hand working occupations
V 45 .Production inspectors, testers,
.samplers, and weighers
V 46 .Transportation occupations
V 47 .Material moving equipment
.operators
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers and laborers
V 48 .Construction laborers
V 49 .Freight, stock and material
.handlers
V 50 .Other specified handlers,
.equipment cleaners and helpers
V 51 .Laborers, except construction
V 52 .Armed Forces - currently
.civilian
V 53 .Never worked
D WEMOCG 2 206 (00:15)
Recode - Occupation of longest job
by major groups
U WORKYN = 1
V 00 .Children
Managerial and professional specialty
occupations
V 01 .Executive, administrative, and
.managerial occupations
V 02 .Professional specialty
.occupations
Technical, sales, and administrative
support occupations
V 03 .Technicians and related
.support occupations
V 04 .Sales occupations
V 05 .Administrative support
.occupations, including clerical
.service occupations
V 06 .Private household occupations
V 07 .Protective service occupations
V 08 .Service occupations, except
.household and protective
V 09 .Farming, forestry, and fishing
.occupations
V 10 .Precision production: craft,
.and repair occupations
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
V 11 .Machine operators, assemblers,
.and inspectors
V 12 .Transportation and material
.moving occupations
V 13 .Handlers, equipment cleaners,
.helpers, and laborers
V 14 .Armed Forces - currently
.civilian
V 15 .Never worked
D WEIND 2 208 (00:47)
Recode - Industry of longest job by
detailed groups
U WORKYN = 1
V 00 .Children
V 01 .Agriculture
V 02 .Mining
V 03 .Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
V 04 .Lumber and wood products,
.except furniture
V 05 .Furniture and fixtures
V 06 .Stone, clay, glass, concrete
.products
Metal industries
V 07 .Primary metals
V 08 .Fabricated metals
V 09 .Not specified metal industries
V 10 .Machinery, except electrical
V 11 .Electrical machinery,
.equipment, supplies
Transportation equipment
V 12 .Motor vehicles and equipment
Other transportation equipment
V 13 .Aircraft and parts
V 14 .Other transportation equipment
V 15 .Professional and photo
.equipment, watches
V 16 .Toys, amusements, and sporting
.goods
V 17 .Miscellaneous and not specified
.manufacting, industry
Nondurable goods
V 18 .Food and kindred products
V 19 .Tobacco manufactures
V 20 .Textile mill products
V 21 .Apparel and other finished
.textile products
V 22 .Paper and allied products
V 23 .Printing, publishing, and
.allied industry
V 24 .Chemicals and allied products
V 25 .Petroleum and coal products
V 26 .Rubber and miscellaneous
.plastics products
V 27 .Leather and leather products
Transportation: communications, and
other public utilities
V 28 .Transportation
Communication and other public utilities
V 29 .Communication
V 30 .Utilities and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
V 31 .Wholesale trade
V 32 .Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
V 33 .Banking and other finance
V 34 .Insurance and real estate
Service
V 35 .Private household
Miscellaneous services
Business and repair services
V 36 .Business services
V 37 .Repair services
V 38 .Personal service except
.private household
V 39 .Entertainment and recreation
.services
Professional and related services
V 40 .Hospitals
V 41 .Health services, except
.hospitals
V 42 .Educational services
V 43 .Social services
V 44 .Other professional services
V 45 .Forestry and fisheries
V 46 .Public administration
V 47 .Never worked
D WEMIND 2 210 (00:15)
Recode - Industry of longest job by
major industry group
U WORKYN = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Agriculture, forestry, and
.fisheries
V 02 .Mining
V 03 .Construction
Manufacturing
V 04 .Durable goods
V 05 .Nondurable goods
V 06 .Transportation, communications
.and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
V 07 .Wholesale trade
V 08 .Retail trade
V 09 .Finance, insurance, and
.real estate
V 10 .Business and repair services
Personal services
V 11 .Personal services, including
.private households
V 12 .Entertainment and recreation
.services
V 13 .Professional and related
.services
V 14 .Public administration
V 15 .Never worked
D FILLER2 2 212
Blank Filler
Edited Migration Items Persons 1+ Years
D MIGSAME 1 214 (0:2)
Item 54
Was ... living in this house 1 year ago
V 0 .Not in universe under 1 years
.old
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D GRIN-REG 1 215 (0:5)
Recode - Region of previous residence
U MIGSAME = 2
V 0 .Not in universe under 1 year
.old/nonmover
V 1 .Northeast
.Maine
.New Hampshire
.Vermont
.Massachusetts
.Rhode Island
.Connecticut
.New York
.New Jersey
.Pennsylvania
V 2 .Midwest
.Ohio
.Indiana
.Illinois
.Michigan
.Wisconsin
.Minnesota
.Iowa
.Missouri
.North Dakota
.South Dakota
.Nebraska
.Kansas
V 3 .South
.Delaware
.Maryland
.District of Columbia
.Virginia
.West Virginia
.North Carolina
.South Carolina
.Georgia
.Florida
.Kentucky
.Tennessee
.Alabama
.Mississippi
.Arkansas
.Louisiana
.Oklahoma
.Texas
V 4 .West
.Montana
.Idaho
.Wyoming
.Colorado
.New Mexico
.Arizona
.Utah
.Nevada
.Washington
.Oregon
.California
.Alaska
.Hawaii
V 5 .Abroad
D GRIN-ST 2 216 (00:56)
Recode - FIPS State Code from the
Grin file
U MIGSAME = 2
V 00 .Not in universe, nonmover
V 01 .Alabama
V 02 .Alaska
V 04 .Arizona
V 05 .Arkansas
V 06 .California
V 08 .Colorado
V 09 .Connecticut
V 10 .Delaware
V 11 .District of Columbia
V 12 .Florida
V 13 .Georgia
V 15 .Hawaii
V 16 .Idaho
V 17 .Illinois
V 18 .Indiana
V 19 .Iowa
V 20 .Kansas
V 21 .Kentucky
V 22 .Louisiana
V 23 .Maine
V 24 .Maryland
V 25 .Massachusetts
V 26 .Michigan
V 27 .Minnesota
V 28 .Mississippi
V 29 .Missouri
V 30 .Montana
V 31 .Nebraska
V 32 .Nevada
V 33 .New Hampshire
V 34 .New Jersey
V 35 .New Mexico
V 36 .New York
V 37 .North Carolina
V 38 .North Dakota
V 39 .Ohio
V 40 .Oklahoma
V 41 .Oregon
V 42 .Pennsylvania
V 44 .Rhode Island
V 45 .South Carolina
V 46 .South Dakota
V 47 .Tennessee
V 48 .Texas
V 49 .Utah
V 50 .Vermont
V 51 .Virginia
V 53 .Washington
V 54 .West Virginia
V 55 .Wisconsin
V 56 .Wyoming
V 96 .Abroad
Migration Recodes
D MIG-MTR1 2 218 (01:09)
Migration recode
U MIGSAME = 2
V 01 .Nonmover
V 02 .MSA to MSA
V 03 .MSA to nonMSA
V 04 .NonMSA to MSA
V 05 .NonMSA to nonMSA
V 06 .Abroad to MSA
V 07 .Abroad to nonMSA
V 08 .Not in universe
.(children under 1 year old)
V 09 .Not identifiable
D MIG-MTR3 1 220 (1:9)
Migration recode
U MIGSAME = 2
V 1 .Nonmover
V 2 .Same county
V 3 .Different county, same state
V 4 .Different state, same division
V 5 .Different division, same region
V 6 .Different region
V 7 .Abroad
V 8 .Not in universe (children
.under 1 yr old)
V 9 .Not identifiable
D MIG-MTR4 2 221 (01:10)
Migration recode
U MIGSAME = 2
V 01 .Nonmover
V 02 .Same county
V 03 .Different county, same state
V 04 .Different state in Northeast
V 05 .Different state in Midwest
V 06 .Different state in South
V 07 .Different state in West
V 08 .Abroad
V 09 .Not in universe (children
.under 1 year old)
V 10 .Not identifiable
D MIGSUN 1 223 (1:3)
Migration recode
Previous residence in sunbelt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Clark county only
California (if in the following
counties: Imperial, Kern,
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside,
San Bernardino, San Diego,
Santa Barbara, and Ventura)
U MIGSAME = 2
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
V 3 .Not in universe
.(children less than 1 or
.nonmover)
D GRN-PLAC 1 224 (0:4)
Item 55A
Metropolitan statistical area status
description of residence last year
U MIGSAME = 2
V 0 .Not in universe, nonmover
V 1 .MSA
V 2 .Non MSA
V 3 .Abroad
4 .Not identifiable
D PLACDSCP 1 225 (0:5)
Item 55A
Place description of residence last year
U MIGSAME = 2
V 0 .Not in universe, nonmover
V 1 .Central city
V 2 .MSA/PMSA balance
V 3 .Non MSA/PMSA
V 4 .Abroad
V 5 .Not identifiable
D NOEMP 1 226 (0:5)
Item 47
At this job about how many people
were employed by ...'s employer at
the location where ... worked?
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Under 25
V 2 .25 - 99
V 3 .100 - 499
V 4 .500 - 999
V 5 .1000+
Edited and Allocated Income Fields
Source of Income - Earnings
D ERN-YN 1 227 (0:2)
Earnings from longest job recode
Earnings from employer or net earnings
from business/ farm after expenses from
longest job during 19..
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
Items 48A through 49B -
Persons 15+ years
D ERN-VAL 6 228 (-9999:99999)
Item 48A and B
How much did ... earn from this
employer before deductions in 19..
What was ... net earnings from this
business/ farm after expenses
during 19..
U ERN-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V-9999-99999 .Wages and self-employment
D ERN-SRCE 1 234 (0:4)
Earnings recode
Source of earnings from longest job.
U ERN-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Wage and salary
V 2 .Self-employment
V 3 .Farm self-employment
V 4 .Without pay
D ERN-OTR 1 235 (0:2)
Item 49A
Did ... earn money from other work
he/she did during 19..
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WAGEOTR 1 236 (0:2)
Item 49B
Other wage and salary earnings
U ERN-OTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WS-VAL 5 237 (00000:99999)
Item 49B
Other wage and salary earnings
U ERN-OTR =1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Wage and salary
99999 .
D WSAL-YN 1 242 (0:2)
Recode
Any wage and salary earnings in
ERN-YN or WAGEOTR
U ERN-YN = 1 or WAGEOTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WSAL-VAL 6 243 (000000:199998)
Recode - Total wage and salary earnings
(Combined amounts in ERN-VAL, if
ERN-SRCE=1, and WS-VAL
U ERN-YN = 1 or WAGEOTR = 1
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V 000001-.Wage and salary
199998 .
D SEOTR 1 249 (0:2)
Item 49B
Other work - Own business
self-employment
U ERN-OTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SE-VAL 5 250 (-9999:99999)
Item 49B
Other work - own business
self-employment earnings
U ERN-OTR = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V -9999-99999.Own business self employment
D SEMP-YN 1 255 (0:2)
Recode - Any own business
self-employment in ERN-YN or SEOTR
U ERN-YN = 1 or SEOTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SEMP-VAL 6 256 (-9999:199998)
Total own business self-employment
earnings (Combined amounts in ERN-VAL,
if ERN-SRCE=2, and SE-VAL)
U ERN-YN =1 or SEOTR = 1
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V -9999- .Own business self employment
V 199998 .
D FRMOTR 1 262 (0:2)
Item 49B
Farm self-employment
U ERN-OTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FRM-VAL 5 263 (-9999:99999)
Item 49B
Farm self-employment earnings
U ERN-OTR = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V -9999- .Farm self-employment
99999 .
D FRSE-YN 1 268 (0:2)
Any own farm self-employment in
ERN-YN or FRMOTR
U ERN-YN = 1 or FRMOTR = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FRSE-VAL 6 269 (-9999:199998)
Recode - Total amount of farm
self-employment earnings
(Combined amounts in ERN-VAL, if
ERN-SRCE=3, and FRM-VAL
U ERN-YN = 1 or FRMOTR = 1
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V -9999- .Farm self employment
V 199998 .
Source of Income - Unemployment Compensation
D UC-YN 1 275 (0:2)
Item 52A
At any time during 19.. did ... receive
any state or federal unemployment
compensation
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SUBUC 1 276 (0:2)
Item 52A
At any time during 19.. did ... receive
any supplemental unemployment benefits
U UC-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D STRKUC 1 277 (0:2)
Item 52A
At any time during 19.. did ... receive
any union unemployment or strike benefits
U UC-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D UC-VAL 5 278 (00000:99999)
Item 52B
How much did ... receive in unemployment
benefits during 19..
U UC-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Unemployment compensation
V 99999.
Source of Income - Worker's Compensation
D WC-YN 1 283 (0:2)
Item 53A
During 19.. did ... receive any
worker's compensation payments or
other payments as a result of a
job related injury or illness
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WC-TYPE 1 284 (0:4)
Item 53B
What was source of these payments
U WC-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .State workers compensation
V 2 .Employer or employers insurance
V 3 .Own insurance
V 4 .Other
D WC-VAL 5 285 (00000:99999)
Item 53C
How much compensation did ... receive
during 19..
U WC-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Worker's compensation
V 99999 .
Source of Income - Social Security Income
D SS-YN 1 290 (0:2)
Item 56B
Did ... receive S.S.
U HSS-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SS-VAL 5 291 (00000:29999)
Item 56C
How much did ... receive in Social
Security payments during 19..
U SS-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001-
V 29999 .Social Security
Source of Income - Supplemental Security Income
D SSI-YN 1 296 (0:2)
Item 57B
Did ... receive SSI
U HSSI-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SSI-VAL 4 297 (0000:9999)
Item 57C
How much did ... receive in supplemental
security income during 19..
U SSI-YN = 1
V 0000 .None or not in universe
V 0001-9999 .Supplemental security income
Source of Income - Public Assistance or Welfare
D PAW-YN 1 301 (0:2)
Item 59B
Did ... receive public assistance
U HPAW-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D PAW-TYP 1 302 (0:3)
Item 59C
Did ... receive AFDC or some other type
of assistance
U PAW-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .AFCD (ADC)
V 2 .Other
V 3 .Both
D PAW-MON 2 303 (00:12)
Item 59D
In how many months of 19.. did ...
receive public assistance payment
U PAW-YN = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .One
...
V 12 .Twelve
D PAW-VAL 5 305 (00000:19999)
Item 59E
How much did ... receive in public
assistance or welfare during 19..
U PAW-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Public assistance income
19999 .
Source of Income - Veterans' Administration Benefits
D VET-YN 1 310 (0:2)
Item 60B
Did ... receive veterans' payments
U HVET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
VET-TYP1 throught VET-TYP5
What type of veterans payments
did .... receive
D VET-TYP1 1 311 (0:2)
Item 60C
Disability Compensation
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-TYP2 1 312 (0:2)
Item 60C
Survivor Benefits
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-TYP3 1 313 (0:2)
Item 60C
Veterans' Pension
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-TYP4 1 314 (0:2)
Item 60C
Education assistance
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-TYP5 1 315 (0:2)
Item 60C
Other Veterans' payments
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-QVA 1 316 (0:2)
Item 60D
Is ... required to fill out an
annual income questionnaire for
the Veterans' Administration
U VET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D VET-VAL 5 317 (00000:29999)
Item 60E
How much did ... receive from
Veteran's Administration during 19..
U VET-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 1-29999 = Veterans' payments
Source of Income - Survivor's Income
D SUR-YN 1 322 (0:2)
Item 61B
Other than Social Security or
VA benefits did ... receive and income
in 19.. from survivor or widow's
pensions, estates, trusts, annuities
or any other survivors benefits
U HSUR-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D SUR-SC1 2 323 (00:10)
Item 61C
What was the source of this income
Survivor's income - source 1
U SUR-YN = 1
V 00 .None or not in universe
V 01 .Company or union survivor
.pension
V 02 .Federal government
V 03 .US Military Retirement
.survivor pension
V 04 .State or local gov't survivor
.pension
V 05 .US Railroad Retirement
.survivor pension
V 06 .Worker's Compensation survivor
V 07 .Not used
V 08 .Regular payments from estates
.or trusts
V 09 .Regular payments from annuities or
.paid-up life insurance
V 10 .Other or don't know
D SUR-SC2 2 325 (00:10)
Item 61D
Any other pension or retirement income
Survivor's income - source 2
(See source types in SUR-SC1 above)
U SUR-YN = 1
D SUR-VAL1 5 327 (00000:99999)
Item 61E
How much did ... receive from source 1
(See SUR-SC1) during 19..
Survivor's income - source 1
U SUR-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001-
V 99999 .Survivor's income - source 1
D SUR-VAL2 5 332 (00000:99999)
Item 61G
How much did ... receive from source 2
(See SUR-SC2) during 19..
Survivor's income - source 2
U SUR-SC2 = 1+
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001-
V 99999 .Survivor's income - source 1
D SRVS-VAL 6 337 (000000:199998)
Recode total amount of survivor's
income received
(Combined amounts in SUR-VAL1 and
SUR-VAL2)
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V 000001- .Survivor's income
199998 .
Source of Income - Disability Income
D DIS-HP 1 343 (0:2)
Item 62B
Does ... have a health problem or a
disability which prevents him/her from
working or which limits the kind or
amount of work
U HDIS-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D DIS-CS 1 344 (0:2)
Item 62C
Did ... retire or leave a job for
health reasons
U HDIS-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D DIS-YN 1 345 (0:2)
Item 64B
Other than social security or
VA benefits did ... receive
any income in 19.. as a result of
health problems
U DIS-HP = 1 or DIS-CS = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D DIS-SC1 2 346 (00:10)
Item 64C
What was the source of income
disability income - source 1
U DIS-YN = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Worker's compensation
V 02 .Company or union disability
V 03 .Federal government disability
V 04 .US Military Retirement Disability
V 05 .State or local gov't employee
.disability
V 06 .US Railroad Retirement Disability
V 07 .Accident or disability insurance
V 08 .Not used
V 09 .Not used
V 10 .Other or don't know
D DIS-SC2 2 348 (00:10)
Item 64C
Any other disability income
Disability income - source 2
(see DIS-SC1 for sources of disability)
U DIS-YN = 1
D DIS-VAL1 5 350 (00000:99999)
Item 64E
How much did ... receive from source 1
(See DIS-SC1) during 19..
U DIS-SC1 = 1+
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Disability income
99999 .
D DIS-VAL2 5 355 (00000:99999)
Item 64G
How much did ... receive from source 2
(See DIS-SC2) during 19..
U DIS-SC2 = 1+
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Disability income
99999 .
D DSAB-VAL 6 360 (000000:199998)
Recode total amount of disability
income received (Combined amounts in
DIS-VAL1 and DIS-VAL2)
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V 000001- .Disability income
199998 .
Source of Income - Retirement Income
D RET-YN 1 366 (0:2)
Item 65B
Other than Social Security or VA
benefits, did ... receive
any pension or retirement income
U HRET-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D RET-SC1 1 367 (0:8)
Item 65C
What was the source of retirement
income
Retirement income - source 1
U RET-YN = 1
V 0 .None or not in universe
V 1 .Company or union pension
V 2 .Federal government retirement
V 3 .US military retirement
V 4 .State or local government
.retirement
V 5 .US Railroad Retirement
V 6 .Regular payments from annuities
.or paid insurance policies
V 7 .Regular payments from IRA or
.KEOGH accounts
V 8 .Other sources or don't know
D RET-SC2 1 368 (0:8)
Item 65C
Any other retirement income
Retirement income - source 2
(see RET-SC1 for sources of
retirement)
U RET-YN = 1
D RET-VAL1 5 369 (00000:99999)
Item 65E
How much did ... receive from source
type 1 (see RET-SC1) during 19..
U RET-SC1 = 1+
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Retirement income
99999 .
D RET-VAL2 5 374 (00000:99999)
Item 65G
How much did ... receive from
source type 2 (see RET-SC1) during 19..
U RET-SC2 = 1+
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001-99999 = retirement income
D RTM-VAL 6 379 (000000:199998)
Recode total amount of retirement
income received (combined amounts in
RET-VAL1 and RET-VAL2)
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V 000001- .Retirement income
199998 .
Source of Income - Interest Income
D INT-YN 1 385 (0:2)
Item 66B
Did ... receive Interest
U HINT-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D INT-VAL 5 386 (00000:99999)
Item 66C
How much did ... receive in interest
from these sources during 19..,
including small amounts credited to
accounts
U INT-YN = 1
V 000000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Interest income
99999 .
Source of Income - Dividends Income
D DIV-YN 1 391 (0:2)
Item 67B
Did ... receive dividends
U HDIV-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D DIV-NON 1 392 (0:1)
Item 67C
No dividends received
U DIV-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .None
D DIV-VAL 5 393 (00000:99999)
Item 67C
How much did ... receive in dividends
from stocks (mutual funds) during 19..
U DIV-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Dividends
99999 .
Source of Income - Rent Income
D RNT-YN 1 398 (0:2)
Item 68B
Did ... receive rental income
U HRNT-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D RNT-VAL 5 399 (-9999:99999)
Item 68C
How much did ... receive in income
from rent after expenses during 19..
U RNT-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V -9999- .Rental income
99999 .
Source of Income - Education Assistance
D ED-YN 1 404 (0:2)
Item 69C
Did ... receive educational assistance
U HED-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D OED-TYP1 1 405 (0:2)
Item 69D(1) and (2)
Source of educational assistance
government assistance
U ED-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D OED-TYP2 1 406 (0:2)
Item 69D(3)
Source of educational assistance
scholarships, grants etc. from the school
U ED-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D OED-TYP3 1 407 (0:2)
Item 69D(4)
Source of educational assistance
other assistance(employers
friends, etc.)
U ED-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D ED-VAL 5 408 (00000:99999)
Item 69H
Total amount of educational
assistance received
U ED-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Educational assistance
99999 .
D FILLER 1 413
Blank Filler
Source of Income - Child support
D CSP-YN 1 414 (0:2)
Item 70B
Did ... receive child support payments
U HCSP-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D CSP-VAL 5 415 (00000:99999)
Item 70C
How much did ... receive in child
support payments
U CSP-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Child support
99999 .
Source of Income - Alimony
D ALM-YN 1 420 (0:2)
Item 71B
Did ... receive alimony payments
U HALM-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D ALM-VAL 5 421 (00000:99999)
Item 71C
How much did ... receive in alimony
income during 19..
U ALM-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Alimony income
99999 .
Source of Income - Financial Assistance
D FIN-YN 1 426 (0:2)
Item 72B
Did ... receive financial assistance
U HFIN-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D FIN-VAL 5 427 (00000:99999)
Item 72C
How much did ... receive in financial
assistance income during 19..
U FIN-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Financial assistance income
99999 .
Source of Income - Other Income
D OI-OFF 2 432 (00:19)
Item 73C
U OI-YN = 1
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Social Security
V 02 .Private pensions
V 03 .AFDC
V 04 .Other public assistance
V 05 .Interest
V 06 .Dividends
V 07 .Rents or royalties
V 08 .Estates or trusts
V 09 .State disability payments
.(worker's compensation)
V 10 .Disabilty payments (own insur.)
V 11 .Unemployment compensation
V 12 .Strike benefits
V 13 .Annuities or paid up insurance
.policies
V 14 .Not income
V 15 .Longest job
V 16 .Wages or salary
V 17 .Nonfarm self-employment
V 18 .Farm self-employment
V 19 .Anything else
D OI-YN 1 434 (0:2)
Item 73B
Did ... receive other income
U HOI-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D OI-VAL 5 435 (00000:99999)
Item 73D
How much did ... receive in other
incomes
U OI-YN = 1
V 00000 .None or not in universe
V 00001- .Other income
99999 .
Summary Income Values by Type
D PTOTVAL 8 440 (-389961:599994)
Recode - Total persons income
(PEARNVAL and POTHVAL)
V 0 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D PEARNVAL 8 448 (-389961:299997)
Recode - Total persons earnings
(WSAL-VAL,SEMP-VAL,FRSE-VAL)
V 0 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D FILLER 1 456
Blank Filler
D POTHVAL 8 457 (-389961:299997)
Recode - Total other persons income
(all income except PEARNVAL)
V 0 .None
V Neg Amt .Income (loss)
V Pos Amt .Income
D FL-665 1 465 (0:3)
U All persons
V 0 .No 665 person match
V 1 .665 person match
V 2 .Non-interview 665 matched to
V .CPS household
V 3 .Match not enough data
Person Recodes
D PTOT-R 2 466 (00:41)
Recode - Total person income recode
V 00 .Not in universe
V 01 .Under $2,500
V 02 .$2,500 to $4,999
V 03 .$5,000 to $7,499
V 04 .$7,500 to $9,999
V 05 .$10,000 to $12,499
V 06 .$12,500 to $14,999
V 07 .$15,000 to $17,499
V 08 .$17,500 to $19,999
V 09 .$20,000 to $22,499
V 10 .$22,500 to $24,999
V 11 .$25,000 to $27,499
V 12 .$27,500 to $29,999
V 13 .$30,000 to $32,499
V 14 .$32,500 to $34,999
V 15 .$35,000 to $37,499
V 16 .$37,500 to $39,999
V 17 .$40,000 to $42,499
V 18 .$42,500 to $44,999
V 19 .$45,000 to $47,499
V 20 .$47,500 to $49,999
V 21 .$50,000 to $52,499
V 22 .$52,500 to $54,999
V 23 .$55,000 to $57,499
V 24 .$57,500 to $59,999
V 25 .$60,000 to $62,499
V 26 .$62,500 to $64,999
V 27 .$65,000 to $67,499
V 28 .$67,500 to $69,999
V 29 .$70,000 to $72,499
V 30 .$72,500 to $74,999
V 31 .$75,000 to $77,499
V 32 .$77,500 to $79,999
V 33 .$80,000 to $82,499
V 34 .$82,500 to $84,999
V 35 .$85,000 to $87,499
V 36 .$87,500 to $89,999
V 37 .$90,000 to $92,499
V 38 .$92,500 to $94,999
V 39 .$95,000 to $97,499
V 40 .$97,500 to $99,999
V 41 .$100,000 and over
D PERLIS 1 468 (1:4)
Recode - Low-income level of persons
(subfamily members have primary
family recode)
V 1 .Below low-income level
V 2 .100 - 124 percent of the
.low-income level
V 3 .125 - 149 percent of the
.low-income level
V 4 .150 percent and above the
.low-income level
Edited Noncash Benefit Items - All Persons
D MCARE 1 469 (1:2)
Item 74B
Was ... covered by Medicare
U HMCARE = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
.(Children under 15)
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D MCAID 1 470 (1:2)
(See CH-MC for additional
coverage of children < 15)
Item 74D
Was ... covered by Medicaid
U HMCAID = 1
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D CHAMP 1 471 (1:2)
Item 74F
Was ... covered by CHAMPUS, VA, or
military health care
U HCHAMP = 1
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HI-YN 1 472 (0:2)
Item 75B
Was ... covered by private health
insurance plan
U HHI-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIOWN 1 473 (0:2)
Item 75C
Was this health insurance plan coverage
in ...'s own nam
U HI-YN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIEMP 1 474 (0:2)
Item 75D
Was this health insurance plan
offered through ...'s current or former
employer or union
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIPAID 1 475 (0:3)
Item 75E
Did ...'s employer or union pay for
all, part, or none of the cost of
this health plan
U HIEMP = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .All
V 2 .Part
V 3 .None
HIELSE1 through HIELSE5
Other than ... who else in this
household was covered by this health
insurance policy
D HIELSE1 1 476 (0:2)
Item 75F
Spouse
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIELSE2 1 477 (0:2)
Item 75F
Children in household
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIELSE3 1 478 (0:2)
Item 75F
Children not in household
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIELSE4 1 479 (0:2)
Item 75F
Other
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D HIELSE5 1 480 (0:2)
Item 75F
Self only (No one else)
U HIOWN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D WRK-CK 1 481 (0:2)
Item 76
Interviewer check item
worked last year
U WORKYN = 1 or WTEMP = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D PENPLAN 1 482 (0:2)
Item 76A
Other than Social Security did the
employer or union that ... worked for
in 19.. have a pension or other
type of retirement plan for any of the
employees
U WRK-CK = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D PENINCL 1 483 (0:2)
Item 76B
Was ... included in that plan
U PENPLAN = 1
V 0 .Not in universe
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D COV-GH 1 484 (1:2)
(See CH-HI = 2 for additional
coverage of children < 15)
Recode - Includes dependents included
in group health
U All persons
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D COV-HI 1 485 (1:2)
(See CH-HI = 1 for additional
coverage of children < 15)
Recode - Includes dependents covered
by private health insurance
U All persons
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D CH-MC 1 486 (0:2)
Item 80
Recode - Child covered by Medicare or
Medicaid. (Is interpreted in Census
Bureau tabulations as Medicaid.)
U A-AGE less than 15
V 0 .Not child's record
V 1 .Yes
V 2 .No
D CH-HI 1 487 (0:3)
Items 81-81A
Recode - Child covered by health
insurance.
U A-AGE less than 15
V 0 .Not child's record
V 1 .Covered by person in household
.(Interpreted by Census Bureau
.as private health)
V 2 .Covered by person outside of
.household
.(Interpreted by Census Bureau
as group health)
V 3 .Not covered
Allocation Flags for Basic CPS - Edited and Allocated Items
D A%LINENO 1 488 (0:3)
Line number allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
D A%RRP 1 489 (0:5)
Relationship to reference person
allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 5 .Value to value - no error
D A%PARENT 1 490 (0:5)
Parent's line number allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 5 .Value to value - no error
D A%AGE 1 491 (0:4)
Age allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%MARITL 1 492 (0:5)
Marital status allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
V 5 .Value to value - no error
D A%SPOUSE 1 493 (0:5)
Spouse's line number allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 5 .Value to value - no error
D A%SEX 1 494 (0:4)
Sex allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%VET 1 495 (0:4)
Veteran status allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HGA 1 496 (0:4)
Highest grade attended allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HGC 1 497 (0:2)
Highest grade completed allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
D A%RACE 1 498 (0:4)
Race allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%ORIGIN 1 499 (0:8)
Origin allocation flag
V 0 .No change
V 2 .Blank to value
V 5 .Value to value - no error
V 8 .Blank to n/a code
D A%LFSR 1 500 (0:4)
Labor force status recode allocation
flag
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%MAJACT 1 501 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%ANYWK 1 502 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HRS 1 503 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HRSCHK 1 504 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%USLFT 1 505 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%FTREAS 1 506 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%LOSTIM 1 507 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%OVRTIM 1 508 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%JOBABS 1 509 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHYABS 1 510 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%PAYABS 1 511 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%FTABS 1 512 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%LKWK 1 513 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%MTHD 1 514 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHYLK 1 515 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WKSLK 1 516 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%LKFTPT 1 517 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%AVAIL 1 518 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHYNA 1 519 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHENLJ 1 520 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%IND 1 521 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%OCC 1 522 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%CLSWKR 1 523 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%CHKWJ 1 524 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%NLFROT 1 525 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%NLFLJ 1 526 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHYLFT 1 527 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WANTJB 1 528 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%WHYNL 1 529 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%INTEND 1 530 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%EARNRT 1 531 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%USLHRS 1 532 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HRLYWK 1 533 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HRSPAY 1 534 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%GRSWK 1 535 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%UNMEM 1 536 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%UNCOV 1 537 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%ENRCHK 1 538 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%ENRLW 1 539 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%HSCOL 1 540 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
D A%FTPT 1 541 (0:4)
V 0 .No change or children
.or Armed Forces
V 1 .Value to blank
V 2 .Blank to value
V 3 .Value to value
V 4 .Allocated
Allocation Flags for March Supplement - Edited and Allocated Ite
D I-ERNYN 1 542 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-ERNVAL 1 543 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WSYN 1 544 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WSVAL 1 545 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SEYN 1 546 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SEVAL 1 547 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-FRMYN 1 548 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-FRMVAL 1 549 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-UCYN 1 550 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-UCVAL 1 551 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WCYN 1 552 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WCTYP 1 553 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WCVAL 1 554 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SSYN 1 555 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SSVAL 1 556 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SSIYN 1 557 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SSIVAL 1 558 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PAWYN 1 559 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PAWTYP 1 560 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PAWVAL 1 561 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PAWMO 1 562 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-VETYN 1 563 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-VETTYP 1 564 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-VETVAL 1 565 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-VETQVA 1 566 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURYN 1 567 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURTYP 1 568 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURSC1 1 569 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURSC2 1 570 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURVL1 1 571 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-SURVL2 1 572 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISSC1 1 573 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISSC2 1 574 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISHP 1 575 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISCS 1 576 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISYN 1 577 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISTYP 1 578 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISVL1 1 579 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DISVL2 1 580 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RETYN 1 581 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RETSC1 1 582 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RETSC2 1 583 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RETVL1 1 584 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RETVL2 1 585 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-INTYN 1 586 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-INTVAL 1 587 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DIVYN 1 588 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-DIVVAL 1 589 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RNTYN 1 590 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RNTVAL 1 591 (0:2)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-EDYN 1 592 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-EDTYP1 1 593 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-EDTYP2 1 594 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-OEDVAL 1 595 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-CSPYN 1 596 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-CSPVAL 1 597 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-ALMYN 1 598 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-ALMVAL 1 599 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-FINYN 1 600 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-FINVAL 1 601 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-OIVAL 1 602 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-NWLOOK 1 603 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-NWLKWK 1 604 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-RSNNOT 1 605 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-LOSEWK 1 606 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-LKWEEK 1 607 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-LKSTR 1 608 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PYRSN 1 609 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PHMEMP 1 610 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HRSWK 1 611 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HRCHK 1 612 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PTYN 1 613 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PTWKS 1 614 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PTRSN 1 615 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-LJCW 1 616 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-INDUS 1 617 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-OCCUP 1 618 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WORKYN 1 619 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WTEMP 1 620 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WKSWK 1 621 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-WKCHK 1 622 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-ERNSRC 1 623 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-NOEMP 1 624 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-MCARE 1 625 (0:2)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
V 2. Not allocated
D I-MCAID 1 626 (0:2)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
V 2. Not allocated
D I-CHAMP 1 627 (0:2)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HIYN 1 628 (0:2)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
V 2. Not allocated
D I-HIOWN 1 629 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HIEMP 1 630 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HIPAID 1 631 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-HIELSE 1 632 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PENPLA 1 633 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-PENINC 1 634 (0:1)
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-MIG1 1 635 (0:2)
Mobility status
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .Allocated
D I-MIG4 1 636 (0:3)
Level of allocation
V 0 .No change or children
V 1 .MCD and below assigned/
.allocated
V 2 .County and below assigned/
.allocated
V 3 .State and below assigned/
.allocated
The maximum amount that may be shown
is indicated in the range of Item.
Any amount exceeding the maximum has
been recoded to the maximum for
persons 15+ years and over
V 0 .Not topcoded
V 1 .Value topcoded
D TCERNVAL 1 637 (0:1)
Earnings from employer or
self-employment
D TCWSVAL 1 638 (0:1)
Wage and salary income suppression flag
D TCSEVAL 1 639 (0:1)
Nonfarm self employment income
suppression flag
D TCFFMVAL 1 640 . (0:1)
Farm self employment income
suppression flag
D A-WERNTF 1 641 . (0:1)
Current earnings - weekly pay
D A-HERNTF 1 642 . (0:1)
Current earnings - hourly pay
D FILLER 14 643
Blank Filler
GLOSSARY
Geographic Concepts
Geographic Division. An area composed of contiguous States, with Alaska and
Hawaii also included in one of the divisions. (A State is one of the 51 major
political units in the United States.) The nine geographic divisions have
been largely unchanged for the presentation of summary statistics since the
1910 census.
Regions. There are four regions: Northeast, Midwest (formerly North Central),
West, and South. States and divisions within regions are presented below.
NORTHEAST REGION
New England Division Middle Atlantic Division
Connecticut New Jersey
Maine New York
Massachusetts Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
MIDWEST REGION
East North Central Division West North Central Division
Illinois Iowa
Indiana Kansas
Michigan Minnesota
Ohio Missouri
Wisconsin Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
The Midwest Region was designated as the North Central Region until June 1964.
WEST REGION
Mountain Division Pacific Division
Arizona Alaska
Colorado California
Idaho Hawaii
Montana Oregon
Nevada Washington.
Utah
Wyoming
SOUTH REGION
East South Central Division West South Central Division
Alabama Arkansas
Kentucky Louisiana
Mississippi Oklahoma
Tennessee Texas
South Atlantic Division
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Subject Concepts
A-E
Age. Age classification is based on the age of the person at his/her last
birthday. The adult universe (i.e., population of marriageable age) is
comprised of persons 15 years old and over for March supplement data and for
CPS labor force data.
Annuities. (See Income.)
Armed Forces. Armed Forces members enumerated in off-base housing or on base
with their families are included on the CPS data file in March. In addition
to demographic and family data, only supplemental data on income are
included for Air Forces members.
Base Weight. The constant weight assigned to the sample (inverse of the
sampling fraction) which is adjusted to produce the final weight.
Civilian Labor Force. (See Labor Force.)
Class of Worker. This refers to the broad classification of the person's
employer. On the March file, these broad classifications for current jobs are
private, government, self-employed, without pay, and never worked. Private
and government workers are considered "wage and salary workers;" this
classification scheme includes self-employed, incorporated persons in with
"private" workers. For the longest job held last year, this class of worker
scheme includes private; government by level/Federal, State, and local; self-
employed incorporated, self-employed unincorporated or farm; and without pay.
The wage and salary category for longest job held includes private,
government (all levels), and self-employed incorporated.
Dividends. (See Income.)
Duration of Unemployment. Duration of unemployment represents the length of
time (through the current survey week) during which persons classified as
unemployed are continuously looking for work. For persons on layoff, duration
of unemployment represents the number of full weeks since the termination of
their most recent employment. A period of two weeks or more during which a
person is employed or ceased looking for work is considered to break the
continuity of the present period of seeking work. Average duration is an
arithmetic mean computed from a distribution by single weeks of unemployment.
Earners, Number of. The file includes all persons 15 years old and over in
the household with $1 or more in wages and salaries, or $1 or more of a
loss in net income from farm or nonfarm self- employment during the preceding
year.
Earnings Weight. Each person record in month-in-sample 4 and 8 contains an
earnings weight for current earnings.
Education. (See Years of School Completed.)
Employed. (See Labor Force.)
Energy Assistance Program. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
provides financial assistance to qualified households to help them pay
heating costs. The program is funded by the Federal government and
administered by the States under broad guidelines. In some States a household
may automatically be eligible for this program if the household receives
(1) Aid to Families with Dependent Children, (2) Food Stamps,
(3) Supplemental Security Income (SS1), and (4) certain Veterans' benefits.
The energy assistance questions were asked for the first time in 1982.
Questions asked in the March 1989 survey included (1) recipient since
October 1,1988, and (2) total amount received during the reference period.
ESR (Employment Status Recode). This classification is available for each
civilian 15 years old and over according to his/her responses to the monthly
(basic) labor force items in March.
F-G
Family. A family is a group of two persons or more (one of whom is the
householder) residing together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
All such persons (including related subfamily members) are considered as
members of one family. Beginning with the 1980 CPS, unrelated subfamilies
(referred to in the past as secondary families) are no longer included in
the count of families, nor are the members of unrelated subfamilies included
in the count of family members.
Family Household. A family household is a household maintained by a family
(as defined above), and may include among the household members any unrelated
persons (unrelated subfamily members and/or unrelated individuals) who may be
residing there. The number of family households is equal to the number of
families. The count of family household members differs from the count of
family members, however, in that the family household members include all
persons living in the household, whereas family members include only the
householder and his/her relatives. (See the definition of Family).
Family Weight. The weight on the family record is the March supplement weight
of the householder or reference person. This weight on the primary family
record should be used to tabulate the number of families.
Farm Self-Employment Net Income. The term is defined as net money income
(gross receipts minus operating expenses) from the operation of a farm by a
person on his own account, as an owner, as a renter, or as a sharecropper.
Gross receipts include the value of all products sold, government crop loans,
money received from the rental of farm equipment to others, and incidental
receipts from the sale of wood, sand, gravel, etc.
Operation expenses include cost of feed, fertilizer, seed, and other farming
supplies, cash wages paid to farm hands, depreciation charges, cash rent,
interest on farm mortgages, farm building repairs, farm taxes (not State and
Federal income taxes), etc. The value of fuel, food, or other farm products
used for household living is not included as part of net income. Inventory
changes are considered in determining net income only when they are accounted
for in replies based on income tax returns or other official records which
reflect inventory changes.
Final Weight. Used in tabulating monthly labor force items. This weight
should be used when producing estimates from the basic CPS data. It should
not be used to tabulate March supplement data.
Food Stamps. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 was enacted for the purpose of
increasing the food purchasing power of eligible households through the use
of coupons to purchase food. The Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the Food Stamp Program through
State and local welfare offices. The Food Stamp Program is the major national
income support program which provides benefits to all low-income and low-
resource households regardless of household characteristics (e.g., sex, age,
disability, etc.). The questions on participation in the Food Stamp Program
in the March CPS were designed to identify households in which one or more of
the current members received food stamps during the previous calendar year.
Once a food stamp household was identified, a question was asked to determine
the number of current household members covered by food stamps during the
previous calendar year. Questions were also asked about the number of months
food stamps were received during the previous calendar year and the total
face value of all food stamps received during that period.
Full-Time Worker. Persons on full-time schedules include persons working 35
hours or more, persons who worked 1-34 hours for noneconomic reasons (e.g.,
illness) and usually work full-time, and persons "with a job but not at work"
who usually work full-time.
Group Health Insurance Coverage. Civilian persons 15 years old and over who
worked in the previous calendar year and who participated in group health
insurance plans provided by the employer or union were asked whether part or
all of the health insurance premiums were paid for by the union or employer
and the extent of persons covered.
Additional questions were asked to determine if sample persons were covered
by any other type of health insurance plan. These items are intended to
measure retirees covered by continuing employer provided coverage and persons
who purchased coverage on their own.
Group Quarters. Group quarters are noninstitutional living arrangements for
groups not living in conventional housing units or groups living in housing
units containing nine or more persons unrelated to the person in charge.
H-J
Head Versus Householder. Beginning with the March 1980 CPS, the Bureau of the
Census discontinued the use of the terms "head of household" and "head of
family." Instead, the terms "householder" and "family householder" are used.
Highest Grade of School Attended. (See Years of School Completed.)
Hours of Work. Hours of work statistics relate to the actual number of hours
worked during the survey week. For example, a person who normally works 40
hours a week but who is off on the Veterans Day holiday is reported as
working 32 hours even though he is paid for the holiday.
For persons working in more than one job, the figures relate to the number of
hours worked in all jobs during the week. However, all the hours are credited
to the major job.
Household. A household consists of all the persons who occupy a house, an
apartment, or other group of rooms, or a room, which constitutes a housing
unit. A group of rooms or a single room is regarded as a housing unit when it
is occupied as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not
live and eat with any other person in the structure, and when there is direct
access from the outside or through a common hall. The count of households
excludes persons living in group quarters, such as rooming houses, military
barracks, and institutions. Inmates of institutions (mental hospitals, rest
homes, correctional institutions, etc.) are not included in the survey.
Household Weight. Household weight is the March Supplement weight of the
householder. This weight should be used to tabulate estimates of households.
Householder. The householder refers to the person (or one of the persons) in
whose name the housing unit is owned or rented (maintained) or, if there is
no such person, any adult member, excluding roomers, boarders, or paid
employees. If the house is owned or rented jointly by a married couple, the
householder may be either the husband or the wife. The person designated as
the householder on the file is the "reference person" on the CPS-260 control
card to whom the relationship of all other household members, if any, is
recorded.
Householder With No Other Relatives in Household. A householder who has no
relatives living in the household. This is the entry for a person living
alone. Another example is the designated householder of an apartment shared
by two or more unrelated individuals.
Householder With Other Relatives (Including Spouse) in Household. The person
designated as householder if he/she has one or more relatives (including
spouse) living in the household.
Income. For each person in the sample who is 15 years old and over, questions
are asked on the amount of money income received in the preceding calendar
year from each of the following sources: (1) money wages or salary; (2) net
income from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net income from farm self-employment;
(4) Social Security or railroad retirement; (5) Supplemental Security Income;
(6) public assistance or welfare payments; (7) interest (on savings or bonds);
(8) dividends, income from estates or trusts, or net rental income; (9)
veterans' payment or unemployment and workmen's compensation; (10) private
pensions or government employee pensions; (11) alimony or child support,
regular contributions from persons not living in the household, and other
periodic income.
Although income statistics refer to receipts during the preceding year, the
characteristics of the person such as age, labor force status, etc., and
the composition of households refer to the time of the survey. The income of
the household does not include amounts received by persons who are members of
the household during all or part of the income year if these persons no
longer reside with the household at the time of enumeration. On the other
hand, household income includes amounts reported by persons who did not
reside with the household during the income year but who were members of the
household at the time of enumeration.
Data on consumer income collected in the CPS by the Bureau of the Census
cover money income received (exclusive of certain money receipts such as
capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, Social Security,
union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. Also, money income does not reflect the
fact that some households receive part of their income in the form of non-
money transfers such as food stamps, health benefits, subsidized housing, and
energy assistance; that many farm households receive nonmoney income in the
form of rent free housing and goods produced and consumed on the farm; or
that nonmoney income is received by some nonfarm residents that often takes
the form of the use of business transportation and facilities, or full or
partial contributions for retirement programs, medical and educational
expenses, etc. These elements should be considered when comparing income
levels. Moreover, readers should be aware that for many different reasons
there is a tendency in household surveys for respondents to under report
their income. From an analysis of independently derived income estimates, it
has been determined that wages and salaries tend to be much better reported
than such income types as public assistance, Social Security, and net income
from interest, dividends, rents, etc.
Income Sources - Wages and Salary. Money wages or salary is defined as total
money earnings received for work performed as an employee during the income
year. It includes wages, salary, Armed Forces pay, commissions, tips, piece-
rate payments, and cash bonuses earned, before deductions are made for taxes,
bonds, pensions, union dues, etc. Earnings for self-employed incorporated
businesses are considered wage and salary.
Income Sources - Nonfarm Self-Employment. Net income from nonfarm self-
employment is net money income (gross receipts minus expenses) from one's own
business, professional enterprise, or partnership. Gross receipts include the
value of all goods sold and services rendered. Expenses include costs of
goods purchased, rent, heat, light, power, depreciation charges, wages and
salaries paid, business taxes (not personal income taxes), etc. In general,
inventory changes are considered in determining net income since replies
based on income tax returns or other official records do reflect inventory
changes. However, when values of inventory changes are not reported, net
income figures exclusive of inventory changes are accepted. The value of
saleable merchandise consumed by the proprietors of retail stores is not
included as part of net income.
Income Sources - Farm Self-Employment. Net income from farm self-employment
is net money income (gross receipts minus operating expenses) from the
operation of a farm by a person on his own account, as an owner, as a renter,
or as a sharecropper. Gross receipts include the value of all products sold,
government crop loans, money received from the rental of farm equipment to
others, and incidental receipts from the sale of wood, sand, gravel, etc.
Operating expenses include cost of feed, fertilizer, seed, and other farming
supplies, cash wages paid to farm hands, depreciation charges, cash rent, in-
terest on farm mortgages, farm building repairs, farm taxes (not State and
Federal income taxes), etc. The value of fuel, food, or other farm products
used for family living is not included as part of net income. In general,
inventory changes are considered in determining net income only when they are
accounted for in replies based on income tax returns or other official
records which reflect inventory changes; otherwise, inventory changes are not
taken into account.
Income Sources - Social Security. Social Security includes Social Security
pensions and survivors' benefits, and permanent disability insurance payments
made by the Social Security Administration prior to deductions for medical
insurance and railroad retirement insurance checks from the U.S. Government.
"Medicare" reimbursements are not included.
Income Sources - Supplemental Security Income. Supplemental Security Income
includes payments made by Federal, State, and local welfare agencies to low
income persons who are (1) aged (65 years old and over), (2) blind, or (3)
disabled.
Income Sources - Public Assistance. Public assistance or welfare payments
include public assistance payments such as Aid to Families with Dependent
Children and general assistance.
Income Sources - Interest and Dividends. Interest, dividends, income from
estates or trusts, net rental income or royalties include dividends from
stockholdings or membership in associations, interest on savings or bonds,
periodic receipts from estates or trust funds, net income from rental of a
house, store, or other property to others, receipts from boarders or lodgers,
and net royalties.
Income Sources - Unemployment Compensation, Worker's Compensation, and
Veterans' Payments. Unemployment compensation, veterans' payments, or
worker's compensation includes: (1) unemployment compensation received from
government unemployment insurance agencies or private companies during
periods of unemployment and any strike benefits received from union funds;
(2) money paid periodically by the Veterans Administration to disabled
members of the Armed Forces or to survivors of deceased veterans, subsistence
allowances paid to veterans for education and on-the-job training, as well as
so-called "refunds" paid to ex-servicemen as GI insurance premiums; and (3)
worker's compensation received periodically from public or private insurance
companies for injuries incurred at work. The cost of this insurance must
have been paid by the employer and not by the person.
Income Sources - Private and Government Pensions and Annuities. Many
employers and unions have established pension program their employees so that
upon retirement the employee will receive regular income to replace his/her
earnings. Many of these programs also provide income to the employees if he/
she becomes severely disabled, or to his/her survivors if the employee dies.
Other types of retirement income include annuities and paid up life insurance
policies. Some people purchase annuities which yield a set amount over a
certain number of years. Other people may convert their paid up life
insurance policy into an annuity after they retire.
Income Sources - Alimony and Child Support. Alimony is money received
periodically from a former spouse following a divorce or separation. Child
support is money received from a parent for the support of their children
following a divorce or legal separation. Money received from relatives, other
then the parent, or friends is not considered as child support.
Receipts Not Counted As Income. Receipts from the following sources are not
included as income: (1) money received from the sale of property, such as
stocks, bonds, a house, or a car (unless the person is engaged in the
business of selling such property, in which case the net proceeds is counted
as income from self-employment); (2) withdrawals of bank deposits; (3) money
borrowed; (4) tax refunds; (5) gifts; and (6) lump-sum inheritances of
insurance payments. Industry, Occupation, and Class of Worker (I&O) - Current
Job (basic data). For the employed, current job is the job held in the
reference week (the week before the survey). Persons with two or more jobs
are classified in the job at which they worked the most hours during the
reference week. The unemployed are classified according to their latest full-
time job lasting two or more weeks or by the job (either full-time or part-
time) from which they were on layoff. The I & 0 questions are also asked of
persons not in the labor force who are in the fourth and eighth months in
sample and who have worked in the last five years. The occupation/industry
classification system for the 1980 Census of Population was used to code
March CPS data beginning with the March 1983 file.
Industry, Occupation, and Class of Worker-Longest Job (supplement data).
Longest job applies to the job held longest during the preceding year for
persons who worked that year, without regard to their current employment sta-
tus.
Character Position
Longest Job
Subject Current or Most LastYear
Recent Full-Time Job (WorkExperience)
Industry 3 digit detailed P49-51 P151-153
2-digit detailed P52-53 P322-323
(Recode)
Major Group Recode N/A P316-317
Occupation 3-digit detailed P56-58 P154-156
2-digit detailed P54-55 P318-319
(Recode)
Major Group recode N/A P320-321
Class of Worker P59 P314
Job Seekers. All unemployed persons who made specific efforts to find a job
sometime during the 4-week period preceding the survey week.
K-M
Keeping House. Persons are classified as keeping house if they engage in own
housework. This is one of the "not in labor force" classifications employment
status recode (ESR) = 4.
Labor Force. Persons are classified as in the labor force if they are
employed, unemployed, or in the Armed Forces during the survey week. The
"civilian labor force" includes all civilians classified as employed or
unemployed. The file includes labor force data for civilians age 15 and over.
However, the official definition of the civilian labor force is age 16 and
over.
1. Employed. Employed persons comprise (1) all civilians who, during
the survey week did any work at all as paid employees or in their
own business or profession, or on their own farm, or who work 15
hours or more as unpaid workers on a farm or a business operated
by a member of the family; and (2) all those who have jobs but who
are not working because of illness, bad weather, vacation, or
labor-management dispute, or because they are taking time off for
personal reasons, whether or not they are seeking other jobs.
These persons would have an Labor Force Status Recode (LFSR) of 1
or 2 respectively in character 12 of the person record which
designates "at work" and "with a job, but not at work." Each
employed person is counted only once. Those persons who held more
than one job are counted in the job at which they worked the
greatest number of hours during the survey week. If they worked
an equal number of hours at more than one job, they are counted
at the job they held the longest.
2. Unemployed. Unemployed persons are those civilians who, during the
survey week, have no employment but are available for work, and
(1) have engaged in any specific job seeking activity within the
past 4 weeks such as registering at a public or private employment
office, meeting with prospective employers, checking with friends
or relatives, placing or answering advertisements, writing letters
of application, or being on a union or professional register; (2)
are waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been
laid off; or (3) are waiting to report to a new wage or salary job
within 30 days. These persons would have an LFSR code of 3 in
character 12 of the person record. The unemployed includes job
leavers, job losers, new job entrants, and job reentrants.
a. Job Leavers. Persons who quit or otherwise terminate their
employment voluntarily and immediately begin looking for
work.
b. Job Losers. Persons whose employment ends involuntarily, who
immediately begin looking for work, and those persons who
are already /on layoff.
c. New Job Entrants. Persons who never worked at a full-time job
lasting two weeks or longer.
d. Job Reentrants. Persons who previously worked at a full-time
job lasting two weeks or longer but are out of the labor
force prior to beginning to look for work.
3. Not in Labor Force. All civilians 15 years old and over who are
not classified as employed or unemployed. These persons are
further classified as major activity: keeping house, going to
school, unable to work because of long-term physical or mental
illness, and other. The "other" group includes, for the most part,
retired persons. Persons who report doing unpaid work in a family
farm or business for less than 15 hours are also classified as not
in the labor force.
For persons not in the labor force, data on previous work
experience, intentions to seek work again, desire for a job at the
time of interview, and reasons for not looking for work are asked
only in those households that are in the fourth and eighth months
of the sample, i.e., the "outgoing" groups, those which had been
in the sample for three previous months and would not be in for
the subsequent month.
These items are asked in question 24; see the questionnaire
facsimile. Such persons have an LFSR code of 5-7 in character 12
of the person record.
Finally, it should be noted that the unemployment rate represents
the number of persons unemployed as a percent of the civilian
labor force 16 years old and over. This measure can also be
computed for groups within the labor force classified by sex, age,
marital status, race, etc. The job loser, job leaver, reentrant,
and new entrant rates are each calculated as a percent of the
civilian labor force 16 years old and over; the sum of the rates
for the four groups thus equals the total unemployment rate.
Layoff. A person who is unemployed but expects to be called back to a
specific job. If he/she expects to be called back within 30 days, it is
considered a temporary layoff; otherwise, it is an indefinite layoff.
Looking for Work. A person who is trying to get work or trying to establish
a business or profession.
March Supplement Weight. The March supplement weight is on all person records
and is used to produce "supplement" estimates; that is, income, work
experience, migration, and family characteristic estimates.
Marital Status. The marital status classification identifies four major
categories: single (never married), married, widowed, and divorced. These
terms refer to the marital status at the time of enumeration.
The category "married" is further divided into "married, civilian spouse
present," "married, Armed Force spouse present", "married, spouse absent,"
"married, Armed Force spouse absent," and "separated." A person is classified
as "married, spouse present" if the husband or wife is reported as a member
of the household even though he or she may be temporarily absent on business
or on vacation, visiting, in a hospital, etc., at the time of the
enumeration. Persons reported as "separated" included those with legal
separations, those living apart with intentions of obtaining a divorce, and
other persons permanently or temporarily estranged from their spouses because
of marital discord.
For the purpose of this file, the group "other marital status" includes
"widowed and divorced," "separated," and "other married, spouse absent."
Medicare. The Medicare Program is designed to provide medical care for the
aged and disabled. The Basic Hospital Insurance Plan (Part A) is designed to
provide basic protection against hospital costs and related post-hospital
services. This plan also covers many persons under 65 years old who receive
Social Security or railroad retirement benefits based on long-term
disability. Part A is financed jointly by employers and employees through
Social Security payroll deductions. Qualified persons 65 years old and over
who are not otherwise eligible for Part A benefits may pay premiums directly
to obtain this coverage. The Medical Insurance Plan (Part B) is a voluntary
plan which builds upon the hospital insurance protection provided by the
basic plan. It provides insurance protection covering physicians' and
surgeons' services and a variety of medical and other health services
received either in hospitals or on an ambulatory basis. It is financed
through monthly premium payments by each enrollee, and subsidized by Federal
general revenue funds.
The Medicare question on the March CPS attempted to identify all persons 15
years old and over who were "covered" by Medicare at any time during the
previous calendar year. The term "covered" means enrolled in the Medicare
Program. In order to be counted, the person did not necessarily have to
receive medical care paid for by Medicare.
Medicaid. The Medicaid Program is designed to provide medical assistance to
needy families with dependent children, and to aged, blind, or permanently
and totally disabled individuals whose incomes and resources are insufficient
to meet the costs of necessary medical services. The program is administered
by State agencies through grants from the Health Care Financing Administra-
tion of the Department of Health and Human Services. Funding for medical
assistance payments consists of a combination of Federal, State, and in some
cases, local funds.
Medicaid is a categorical program with complex eligibility rules which vary
from State to State. There are two basic groups of eligible individuals:
the categorically eligible and the medically needy. The major categorically
eligible groups are all Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
recipients and most Supplemental Security Income (SS1) recipients. Other
categorically eligible groups are (1) those who meet basic State cash
assistance eligibility rules/aged, blind, disabled, needy single parents with
children, and, in some States, needy unemployed parents with children, but
who are not currently receiving money payments; and (2) needy persons who
meet categorical eligibility standards but are institutionalized for medical
reasons (e.g., low-income elderly persons in nursing homes). However, such
institutionalized persons are not included in the CPS universe and,
therefore, are not reflected in these statistics.
In roughly one-half of the States, coverage is extended to the medically
needy/persons meeting categorical age, sex, or disability criteria, whose
money incomes and assets exceed eligibility levels for cash assistance but
are not sufficient to meet the cost of medical care. In such States,
qualifying income and asset levels are usually above those set for cash
assistance. Families with large medical expenses relative to their incomes
and assets may also meet medically needy eligibility standards in these
States.
The Medicaid question on the March CPS attempted to identify all persons who
were "covered" by Medicaid at any time during the previous calendar year.
The term "covered" means enrolled in the Medicaid program, i.e., had a
Medicaid medical assistance card, or incurred medical bills which were paid
for by Medicaid. In order to be counted, the person did not have to receive
medical care paid for by Medicaid.
Alter data collection and creation of an initial microdata file, further
refinements were made to assign Medicaid coverage to children. In this
procedure all children under 21 years old in families were assumed to be
covered by Medicaid if either the householder or spouse reported being
covered by Medicaid (this procedure was required mainly because the Medicaid
coverage question was asked only for persons 15 years old and over). All
adult AFDC recipients and their children, and SS1 recipients living in States
which legally require Medicaid coverage of all SS1 recipients, were also
assigned coverage.
Mobility Status. The population of the United States, 15 years old and over,
is classified according to mobility status on the basis of a comparison
between the place of residence of each individual at the time of the March
CPS and the place of residence in March of the previous year.
The information on mobility status is obtained from the responses to a series
of inquiries. The first of three inquiries is: "Was...living in this house 1
year ago...?" If the answer was "No," the enumerator asked, "Where did...live
on March 1, 1988?" In classification, three main categories distinguish
nonmovers, movers, and movers from abroad.
Nonmovers are all persons who are living in the same house at the end of the
period as at the beginning of the period. Movers are all persons who are
living in a different house at the end of the period than at the beginning of
the period. Movers from abroad include all persons, either citizens or
aliens, whose place of residence is outside the United States at the begin-
ning of the period, that is, in an outlying area under the jurisdiction of
the United States or in a foreign country. The mobility status for children
is fully allocated from the mother if she is in the household; otherwise it
is allocated from the householder.
Month-In-Sample. The term is defined as the number of times a unit is
interviewed. Each unit is interviewed eight times during the life of the
sample.
N-R
Never Worked. A person who has never held a full-time civilian job lasting
two consecutive weeks or more.
Nonfamily Householder. A nonfamily householder (formerly called a primary
individual) is a person maintaining a household while living alone or with
nonrelatives only.
Nonfarm Self-employment Net Income. The term is defined as net money income
(gross receipts minus expenses) from an individual's own business,
professional enterprise, or partnership. Gross receipts include the value of
all goods sold and services rendered. Expenses include costs of goods
purchased, rent, heat, light, power, depreciation charges, wages and salaries
paid, business taxes (not personal income taxes), etc. In general, inventory
changes are considered in determining net income; replies based on income
tax returns or other official records do reflect inventory changes; however,
when values of inventory changes are not reported, net income figures
exclusive of inventory changes are accepted. The value of saleable
merchandise consumed by the proprietors of retail stores is not included as
part of net income.
Nonworker. A person who did not do any work in the calendar year preceding
the survey.
Nonrelative of Householder With No Own Relatives in Household. A nonrelative
of the householder who has no relative(s) of his own in the household. This
category includes such nonrelatives as a ward, a lodger, a servant, or a
hired hand, who has no relatives of his own living with him in the household.
Nonrelative of Householder With Own Relatives (Including Spouse) in
Household. Any household member who is not related to the householder but
has relatives of his own in the household; for example, a lodger, his spouse,
and their son.
Other Relative of Householder. Any relative of the householder other than
his spouse, child (including natural, adopted, foster, or step child),
sibling, or parent; for example, grandson, daughter-in-law, etc.
Own Child. A child related by birth, marriage, or adoption to the family
householder.
Part-Time, Economic Reasons. The item includes slack work, material
shortages, repairs to plant or equipment, start or termination of job during
the week, and inability to find full-time work. (See also Full-Time Worker.)
Part-Time Other Reasons. The item includes labor dispute, bad weather, own
illness, vacation, demands of home housework, school, no desire for full-time
work, and full-time worker only during peak season.
Part-Time Work. Persons who work between 1 and 34 hours are designated as
working "part-time" in the current job held during the reference week. For
the March supplement, a person is classified as having worked part-time
during the preceding calendar year if he worked less than 35 hours per week
in a majority of the weeks in which he worked during the year. Conversely, he
is classified as having worked full-time if he worked 35 hours or more per
week during a majority of the weeks in which he worked.
Part-Year Work. Part-year work is classified as less than 50 weeks' work.
Pension Plan. The pension plan question on the March CPS attempted to
identify if pension plan coverage was available through an employer or
union and if the employee was included. This information was collected for
civilian persons 15 years old and over who worked during the previous
calendar year.
Population Coverage. Population coverage includes the civilian population of
the United States plus approximately 820,000 members of the Armed Forces in
the United States living off post or with their families on post but excludes
all other members of the Armed Forces. This file excludes inmates of
institutions. The labor force and work experience data are not collected for
Armed Forces members.
Poverty. In this file, families and unrelated individuals are classified as
being above or below the poverty level using a poverty index adopted by
a Federal Interagency Committee in 1969 and slightly modified in 1981.
The modified index provides a range of income cutoffs or "poverty thresholds"
adjusted to take into account family size, number of children, and age of the
family householder or unrelated individual; prior to 1981, adjustments were
also made on the basis of farm-nonfarm residence and sex of the householder.
The impact of these revisions on the poverty estimates is minimal at the
national level. The poverty cutoffs are updated every year to reflect changes
in the Consumer Price Index. The average poverty threshold for a family of
four was $ 12,091 in 1985. For a detailed explanation of the poverty
definition, see Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 154, Money
Income and Poverty Status of Persons in the United States: 1988.
Public Assistance. (See Income.)
Public or Other Subsidized Housing. Participation in public housing is
determined by two factors: program eligibility and the availability of
housing. Income standards for initial and continuing occupancy vary by local
housing authority, although the limits are constrained by Federal guidelines.
Rental charges, which, in turn, define net benefits, are set by a Federal
statute not to exceed 30 percent of net monthly money income. A recipient
unit can either be a family of two or more related persons or an individual
who is handicapped, elderly, or displaced by urban renewal or natural
disaster. There are some programs through which housing assistance is
provided to low-income families and individuals living in public or privately
owned dwellings. Two of the more common types of programs in which Federal,
State, and local funds are used to subsidize private sector housing are rent
supplement and interest reduction plans. Under a rent supplement plan the
difference between the "fair market" rent and the rent charged to the tenant
is paid to the owner by a government agency. Under an interest reduction
program the amount of interest paid on the mortgage by the owner is reduced
so that subsequent savings can be passed along to low income tenants in the
form of lower rent charges.
There were two questions dealing with public and low cost housing on the
March CPS supplement questionnaire. The first question identifies residence
in a housing unit owned by a public agency. The second question identifies
beneficiaries who were not living in public housing projects, but who were
paying lower rent due to a government subsidy. These questions differ from
other questions covering noncash benefits in that they establish current
recipiency status in March of the current year rather than recipiency status
during the previous year.
Race. The population is divided into five groups on the basis of race: White,
Black, American Indian/Aleut Eskimo, Asian or Pacific Islander and Other
races beginning with March 1989. The last category includes any other race
except the four mentioned. In most of the published tables, "Other Races"
are shown in total population.
Receipts Not Counted as Income. Receipts from the following sources are not
included as income: (1) money received from the sale of property, such as
stocks, bonds, a house, or a car (unless the person was engaged in the
business of selling such property, in which case the net proceeds would be
counted as income from self-employment); (2) withdrawals of bank deposits;
(3) money borrowed; (4) tax refunds; (5) gifts; and (6) lump-sum inheritances
or insurance payments.
Reentrants. Persons who previously worked at a full-time job lasting two
weeks or longer but who are out of the labor force prior to beginning to
look for work.
Related Children. Related children in a family include own children and all
other children in the household who are related to the householder by birth,
marriage, or adoption. For each type of family unit identified in the CPS,
the count of own children under 18 years old is limited to single (never
married) children; however, "own children under 25" and "own children of any
age," include all children regardless of marital status. The totals include
never-married children living away from home in college dormitories.
Related Subfamily. A related subfamily is a married couple with or without
children, or one parent with one or more own single (never married) children
under 18 years old, living in a household and related to, but not including,
the householder or spouse. The most common example of a related subfamily is
a young married couple sharing the home of the husband's or wife's parents.
The number of related subfamilies is not included in the number of families.
S-Y
School. A person who spent most of his time during the survey week attending
any kind of public or private school, including trade or vocational schools
in which students receive no compensation in money or kind.
School Lunches. The National School Lunch Program is designed to assist
States in providing a school lunch for all children at moderate cost. The
National School Lunch Act of 1946 was further amended in 1970 to provide
free and reduced-price school lunches for children of needy families. The
program is administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) through State educational agencies or
through regional USDA nutrition services for nonprofit private schools. The
program is funded by a combination of Federal funds and matching State funds.
All students eating lunches prepared at participating schools pay less than
the total cost of the lunches. Some students pay the "full established" price
for lunch (which itself is subsidized) while others pay a "reduced" price for
lunch, and still others receive a "free" lunch. Program regulations require
students receiving free lunches to live in households with incomes below 125
percent of the official poverty level. Those students receiving a reduced-
price school lunch (10 to 20 cents per meal) live in households with incomes
between 125 percent and 195 percent of the official poverty level. The data
in this file, however, do not distinguish between recipiency of free and
reduced-price school lunches.
The questions on the March CPS provide a very limited amount of data for the
school lunch program. Questions concerning the school lunch program were
designed to identify the number of members 5 to 18 years old in households
who "usually" ate a hot lunch. This defined the universe of household members
usually receiving this noncash benefit. This was followed by a question to
identify the number of members receiving free or reduced price lunches.
Self-Employed. Self-employed persons are those who work for profit or fees
in their own business, profession or trade, or operate a farm.
Spanish Origin. Persons of Spanish origin in this file are determined on the
basis of a question that asked for self-identification of the person's origin
or descent. Respondents are asked to select their origin (or the origin of
some other household member) from a "flash card" listing ethnic origins.
Persons of Spanish origin, in particular, are those who indicated that their
origin was Mexican-American, Chicano, Mexican, Mexicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban,
Central or South American, or other Spanish.
Stretches of Unemployment. A continuous stretch is one that is not
interrupted by the person getting a job or leaving the labor market to go to
school, to keep house, etc. A period of two weeks or more during which a
person is employed or ceased looking for work is considered to break the
continuity of the period of seeking work.
Topcode. For confidentiality purposes, usual hourly earnings from the current
job and earnings from the longest job are topcoded, i.e., cut off at a
particular amount.
Refer to Appendix F for an explanation and topcode values of hourly earnings
from the current job. Earnings from the longest job are collected during
enumeration up to $299,999; however, the amount is topcoded on the public
use file at $99,999.
From the supplement, total person's income is the sum of the amounts from the
individual income types; total family income is the sum of the total persons
income for each family member; total household income is the sum of the total
income for each person in the household.
Total Money Income. The term is defined is the arithmetic sum of money wages
and salaries, net income from self-employment, and income other than
earnings. The total income of a household is the arithmetic sum of the
amounts received by all income recipients in the household.
Unable to Work. A person is classified as unable to work because of long-term
physical or mental illness, lasting six months or longer.
Unemployed. (See Labor Force.)
Unemployment Compensation. (See Income.)
Unpaid Family Workers. Unpaid family workers are persons working without pay
for 15 hours a week or more on a farm or in a business operated by a member
of the household to whom they are related by birth or marriage.
Unrelated Individuals. Unrelated individuals are persons of any age (other
than inmates of institutions) who are not living with any relatives. An
unrelated individual may be (1) a nonfamily householder living alone or with
nonrelatives only, (2) a roomer, boarder, or resident employee with no
relatives in the household, or (3) a group quarters member who has no
relatives living with him/her. Thus, a widow who occupies her house alone or
with one or more other persons not related to her, a roomer not related to
anyone else in the housing unit, a maid living as a member of her employer's
household but with no relatives in the household, and a resident staff
member in a hospital living apart from any relatives are all examples of
unrelated individuals.
Unrelated Subfamily. An unrelated subfamily is a family that does not include
among its members the householder and relatives of the householder. Members
of unrelated subfamilies may include persons such as guests, roomers,
boarders, or resident employees and their relatives living in a household.
The number of unrelated subfamily members is included in the number of
household members but is not included in the count of family members.
Persons living with relatives in group quarters were formerly considered as
members of families. However, the number of such unrelated subfamilies is so
small that persons in these unrelated subfamilies are included in the count
of secondary individuals.
Veteran Status. If a person served at any time during the four major wars of
this century, the code for the most recent wartime service is entered. The
following codes are used:
0 Females, children under 15
1 Vietnam era
2 Korean
3 WWI
4 WWII
5 Other Service
6 Nonveteran
Wage and Salary Workers. Wage and salary workers receive wages, salary,
commission, tips, or pay in kind from a private employer or from a
governmental unit. Also included are persons who are self-employed in an
incorporated business. (See income.)
Weeks Worked in the Income Year. Persons are classified according to the
number of different weeks, during the preceding calendar year, in which they
did any civilian work for pay or profit (including paid vacations and sick
leave) or worked without pay on a family-operated farm or business.
Workers. (See Labor Force--Employed.)
Work Experience. Includes those persons who during the preceding calendar
year did any work for pay or profit or worked without pay on a family-
operated farm or business at any time during the year, on a part-time or
full-time basis.
Year-Round Full-Time Worker. A year-round full-time worker is one who usually
worked 35 hours or more per week for 50 weeks or more during the preceding
calendar year. Years of School Completed. Data on years of school completed
are derived from the combination of answers to questions concerning the
highest grade of school attended by the person and whether or not that grade
is finished. Educational attainment applies only to progress in "regular"
school. Such schools include graded public, private, and parochial elementary
and high schools (both junior and senior high), colleges, universities, and
professional schools, whether day schools or night schools. Thus, regular
schooling is that which may advance a person toward an elementary school
certificate or high school diploma, or a college, university, or professional
school degree. Schooling in other than regular schools is counted only if the
credits obtained are regarded as transferable to a school in the regular
school system.
APPENDIX A1 - DETAILED INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION CODES
Detailed Industry Classification Codes
(Numbers in parentheses are the 1972 SIC code equivalent; see Executive
Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, 1972 and the 1977 Supplement. "Pt" means part;
"n.e.c." means not elsewhere classified.)
Code Industries
000-009 not used
010-031 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES
010 Agricultural production, crops (01)
011 Agricultural production, livestock (02)
012-019 not used
020 Agricultural services, except horticultural (07, except 078)
021 Horticultural services (078)
022-029 not used
030 Forestry (08)
031 Fishing, hunting, and trapping (09)
032-039 not used
040-050 MINING
040 Metal mining (10)
041 Coal mining (11,12)
042 Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction (13)
043-049 not used
050 Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel (14)
051-059 not used
060 CONSTRUCTION (15,16,17)
061-099 not used
100-392 MANUFACTURING
100-222 Nondurable Goods
100-122 Food and kindred products
100 Meat products (201)
101 Dairy products (202)
102 Canned and preserved fruits and vegetables (203)
103-109 not used
110 Grain mill products (204)
111 Bakery products (205)
112 Sugar and confectionery products (206)
113-119 not used
120 Beverage industries (208)
121 Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products
(207,209)
122 Not specified food industries
123-129 not used
130 Tobacco manufactures (21)
131 not used
132-150 Textile mill products
132 knitting mills (225)
133-139 not used
140 Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool and knit goods
(226)
141 Floor coverings, except hard surface (227)
142 Yarn, thread, and fabric mills (228,221-224)
143-149 not used
150 Miscellaneous textile mill products (229)
151-152 Apparel and other finished textile products
151 Apparel and accessories, except knit (231-238)
152 Miscellaneous fabricated textile products (239)
153-159 not used
160-162 Paper and allied products
160 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (261-263,266)
161 Miscellaneous paper and pulp products (264)
162 Paperboard containers and boxes (265)
163-170 not used
171-172 Printing, publishing, and allied industries
171 Newspaper publishing and printing (271)
172 Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except
newspapers (272-279)
173-179 not used
180-192 Chemicals and allied products
180 Plastics, synthetics, and resins (282)
181 Drugs (283)
182 Soaps and cosmetics (284)
183-189 not used
190 Paints, varnishes, and related products (285)
191 Agricultural chemicals (287)
192 Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals (281,286,289)
193-199 not used
200-201 Petroleum and coal products
200 Petroleum refining (291)
201 Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products (295,299)
202-209 not used
210-212 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
210 Tires and inner tubes (301)
211 Other rubber products, and plastics footwear and belting
(302-304,306)
212 Miscellaneous plastics products (307)
213-219 not used
220-222 Leather and leather products
220 Leather tanning and finishing (311)
221 Footwear, except rubber and plastic (313,314)
222 Leather products, except footwear (315-317,319)
223-229 not used
230-391 Durable Goods
230-241 Lumber and wood products, except furniture
230 Logging (241)
231 Sawmills, planning mills, and millwork (242,243)
232 Wood buildings and mobile homes (245)
233-240 not used
241 Miscellaneous wood products (244,249)
242 Furniture and fixtures (25)
243-249 not used
250-262 Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products
250 Glass and glass products (321-323)
251 Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products (324,327)
252 Structural clay products (325)
253-260 not used
261 Pottery and related products (326)
262 Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products
(328,329)
263-269 not used
270-301 Metal industries
270 Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills (331)
271 Iron and steel foundries (332)
272 Primary aluminum industries (3334, part 334,3353-3355,3361)
273-279 not used
280 Other primary metal industries (3331-3333,3339, part 334,
3351,3356,3357,3362,3369,339)
281 Cutlery, handtools, and other hardware, (342)
282 Fabricated structural metal products (344)
283-289 not used
290 Screw machine products (345)
291 Metal forgings and stampings (346)
292 Ordnance (348)
293-299 not used
300 Miscellaneous fabricated metal products (341,343,347,349)
301 Not specified metal industries
302-309 not used
310-332 Machinery, except electrical
310 Engines and turbines (351)
311 Farm machinery and equipment (352)
312 Construction and material handling machines (353)
313-319 not used
320 Metalworking machinery (354)
321 Office and accounting machines (357, except 3573)
322 Electronic computing equipment (3573)
323-330 not used
331 Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c. (355,356,358,359)
332 Not specified machinery
333-339 not used
340-350 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies
340 Household appliances (363)
341 Radio, T.V. and communication equipment (365.366)
342 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c. (361,
362.364,367,369)
343-349 not used
350 Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies
351-370 Transportation equipment
351 Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment (371)
352 Aircraft and parts (372)
353-359 not used
360 Ship and boat building and repairing (373)
361 Railroad locomotives and equipment (374)
362 Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts (376)
363-369 not used
370 Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment (375,379)
371-382 Professional and photographic equipment, and watches
371 Scientific and controlling instruments (381,382)
372 Optical and health services supplies (383,384,385)
373-379 not used
380 Photographic equipment and supplies (386)
381 Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices (387)
382 Not specified professional equipment
383-389 not used
390 Toys, amusement, and sporting goods (394)
391 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries (39 except 394)
392 Not specified manufacturing industries(1)
393-399 not used
1. When shown separately, "Not specified manufacturing," is at the same level
as "Nondurable goods" and "Durable goods." When not shown, it is tallied with
"Durable goods."
400-472 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUMCATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES
400-432 Transportation
400 Railroads (40)
401 Bus service and urban transit (41 except 412)
402 Taxicab service (412)
403-409 not used
410 Trucking service (421,423)
411 Warehousing and storage (422)
412 U.S. Postal Service (43)
413-419 not used
420 Water transportation (44)
421 Air transportation (45)
422 Pipe lines, except natural gas (46)
423-431 not used
432 Services incidental to transportation (47)
433-439 not used
440-442 Communications
440 Radio and television broadcasting (483)
441 Telephone (wire and radio) (481)
442 Telegraph and miscellaneous communication services (482,489)
443-459 not used
460-472 Utilities and sanitary services
460 Electric light and power (491)
461 Gas and steam supply systems (492,496)
462 Electric and gas, and other combinations (493)
463-469 not used
470 Water supply and irrigation (494,497)
471 Sanitary services (495)
472 Not specified utilities
473-479 not used
500-571 WHOLESALE TRADE
500-532 Durable Goods
500 Motor vehicles and equipment (501)
501 Furniture and home furnishings (502)
502 Lumber and construction materials (503)
503-509 not used
510 Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods (504)
511 Metals and minerals, except petroleum (505)
512 Electrical goods (506)
513-520 not used
521 Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies (507)
522 Not specified electrical and hardware products
523-529 not used
530 Machinery, equipment, and supplies (508)
531 Scrap and waste materials (5093)
532 Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods (5094,5099)
533-539 not used
540-571 Nondurable Goods
540 Paper and paper products (511)
541 Drugs, chemicals, and allied products (512,516)
542 Apparel, fabrics, and notions (513).
543-549 not used
550 Groceries and related products (514)
551 Farm products - raw materials (515)
552 Petroleum products (517)
553-559 not used
560 Alcoholic beverages (518)
561 Farm supplies (5191)
562 Miscellaneous wholesale, nondurable goods (5194,5198,5199)
563-570 not used
571 Not specified wholesale trade
572-579 not used
580-691 RETAIL TRADE
580 Lumber and building material retailing (521,523)
581 hardware stores (525)
582 retail nurseries and garden stores (526)
583-589 not used
590 Mobile home dealers (527)
591 Department stores (531)
592 Variety stores (533)
593-599 not used
600 Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (539)
601 Grocery stores (541)
602 Dairy products stores (545)
603-609 not used
610 Retail bakeries (546)
611 Food stores, n.e.c. (542,543,544,549)
612 Motor vehicle dealers (551,552)
613-619 not used
620 Auto and home supply stores (553)
621 Gasoline service stations (554)
622 Miscellaneous vehicle dealers (555,556,557,559)
623-629 not used
630 Apparel and accessory stores, except shoe (56, except 566)
631 Shoe stores (566)
632 Furniture and home furnishings stores (571)
633-639 not used
640 Household appliances, TV, and radio stores (572,573)
641 Eating and drinking places (58)
642 Drug stores (59 1)
643-649 not used
650 Liquor stores (592)
651 Sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby stores (5941,5945,5946)
652 Book and stationery stores (5942,5943)
653-659 not used
660 Jewelry stores (5944)
661 Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (5949)
662 Mail order houses (5961)
663-669 not used
670 Vending machine operators (5962)
671 Direct selling establishments (5963)
672 Fuel and ice dealers (598)
673-680 not used
681 Retail florists (5992)
682 Miscellaneous retail stores (593,5947,5948,5993,5994,5999)
683-690 not used
691 Not specified retail trade
692-699 not used
700-712 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE
700 Banking (60)
701 Savings and loan associations (612)
702 Credit agencies, n.e.c. (61, except 612)
703-709 not used
710 Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies (62,
67)
711 Insurance (63, 64)
712 Real estate: including real estate-insurance-law offices (65,
66)
713-720 not used
721-760 BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES
721 Advertising (731)
722 Services to dwellings and other buildings (734)
723-729 not used
730 Commercial research, development, and testing labs (7391,
7397)
731 Personnel supply services (736)
732 Business management and consulting services (7392)
733-739 not used
740 Computer and data processing services (737)
741 Detective and protective services (7393)
742 Business services, n.e.c. (732,733,735,7394,7395,7396,7399)
743-749 not used
750 Automotive services, except repair (751,752,754)
751 Automotive repair shops (753)
752 Electrical repair shops (762,7694)
753-759 not used
760 Miscellaneous repair services (763,764,7692,7699)
761-791 PERSONAL SERVICES
761 Private households (88)
762 Hotels and motels (701)
763-769 not used
770 Lodging places, except hotels and motels (702,703,704)
771 Laundry, cleaning, and garment services (721)
772 Beauty shops (723)
773-779 not used
780 Barber shops (724)
781 Funeral service and crematories (726)
782 Shoe repair shops (725)
783-789 not used
790 Dressmaking shops (part 729)
791 Miscellaneous personal services (722, part 729)
792-799 not used
800-802 ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES
800 Theaters and motion pictures (78,792)
801 Bowling alleys, billiard and pool parlors (793)
802 Miscelianeous entertainment and recreation services (791,794,
799)
803-811 not used
812-892 PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED SERVICES
812 Offices of physicians (801,803)
813-819 not used
820 Offices of dentists (802)
821 Offices of chiropractors (8041)
822 Offices of optometrists (8042)
823-829 not used
830 Offices of health practitioners, n.e.c. (8049)
831 Hospitals (806)
832 Nursing and personal care facilities (805)
833-839 not used
840 Health services, n.e.c. (807,808,809)
841 Legal services (81)
842 Elementary and secondary schools (821)
843-849 not used
850 Colleges and universities (822)
851 Business, trade, and vocational schools (824)
852 Libraries (823)
853-859 not used
860 Educational services, n.e.c. (829)
861 Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833)
862 Child day care services (835)
863-869 not used
870 Residential care facilities, without nursing (836)
871 Social services, n.e.c. (832,839)
872 Museums, art galleries, and zoos (84)
873-879 not used
880 Religious organizations (866)
881 Membership organizations (861-865,869)
882 Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (891)
883-889 not used
890 Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (893)
891 Noncommercial educational and scientific research (892)
892 Miscellaneous professional and related services (899)
893-889 not used
900-932 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
900 Executive and legislative offices (911-913)
901 General government, n.e.c. (919)
902-909 not used
910 Justice, public order, and safety (92)
911-920 not used
921 Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy (93)
922 Administration of human resources programs (94)
923-929 not used
930 Administration of environmental quality and housing programs
(95)
931 Administration of economic programs (96)
932 National security and international affairs (97)
933-990 not used
991 Assigned to persons whose labor force status is unemployed and
whose last job was Armed Forces.
APP. B1-OCCUPATIONAL CLASS. CODES FOR DETAILED OCCUPATIONAL CAT.
Occupational Classification Codes for Detailed Occupational Categories
(Numbers in parentheses are the 1980 SIC code equivalent; see U.S. Department
of Commerce, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, Standard
Occupational Classification Manual, 1980. "Pt" means part; "n.e.c." means not
elsewhere classified.)
Code Occupations
000-002 not used
003-199 MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS
003-037 Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Occupations
003 Legislators (111)
004 Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration (112)
005 Administrators and officials, public administration (1132-
1139)
006 Administrators, protective services (1131)
007 Financial managers (122)
008 Personnel and labor relations managers (123)
009 Purchasing managers (124)
010-012 not used
013 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations (125)
014 Administrators, education and related fields (128)
015 Managers, medicine and health (131)
016 Managers, properties and real estate (1353)
017 Postmasters and mail superintendents (1344)
018 Funeral directors (pt 1359)
019 Managers and administrators, n.e.c. (121, 126,127,132-139,
exc. 1344, 1353, pt 1359)
020-022 not used
023-037 Management Related Occupations
023 Accountants and auditors (1412)
024 Underwriters (1414)
025 Other financial officers (1415, 1419)
026 Management analysts (142)
027 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists (143)
028 Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products (1443)
029 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade except farm products
(1442)
030-032 not used
033 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. (144)
034 Business and promotion agents (145)
035 Construction inspectors (1472)
036 Inspectors and compliance officers, exc. construction (1473)
037 Management related occupations, n.e.c. (149)
038-042 not used
043-199 Professional Specialty Occupations
043-063 Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors
043 Architects (161)
044-059 Engineers
044 Aerospace (1622)
045 Metallurgical and materials (1623)
046 Mining (1624)
047 Petroleum (1625)
048 Chemical (1626)
049 Nuclear (1627)
050-052 not used
053 Civil (1628)
054 Agricultural (1632)
055 Electrical and electronic (1633, 1636)
056 Industrial (1634)
057 Mechanical (1635)
058 Marine and naval architects (1637)
059 Engineers, n.e.c. (1639)
060-062 not used
063 Surveyors and Mapping Scientists (164)
064-068 Mathematical and Computer Scientists
064 Computer systems analysts and scientists (171)
065 Operations and systems researchers and analysts (172)
066 Actuaries (1732)
067 Statisticians (1733)
068 Mathematical scientists, n.e.c. (1739)
069-083 Natural Scientists
069 Physicists and astronomers (1842, 1843)
070-072 not used
073 Chemists, except biochemists (1845)
074 Atmospheric and space scientists (1846)
075 Geologists and geodeists (1847)
076 Physical scientists, n.e.c. (1849)
077 Agricultural and food scientists (1853)
078 Biological and life scientists (1854)
079 Forestry and conservation scientists (1852)
080-082 not used
083 medical scientists (1855)
084-089 Health Diagnosing Occupations
084 Physicians (261)
085 Dentists (262)
086 Veterinarians (27)
087 Optometrists (281)
088 Podiatrists (283)
089 Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. (289)
090-094 not used
095-106 Health Assessment and Treating Occupations
095 Registered nurses (29)
096 Pharmacists (301)
097 Dietitians (302)
098-105 Therapists
098 Inhalation therapists (3031)
099 Occupational therapists (3032)
100-102 not used
103 Physical therapists (3033)
104 Speech therapists (3034)
105 Therapists, n.e.c. (3039)
106 Physicians' assistants (3040
107-112 not used
113-154 Teachers, Postsecondary
113 Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers (2212)
114 Biological science teachers (2213)
115 Chemistry teachers (2214)
116 Physics teachers (2215)
117 Natural science teachers, n.e.c. (2216)
118 Psychology teachers (2217)
119 Economics teachers (2218)
120-122 not used
123 History teachers (2222)
124 Political science teachers (2223)
125 Sociology teachers (2224)
126 Social science teachers, n.e.c. (2225)
127 Engineering teachers (2226)
128 Mathematical science teachers (2227)
129 Computer science teachers (2228)
130-132 not used
133 Medical science teachers (2231)
134 Health specialties teachers (2232)
135 Business, commerce, and marketing teachers (2233)
136 Agriculture and forestry teachers (2234)
137 Art, drama, and music teachers (2235)
138 Physical education teachers (2236)
139 Education teachers (2237)
140-142 not used
143 English teachers (2238)
144 Foreign language teachers (2242)
145 Law teachers (2243)
146 Social work teachers (2244)
147 Theology teachers (2245)
148 Trade and industrial teachers (2246)
149 Home economics teachers (2247)
150-152 not used
153 Teachers, postsecondary, n.e.c. (2249)
154 Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified
155-159 Teachers, Except Postsecondary
155 Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten (231)
156 Teachers, elementary school (232)
157 Teachers, secondary school (233)
158 Teachers, special education (235)
159 Teachers, n.e.c. (236,239)
160-162 not used
163 Counselors, educational and vocational (24)
164-165 Librarians, Archivists, and Curators
164 Librarians (251)
165 Archivists and curators (252)
166-173 Social Scientists and Urban Planners
166 Economists (1912)
167 Psychologists (1915)
168 Sociologists (1916)
169 Social scientists, n.e.c. (1913,1914,1919)
170-172 not used
173 Urban planners (192)
174-177 Social, Recreation, and Religious Workers
174 Social workers (2032)
175 Recreation workers (2033)
176 Clergy (2042)
177 Religious workers, n.e.c. (2049)
178-179 Lawyers and Judges
178 Lawyers (211)
179 Judges (2 12)
180-182 not used
183-199 Writers, Artists, Entertainers, and Athletes
183 Authors (321)
184 Technical writers (398)
185 Designers (322)
186 Musicians and composers (323)
187 Actors and directors (324)
188 Painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artists print-
makers (325)
189 Photographers (326)
190-192 not used
193 Dancers (327)
194 Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
(328,329)
195 Editors an reporters (331)
196 not used
197 Public relations specialists (332)
198 Announcers (333)
199 Athletes (34)
200-202 not used
203-389 TECHNICAL, SALES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS
203-235 Technicians and Related Support Occupations
203-208 Health Technologists and Technicians
203 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians (362)
204 Dental hygienists (363)
205 Health record technologists and technicians (364)
206 Radiologic technicians (365)
207 Licensed practical nurses (366)
208 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. (369)
209-212 not used
213-235 Technologists and Technicians, Except Health
213-218 Engineering and Related Technologists and Technicians
213 Electrical and electronic technicians (3711)
214 Industrial engineering technicians (3712)
215 Mechanical engineering technicians (3713)
216 Engineering technicians, n.e.c. (3719)
217 Drafting occupations (372)
218 Surveying and mapping technicians (373)
219-222 not used
223-225 Science Technicians
223 Biological technicians (382)
224 Chemical technicians (3831)
225 Science technicians n.e.c. (3832,3833,384,389)
226-235 Technicians; Except Health, Engineering, and Science
226 Airplane pilots and navigators (825)
227 Air traffic controllers (392)
228 Broadcast equipment operators (393)
229 Computer programmers (3971,3972)
230-232 not used
233 Tool programmers, numerical control (3974)
234 Legal assistants (396)
235 Technicians, n.e.c. (399)
236-242 not used
243-285 Sales Occupations
243 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations (40)
244-252 not used
253-257 Sales Representatives, Finance and Business Services
253 Insurance sales occupations (4122)
254 Real estate sales occupations (4123)
255 Securities and financial services sales occupations (4124)
256 Advertising and related sales occupations (4153)
257 Sales occupations, other business services (4152)
258-259 Sales Representatives, Commodities Except Retail
258 Sales engineers (421)
259 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale
(423,424)
260-262 not used
263-278 Sales Workers, Retail and Personal Services
263 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats (4342,4344)
264
Sales workers, apparel (4346)
265 Sales workers, shoes (4351)
266 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings (4348)
267 Sales workers, radio, TV, hi-fi, and appliances (4343,4352)
268 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies (4353)
269 Sales workers, parts (4367)
270-273 not used
274 Sales workers, other commodities (4345, 4347, 4354, 4356,
4359, 4362, 4369)
275 Sales counter clerks (4363)
276 Cashiers (4364)
277 Street and door-to-door sales workers (4366)
278 News vendors (4365)
279-282 not used
283-285 Sales Related Occupations
283 Demonstrators, promoters and models, sales (445)
284 Auctioneers (447)
285 Sales support occupations, n.e.c. (444,446,449)
286-302 not used
303-389 Administrative Support Occupations, Including Clerical
303-307 Supervisors, Administrative Support Occupations
303 Supervisors, general office (4511,4513,4514,4515,4516,4519,
4529)
304 Supervisors, computer equipment operators (4512)
305 Supervisors, financial records processing (4521)
306 Chief communications operators (4523)
307 Supervisors; distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks
(4522,4524-4528)
308-309 Computer Equipment Operators
308 Computer operators (4612)
309 Peripheral equipment operators (4613)
310-312 not used
313-315 Secretaries, Stenographers and Typists
313 Secretaries (4622)
314 Stenographers (4623)
315 Typists (4624)
316-323 Information Clerks
316 Interviewers (4642)
317 Hotel clerks (4643)
318 Transportation ticket and reservation agents (4644)
319 Receptionists (4645)
320-322 not used
323 Information clerks, n.e.c. (4649)
324 not used
325-336 Records Processing Occupation, Except Financial
325 Classified-ad clerks (4662)
326 Correspondence clerks (4663)
327 Order clerks (4664)
328 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping (4692)
329 Library clerks (4694)
330-334 not used
335 File clerks (4696)
336 Records clerks (4699)
337-344 Financial Records Processing Occupations
337 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks (4712)
338 Payroll and timekeeping clerks (4713)
339 Billing clerks (4715)
340-342 not used
343 Cost and rate clerks (4716)
344 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators (4718)
345-347 Duplicating, Mail and Other Machine Operators
345 Duplicating machine operators (4722)
346 Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators (4723)
347 Office machine operators, n.e.c. (4729)
348-353 Communications Equipment Operators
348 Telephone operators (4732)
349 Telegraphers (4733)
350-352 not used
353 Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. (4793)
354-357 Mail and Message Distributing Occupations
354 Postal clerks, exc. mail carriers (4742)
355 Mail carriers, postal service (4743)
356 Mail clerks, exc. postal service (4744)
357 Messengers (4745)
358 not used
359-374 Material Recording, Scheduling, and Distributing Clerks,
n.e.c.
359 Dispatchers (4751)
360-362 not used
363 Production coordinators (4752)
364 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks (4753)
365 Stock and inventory clerks (4754)
366 Meter readers (4755)
367 not used
368 Weighers, measurers, and checkers (4756)
369 Samplers (4757)
370-372 not used
373 Expediters (4758)
374 Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks,
n.e.c. (4759)
375-378 Adjusters and Investigators
375 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators (4782)
376 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance (4783)
377 Eligibility clerks, social welfare (4784)
378 Bill and account collectors (4786)
379-389 Miscellaneous Administrative Support Occupations
379 General office clerks (463)
380-382 not used
383 Bank tellers (4791)
384 Proofreaders (4792)
385 Data-entry keyers (4793)
386 Statistical clerks (4794)
387 Teachers aides (4795)
388 not used
389 Administrative support occupations, n.e.c. (4787,4799)
390-402 not used
403-469 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
403-407 Private Household Occupations
403 Launderers and ironers (503)
404 Cooks, private household (504)
405 Housekeepers and butlers (505)
406 Child care workers, private household (506)
407 Private household cleaners and servants (502,507,509)
408-412 not used
413-427 Protective Service Occupations
413-415 Supervisors, protective service occupations
413 Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention occupations
(5111)
414 Supervisors, police and detectives (5112)
415 Supervisors, guards (5113)
416-417 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations
416 Fire inspection and fire prevention occupations (5122)
417 Firefighting occupations (5123)
418-424 Police and detectives
418 Police and detectives, public service (5132)
423 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
(5134)
424 Correctional institution officers (5133)
425-427 Guards
425 Crossing guards (5142)
426 Guards and police, exc., public service (5144)
427 Protective service occupations, n.e.c. (5149)
433-469 Service Occupations, Except Protective and Household
433-444 Food preparation and service occupations
433 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations (5211)
434 Bartenders (5212)
435 Waiters and waitresses (5213)
436 Cooks, except short order (5214)
437 Short-order cooks (5215)
438 Food counter, fountain and related occupations (5216)
439 Kitchen workers, food preparation (5217)
440-442 not used
443 Waiters'/waitresses' assistants (5218)
444 Miscellaneous food preparation occupations (5219)
445-447 Health Service Occupations
445 Dental assistants (5232)
446 Health aides, except nursing (5233)
447 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants (5236)
448-455 Cleaning and Building Service Occupations, except Household
448 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers (5241)
449 Maids and housemen (5242,5249)
450-452 not used
453 Janitors and cleaners (5244)
454 Elevator operators (5245)
455 Pest control occupations (5246)
456-469 Personal Service Occupations
456 Supervisors, personal service occupations (5251)
457 Barbers (5252)
458 Hairdressers and cosmetologists (5253)
459 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities (5254)
460-462 not used
463 Guides (5255)
464 Ushers (5256)
465 Public transportation attendants (5257)
466 Baggage porters and bellhops (5262)
467 Welfare service aides (5263)
468 Child care workers, except private household (5264)
469 Personal service occupations, n.e.c. (5258,5269)
470-472 not used
473-499 FARMING, FORESTRY, AND FISHING OCCUPATIONS
473-476 Farm Operators and Managers
473 Farmers, except horticulture (5512,5514)
474 Horticultural specialty farmers, (5515)
475 Managers, farms, except horticultural (5522-5524)
476 Managers, horticultural specialty farms (5525)
477-489 Other Agricultural and Related Occupations
477-484 Farm Occupations, Except Managerial
477 Supervisors, farm workers (5611)
478 not used
479 Farm workers (5612-5617)
480-482 not used
483 Marine life cultivation workers (5618)
484 Nursery workers (5619)
485-489 Related Agricultural Occupations
485 Supervisors, related agricultural occupations (5621)
486 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm (5622)
487 Animal caretakers, except farm (5624)
488 Graders and sorters, agricultural products (5625)
489 Inspectors, agricultural products (5627)
490-493 not used
494-496 Forestry and Logging Occupations
494 Supervisors, forestry and logging workers (571)
495 Forestry workers, except logging (572)
496 Timber cutting and logging occupations (573,579)
497-499 Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers
497 Captains and other officers, fishing vessels (pt 8241)
498 Fishers (583)
499 Hunters and trappers (584)
500-502 not used
503 PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR OCCUPATIONS
503-549 Mechanics and Repairers
503 Supervisors, Mechanics and Repairers (60)
504 not used
505-549 Mechanics and Repairers, Except Supervisors
505-517 Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics and Repairers
505 Automobile mechanics (pt 6111)
506 Automobile mechanic apprentices (pt 6111)
507 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanic (6112)
508 Aircraft engine mechanics (6113)
509 Small engine repairers (6114)
510-513 not used
514 Automobile body and related repairers (6115)
515 Aircraft mechanics, exc. engine (6116)
516 Heavy equipment mechanics (6117)
517 Farm equipment mechanics (6118)
518 Industrial machinery repairers (613)
519 Machinery maintenance occupations (614)
520-522 not used
523-533 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Repairers
523 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment (6151,6153,6155)
524 not used
525 Data processing equipment repairers (6154)
526 Household appliance and power tool repairers (6156)
527 Telephone line installers and repairers (6157)
528 not used
529 Telephone installers and repairers (6158)
530-532 not used
533 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
repairers (6152,6159)
534 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics (616)
535-549 Miscellaneous Mechanics and Repairers
535 Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers (6171,
6172)
536 Locksmiths and safe repairers (6173)
537 not used
538 Office machine repairers (6174)
539 Mechanical controls and valve repairers (6175)
540-542 not used
543 Elevator installers and repairers (6176)
544 Millwrights (6178)
545-546 not used
547 Specified mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. (6177,6179)
548 not used
549 Not specified mechanics and repairers
550-552 not used
553-599 Construction Trades
553-558 Supervisors, Construction Occupations
553 Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, and tile setters
(6312)
554 Supervisors, carpenters and related workers (6313)
555 Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers
(6134)
556 Supervisors; painters, paperhangers, and plasterers (6315)
557 Supervisors: plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6316)
558 Supervisors, n.e.c. (6311, 6318)
559-562 not used
563-599 Construction Trades, Except Supervisors
563 Brickmasons and stonemasons (pt 6412, pt 6413)
564 Brickmason and stonemason apprentices (pt 6412, pt 6413)
565 Tile setters, hard and soft (6414, pt 6462)
566 Carpet installers (pt 6462)
567 Carpenters (pt 6422)
568 not used
569 Carpenter apprentices (pt 6422)
570-572 not used
573 Drywall installers (6424)
574 not used
575 Electricians (pt 6432)
576 Electrician apprentices (pt 6432)
577 Electrical power installers and repairers (6433)
578 not used
579 Painters, construction and maintenance (6442)
580-582 not used
583 Paperhangers (6443)
584 Plasterers (6444)
585 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (pt 645)
586 not used
587 Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices (pt 645)
588 Concrete and terrazzo finishers (6463)
589 Glaziers (6464)
590-592 not used
593 Insulation workers (6465)
594 Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators (6466)
595 Roofers (6468)
596 Sheetmetal duct installers (6472)
597 Structural metal workers (6473)
598 Drillers, earth (6474)
599 Construction trades, n.e.c. (6467,6475,6476,6479)
600-612 not used
613-617 Extractive Occupations
613 Supervisors, extractive occupations (632)
614 Drillers, oil will (652)
615 Explosives workers (653)
616 Mining machine operators (654)
617 Mining occupations, n.e.c. (656)
618-632 not used
633-699 Precision Production Occupations
633 Supervisors, production occupations (67,710
634-655 Precision Metal Working Occupations
634 Tool and die makers (pt 6811)
635 Tool and die maker apprentices (pt 6811)
636 Precision assemblers, metal (6812)
637 Machinists (pt 6813)
638 not used
639 Machinist apprentices (pt 6813)
640-642 not used
643 Boilermakers (6814)
644 Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners (6816)
645 Patternmakers and model makers, metal (6817)
646 Lay-out workers (6812)
647 Precious stones and metals workers (jewelers) (6822,6866)
648 not used
649 Engravers, metal (6823)
650-652 not used
653 Sheet metal workers (pt 6824)
654 Sheet metal worker apprentices (pt 6824)
655 Miscellaneous precision metal workers (6829)
656-659 Precision Woodworking Occupations
656 Patternmakers and model makers, wood (6831)
657 Cabinet makers and bench carpenter (6832)
658 Furniture and wood finishers (6835)
659 Miscellaneous precision woodworkers (6839)
660-665 not used
666-674 Precision Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Machine Workers
666 Dressmakers (pt 6852, pt 7752)
667 Tailors (pt 6852)
668 Upholsterers (6853)
669 Shoe repairers (6854)
670-672 not used
673 Apparel and fabric patternmakers (6856)
674 Miscellaneous precision apparel and fabric workers (6859, pt
7752)
675 Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers (6861)
676 Patternmakers, lay-out workers, and cutters (6862)
677 Optical goods workers (6864, pt 7477, pt 7677)
678 Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians (6865)
679 Bookbinders (6844)
680-682 not used
683 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers (6867)
684 Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. (6869)
685 not used
686-688 Precision Food Production Occupations
686 Butchers and meat cutters (6871)
687 Bakers (6872)
688 Food batchmakers (6873,6879)
689-693 Precision Inspectors, Testers, and Related Workers
689 Inspectors, testers, and graders (6881,828)
690-692 not used
693 Adjusters and calibrators (6882)
694-699 Plant and System Operators
694 Water and sewage treatment plant operators (691)
695 Power plant operators (pt 693).
696 Stationary engineers (pt 693,7668)
697-698 not used
699 Miscellaneous plant and system operators (692,694,695,696)
700-702 not used
703-889 OPERATORS, FABRICATORS, AND LABORERS
703-799 Machine Operators, Assemblers, and Inspectors
703-779 Machine Operators and Tenders, except Precision
703-715 Metal Working and Plastic Working Machine Operators
703 Lathe and turning machine set-up operators (7312)
704 Lathe and turning machine operators (7512)
705 Milling and planing machine operators (7313,7513)
706 Punching and stamping press machine operators (7314,7317,
7514,7517)
707 Rolling machine operators (7316,7516)
708 Drilling and boring machine operators (7318,7518)
709 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators (7322,7324,7522)
710-712 not used
713 Forging machine operators (7319,7519)
714 Numerical control machine operators (7326
715 Miscelianeous metal, plastic, stone, and glass working
machine operators (7329,7529)
716 not used
717 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. (7339,7539)
718 not used
719-725 Metal and plastic processing machine operators
719 Molding and casting machine operators (7315,7342,7515,
7542)
720-722 not used
723 Metal plating machine operators (7343,7543)
724 Heat treating equipment operators (7344,7544)
725 Miscellaneous metal and plastic processing machine
operators (7349,7549)
726-733 Woodworking Machine Operators
726 Wood lathe, routing, and planeing machine operators
(7431,7432,7631,7632)
727 Sawing machine operators (7433,7633)
728 Shaping and joining machine operators (7435,7635)
729 Nail and tacking machine operators (7636)
730-732 not used
733 Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators (7434,7439,
7634,7639)
734-737 Printing Machine Operators
734 Printing machine operators (7443,7643)
735 Photoengravers and lithographers (6842,7444,7644)
736 Typesetters and compositors (6841,7642)
737 Miscellaneous printing machine operators (6849,7449,7649)
738-749 Textile, Apparel and Furnishings Machine Operators
738 Winding and twisting machine operators (7451,7651)
739 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators
(7452,7652)
740-742 not used
743 Textile cutting machine operators (7654)
744 Textile sewing machine operators (7655)
745 Shoe machine operators (7656)
746 not used
747 Pressing machine operators (7657)
748 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators (6855,7658)
749 Miscellaneous textile machine operators (7459,7659)
750-752 not used
753-779 Machine Operators, Assorted Materials
753 Cementing and gluing machine operators (7661)
754 Packaging and filling machine operators (7562,7662)
755 Extruding and forming machine operators (7463,7663)
756 Mixing and blending machine operators (7664)
757 Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators
(7476,7666,7676)
758 Compressing and compacting machine operators (7646,7667)
759 Painting and paint spraying machine operators (7669)
760-762 not used
763 Roasting and baking machine operators, food (7472,7672)
764 Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators (7673)
765 Folding machine operators (7474,7674)
766 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc. food (7675)
767 not used
768 Crushing and grinding machine operators (pt 7477,
pt 7677)
769 Slicing and cutting machine operators (7478,7678)
770-772 not used
773 Motion picture projectionists (pt 7479)
774 Photographic process machine operators (6863,6868,7671)
775-776 not used
777 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. (pt 7479,7665,
7679)
778 not used
779 Machine operators, not specified
780-782 not used
783-795 Fabricators, Assemblers, and Hand Working Occupations
783 Welders and cutters (7332,7532,7714)
784 Solderers and brazers (7333,7533,7717)
785 Assemblers (772,774)
786 Hand cutting and trimming occupations (7753)
787 Hand molding, casting, and forming occupations (7754,
7755)
788 not used
789 Hand painting, coating, and decorating occupations (7756)
790-792 not used
793 Hand engraving and printing occupations (7757)
794 Hand grinding and polishing occupations (7758)
795 Miscellaneous hand working occupations (7759)
796-799 Production Inspectors, Testers, Samplers, and Weighers
796 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners (782,787)
797 Production testers (783)
798 Production samplers and weighers (784)
799 Graders and sorters, exc. agricultural (785)
800-802 not used
803-859 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
803-814 Motor Vehicle Operators
803 Supervisors, motor vehicle operators (8111)
804 Truck drivers, heavy (8212,8213)
805 Truck drivers, light (8214)
806 Driver-sales workers (8218)
807 not used
808 Bus drivers (8215)
809 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs (8216)
810-812 not used
813 Parking lot attendants (874)
814 Motor transportation occupations, n.e.c. (8219)
815-822 not used
823-834 Transportation Occupations, Except Motor Vehicles
823-826 Rail Transportation Occupations
823 Railroad conductors and yardmasters (8113)
824 Locomotive operating occupations (8232)
825 Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators (8233)
826 Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. (8239)
827 not used
828-834 Water Transportation Occupations
828 Ship captains and mates, except fishing boasts (pt 8241,
8242)
829 Sailors and deckhands (8243)
830-832 not used
833 Marine engineers (8244)
834 Bridge, lock, and lighthouse tenders (8245)
835-842 not used
843-859 Material Moving Equipment Operators
843 Supervisors, material moving equipment operators (812)
844 Operating engineers (8312)
845 Longshore equipment operators (8313)
846-847 not used
848 Hoist and winch operators (8314)
849 Crane and tower operators (8315)
850-852 not used
853 Excavating and loading machine operators (8316)
854 not used
855 Grader, dozer, and scraper operators (8317)
856 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators (8318)
857-858 not used
859 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators (8319)
860-862 not used
863-889 Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers, and Laborers
863 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers,
n.e.c. (85)
864 Helpers, mechanics and repairers (863)
865-867 Helpers, Construction and Extractive Occupations
865 Helpers, construction trades (8641-8645,8648)
866 Helpers, surveyor (8646)
867 Helpers, extractive occupations (865)
868 not used
869 Construction laborers (871)
870-872 not used
873 Production helpers (861,862)
874 not used
875-883 Freight, Stock, and Material Handlers
875 Garbage collectors (8722)
876 Stevedores (8723)
877 Stock handlers and baggers (8724)
878 Machine feeders and offbearers (8725)
879-882 not used
883 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. (8726)
884 not used
885 Garage and service station related occupation (873)
886 not used
887 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners (875)
888 Hand packers and packagers (8761)
889 Laborers, except construction (8769)
890-904 not used
905 Assigned to persons whose labor force status is unemployed and
whose last job was Armed Forces.
APPENDIX B2 - DETAILED OCCUPATION RECODES
Detailed Occupation Recodes
(01-46)
Detailed Occupation Recode Occupation Code
Administrators and Officials,
Public Administration 01 003-006
Other Executive, Administrators, and Managers 02 007-019
Management Related Occupations 03 023-037
Engineers 04 044-059
Mathematical and Computer Scientists 05 064-068
Natural Scientists 06 069-083
Health Diagnosing Occupations 07 084-089
Health Assessment and Treating Occupations 08 095-106
Teachers, College and University 09 113-154
Teachers, Except College and University 10 155-159
Lawyers and Judges 11 178-179
Other Professional Specialty Occupations 12 043-063
163-177
183-199
Health Technologists and Technicians 13 203-208
Engineering and Science Technicians 14 213-225
Technicians, Except Health
Engineering, and Science 15 226-235
Supervisors and Proprietors,
Sales Occupations 16 243
Sales Representatives, Finance,
and Business Service 17 253-257
Sales Representatives, Commodities,
Except Retail 18 258-259
Sales Workers, Retail and
Personal Services 19 263-278
Sales Related Occupations 20 283-285
Supervisors - Administrative Support 21 303-307
Computer Equipment Operators 22 308-309
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Twists 23 313-315
Financial Records, Processing Occupations 24 337-344
Mail and Message Distributing 25 354-357
Other Administrative Support Occupations,
Including Clerical 26 316-336
Private Household Service Occupations 27 403-407
Protective Service Occupations 28 413-427
Food Service Occupations 29 433-444
Health Service Occupations 30 445-447
Cleaning and Building Service Occupations 31 448-455
Personal Service Occupations 32 456-469
Mechanics and Repairers 33 503-549
Construction Trades 34 553-599
Other Precision Production Occupations 35 613-699
Machine Operators and Tenders,
Except Precision 36 703-779
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors,
and Samplers 37 783-799
Motor Vehicle Operators 38 803-814
Other Transportation Occupations
and Material Moving 39 823-859
Construction Laborer 40 869
Freight, Stock and Material Handlers 41 875-883
Other Handlers, Equipment Cleaners,
and Laborers 42 863-867
873,885-889
Farm Operators and Managers 43 473-476
Farm Workers and Related Occupations 44 477-489
Forestry and Fishing Occupations 45 494-499
Armed Forces, Currently Civilian 46 905
APPENDIX B3 - MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP RECODES
Major Occupation Group Recodes
(01-14)
Occupation Group Recode Occupation Code
Executive, Administrative, and Managerial
Occupations 01 003-037
Professional Specialty Occupations 02 043-199
Technicians and Related Support Occupations 03 203-389
Sales Occupations 04 243-285
Administrative Support Occupations,
Including Clerical 05 303-389
Private Household Service Occupations 06 403-407
Protective Service Occupation 07 413-427
Service Occupations, Except Protective and
Household 08 433-469
Farming, Forestry, and Fishing Occupations 09 473-499
Precision Production, Craft, and Repair
Occupations 10 503-699
Machine Operators, Assemblers, and
Inspectors 11 703-799
Transportation and Material Moving
Equipment Occupations 12 803-859
Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers,
and Laborers 13 863-889
Armed Forces, Currently Civilian 14 905
APPENDIX E - SPECIFIC METROPOLITAN IDENTIFIERS
Specific Metropolitan ldentifiers
The specific metropolitan identifiers on this file are based on the Office of
Management and Budget's June 30,1984 definitions and are ranked according to
Census Bureau population estimates for July 1,1983. Identification of CMSA's
is based on the CMSA/MSA rank code (see List 1) or the CMSA FIPS Code (see
List 5). MSA's can be Identified by using either the CMSA/MSA rank code (List
1) or the FIPS MSA/PMSA code (List 4). PMSA's can be Identified by either the
FIPS MSA/PMSA code (List 4) or a combination of the CMSA/MSA rank codes and
the PMSA rank code (List 2). Identification of Individual central cities is
based on a combination of codes (See List 3). Individual central cities are
identified by the appropriate central city code and the FIPS MSA/PMSA code or
the appropriate central city code, the CMSA/MSA rank code, and, if necessary,
the PMSA rank code. Some examples of the proper coding of specific
metropolitan areas are given below.
CMSA/ PMSA INDIVIDUAL FIPS
MSA RANK CENTRAL MSA/PMSA
RANK CODE CITY CODE CODE
AREA (HG-MSAR) (HG-PMSA) (INDCCODE) (HG-MSAC)
List 1 List 2 List 3 List 4
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 010 N/C N/C N/C
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 010 02 N/C N/C
OR N/C N/C N/C 2800
Fort Worth, TX Central City 010 02 1 N/C
OR N/C N/C 1 2800
Phoenix, AZ MSA 023 N/C N/C N/C
OR N/C N/C N/C 6200
Mesa, AZ Central City 023 N/C 2 N/C
OR N/C N/C 2 6200
Burlington, VT MSA 224 N/C N/C N/C
OR H/C N/C N/C 1305
N/C = No Code Required
NOTES:
1. Do not attempt to tally CMSA totals by summing identified PMSA's. The
specific PMSA identification for some PMSA's is suppressed while the
specific CMSA for those areas is available. The New Hampshire portion of
the Boston CMSA is an example of this. While specific identification of
Nashua and the Lawrence-Haverill and Lowell portions is suppressed, all
areas are coded as being in the Boston CMSA.
2. Many of the smaller metropolitan areas in sample do not contain central
city/balance breakdowns and hence, are coded "not identifiable" in the
household central city metropolitan statistical area residence status
code (HCCC-R). It is recommended that this code in conjunction with the
modified household metropolitan statistical area residence status code
(HMSA-R) be used for tallying metropolitan residence status for
national and other grouped data. The HG in each listing refers to
Household Geographic.
List 1: CMSA/MSA 1983 Rank Codes (HG-MSAR)
CMSA/ FIPS
MSA MSA/
RANK PMSA
CODE CODE
(HG-MSAR) (HG-MSAC) CMSA/MSA TITLE
001 New York-New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ CMSA
002 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA
003 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI CMSA (Wisconsin
portion not in sample)
004 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA
(Maryland portion suppressed)
005 San Francisco-OaKland-San Jose, CA CMSA
006 Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI CMSA
007 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH CMSA
000 Houston-Galveston-Braz:oria, TX CMSA
009 0040 Washington, DC-VA MSA
010 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
011 Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH CMSA
012 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA
013 Pittsburgh-Deaver Valley, PA CMSA
014 St. Louis, MO-IL CMSA
015 0520 Atlanta, GA MSA
016 0720 Baltimore, MD MSA
017 5120 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA (Wisconsin portion
not identified)
010 Seattle-Tacoma, WA CMSA
019 7320 San Diego, CA MSA
020 0280 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
021 Denver-Boulder, CO CMSA
022 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA (Indiana
portion not identified)
023 6200 Phoenix, AZ MSA
024 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA
025 3760 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA
026 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA
027 5560 New Orleans, LA MSA
020 1040 Columbus, OH MSA
029 5720 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA MSA
030 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY CMSA
031 6920 Sacramento, CA MSA
032 3480 Indianapolis, IN MSA
033 7240 San Antonio, TX MSA
034 Providence-Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA CMSA
035 1520 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA
036 Hartford-New Britian-Middletown, CT CMSA
037 7160 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA
030 6840 Rochester, NY MSA
039 5880 OKlahoma City, OK MSA
040 4520 Louisville, KY-IN MSA
041 2000 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA
042 4920 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA (Arkansas and Mississippi
portions not identified)
043 1000 Birmingham, AL MSA
044 5360 Nashville, TN MSA
045 3120 Greenboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC MSA
046 0160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA
047 3320 Honolulu, HI MSA
048 5960 Orlando, FL MSA
049 6760 Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA (Dinwiddie and Prince
George counties and Colonial Heights, Hopewell,
and Petersburg cities not in sample)
050 3600 Jacksonville, FL MSA
051 7560 Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA MSA (Monroe county not
in sample)
052 0560 Tulsa, OK MSA
053 8960 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL MSA
054 8160 Syracuse, NY MSA
055 0240 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ MSA (New Jersey portion
not identified)
056 0640 Austin, TX MSA
057 3000 Grand Rapids, MI MSA
058 8400 Toledo, OH MSA
059 5920 Omaha, NE-IA MSA (Iowa portion not identified)
060 6640 Raleigh-Durham, NC MSA
061 3160 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC MSA
062 3840 Knoxville, TN MSA
063 8520 Tucson, AZ MSA
064 3240 Harrisonburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA (Lebanon
county not in sample)
065 2840 Fresno, CA MSA
066 0760 Baton Rouge, LA MSA
067 9320 Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA
068 4120 Las Vegas, NV MSA
069 8000 Springfield, MA MSA
070 2320 El Paso, TX MSA
071 5480 New Haven-Meriden, CT MSA
072 4400 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA
073 1440 Charleston, SC MSA
074 5160 Mobile, AL MSA (Baldwin county not in sample)
075 0680 Bakersfield, CA MSA
076 3660 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA
(Virginia portion not identified)
077 2640 Flint, MI MSA
078 0200 Albuquerque, NM MSA
079 9040 Wichita, KS MSA
080 1760 Columbia, SC MSA
081 1560 Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA (Marion and Sequatchie
counties Tennessee not in sample)
082 6960 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA
083 4040 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA
084 9240 Worcester, MA MSA
085 1320 Canton, OH MSA
086 0840 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA
087 9280 York, PA MSA
088 1960 Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA-IL MSA
089 8120 Stockton, CA MSA
090 2120 Des Moines, IA MSA (Dallas county not in sample)
091 4000 Lancaster, PA MSA
092 3560 Jackson, MS MSA
093 6120 Peoria, IL MSA
094 0600 Augusta, GA-SC, MSA
095 1880 Corpus Christi, TX MSA
096 7680 Shreveport, LA MSA
097 2760 Fort Wayne, IN MSA
098 7840 Spokane, WA MSA
099 3980 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
100 1720 Colorado Springs, CO MSA
101 3400 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA (Kentucky and
Ohio portions not identified)
102 4720 Madison, WI MSA
103 4880 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
104 4200 Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA
105 8680 Utica-Rome, NY MSA
106 7480 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA
107 6680 Reading, PA MSA
108 6080 Pensacola, FL MBA
109 7120 Salinas-Seaside-Monterey, CA MSA
110 4900 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL MSA
111 0460 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA
112 2020 Daytona Beach, FL MSA
113 5170 Modesto, CA MSA
115 5240 Montgomery, AL MSA
116 2360 Erie, PA MSA
117 6880 Rockford, IL MSA
118 2440 Evansville, IN-KY MSA (Kentucky portion not
identified)
119 4600 Macon-Warner Robins, GA MSA
120 1400 Charleston, WV MSA
121 2400 Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA
122 0960 Binghamton, NY MSA
123 8700 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA
124 3680 Johnstown, PA MSA
125 2240 Duluth, MN-WI MSA (Wisconsin portion not
identified)
126 5520 New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA (Rhode Island
portion suppressed)
127 7000 Salem, OR MSA
128 6460 Poughkeepsie, NY MSA
129 2560 Fayetteville, NC MSA
130 1800 Columbus, GA-AL MSA (Alabama portion not in
sample)
131 2700 Fort Myers, FL MSA
132 7000 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN MSA
133 6520 Provo-Orem, UT MSA (Central City portion only
identified)
134 1240 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
135 7520 Savannah, GA MSA
136 7510 Sarasota, FL MSA
137 6000 Roanoke, VA MSA
138 4600 Lubbock, TX MSA
139 3080 Lafayette, LA MSA
140 3810 Killeen-Temple, TX MSA
141 7920 Springfield, MO MSA
142 3720 Kalamazoo, MI MSA
143 0300 Anchorage, AK MSA
144 6720 Reno, NV MSA (Central City portion only
identified)
145 3290 Hickory, NC MSA
146 3440 Huntsville, AL MSA
147 8000 Waterbury, CT MSA
148 8240 Tallahassee, FL MSA
149 6450 Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, NH-ME MSA
(Maine portion not entirely in sample and it is
not identified)
150 6400 Portland, ME MSA
151 4360 Lincoln, NE MSA
152 0920 Biloxi-Gulfport, MS MSA
153 3350 Houma-Thibodaux, LA MSA
154 7080 Springfield, IL MSA
156 1000 Boise City, ID MSA
157 2900 Gainesville, FL MSA
150 9000 Wheeling, WV-OH MSA (Ohio portion not identified)
161 8000 Waco, TX MSA
163 3960 Lake Charles, LA MSA
164 1360 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
165 5400 New Bedford, MA MSA
166 1400 Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, IL MSA
169 2720 Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA (OKlahoma portion not in
sample)
170 1140 Bradenton, FL MBA
171 0480 Asheville, NC MSA
172 0870 Benton Harbor, MI MSA
173 8920 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA
174 2670 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MBA
178 8440 Topeka, HA MSA (Central City portion only
identified)
179 1620 Chico, CA MSA
180 5320 Muskegon, MI MSA
181 4320 Lima, OH MSA
184 5790 Ocala, FL MSA
185 3520 Jackson, MS MSA
186 5200 Monroe, LA MSA
192 8600 Tuscaloosa, AL MSA
193 0780 Battle Creek, MI MSA
194 0405 Anderson, SC MSA
197 5910 Olympia, WA MSA
198 8320 Terre Haute, IN MSA
199 2650 Florence, AL MSA
201 0280 Altoona, PA MSA
202 0400 Anderson, IN MSA
203 4760 Manchester, NH MSA
204 4890 Medford, OR MBA
207 3710 Joplin, MO MSA
209 4800 Mansfield, OH MSA
211 7610 Sharon, PA MSA
216 6560 Pueblo, CO MSA
219 4200 Lawton, OK MSA
221 1040 Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA
222 2750 Fort Walton Beach, FL MSA
224 1305 Burlington, VT MSA
225 9140 Williamsport, PA MSA
226 7720 Sioux City, IA-NE MSA (Nebraska portion not in
sample)
231 7760 Sioux Falls, SD MSA
233 2655 Florence, SC MSA
240 0860 Bellingham, WA MSA
242 9340 Yuba City, CA MSA
246 1740 Colombia, MO MSA
247 2880 Gadsden, AL MSA
248 2580 Fayetteville-Springdale, AK MSA
252 3740 Kankakee, IL MSA
List 2: PMSA 1983 Rank Codes (HG-PMSA)
Note: The PMSA Rank is assigned based on a PMSA's population
when compared to other PMSA's within the parent CMSA.
FIPS
CMSA PMSA MSA
RANK RANK PMSA
CODE CODE CODE
(HG-MSAR) (HG-PMSA) (HG-MSAC) PMSA TITLE
001 01 5600 New York, NY
02 5380 Nassau-Suffolk, NY
03 5640 Newark, NJ
04 0875 Bergen-Passaic, NJ
05 5015 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
06 5190 Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
07 3640 Jersey City, NJ
00 1160 Bridgeport-Milford, CT
09 5950 Orange County, NY
10 8040 Stamford, CT
11 1930 Danbury, CT
12 5760 Norwalk, CT
002 01 4480 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
02 0360 Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
03 6700 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
04 6000 Oxnard-Ventura, CA
003 01 1600 Chicago, IL
02 2960 Gary-Hammond, IN
03 3965 Lake County, IL
04 3690 Joliet, IL
05 0620 Aurora-Elgin, IL
004 01 6160 Philadelphia, PA-NJ
02 9160 Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD (New Jersey
portion not identified, Maryland
portion suppressed.)
03 8400 Trenton, NJ
005 01 5775 OaKland, CA
02 7360 San Francisco, CA
03 7400 San Jose, CA
04 8720 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA
05 7500 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
06 7485 Santa Cruz, CA
006 01 2160 Detroit, Mt
02 0440 Ann Arbor, MS
007 01 1120 Boston, MA
02 4160 Lawrence-Haverill, MA-NH (New
Hampshire portion not identified)
03 7090 Salem-Gloucester, MA
04 4560 Lowell, MA-NH (New Hampshire portion
not identified)
05 1200 Brockton, MA
008 01 3360 Houston, TX
02 2920 Galveston-Texas City, TX
03 1145 Brazoria, TX
010 01 1920 Dallas, TX
02 2800 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
011 01 1680 Cleveland, OH
02 0080 Akron, OH
03 4440 Lorain-Elyria, OH
012 01 5000 Miami-Hialeah, FL
02 2600 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano
Beach, FL
013 01 6280 Pittsburgh, PA
02 0845 Beaver County, PA
014 01 7040 St, Louis, MO-IL (Illinois portion
not identified)
018 01 7600 Seattle, WA
02 8200 Tacoma, WA
021 01 2080 Denver, CO
02 1125 Boulder-Longmont, CO
022 01 1640 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (Indiana portion
not identified)
02 3200 Hamilton-Middletown, OH
024 01 5080 Milwaukee, WI
02 6600 Racine, WI
026 01 6440 Portland, OR
02 8725 Vancouver, WA
030 01 1200 Buffalo, NY
02 5700 Niagara Falls, NY
034 01 6400 Providence, RI
02 6060 Pawtuckett-Woonsocket-Attleboro, RI-
MA (Rhode Island-Central City
portion only identified)
036 01 3200 Hartford, CT
02 5440 New Britain, CT
List 3: Individual Central CIM Codes (INDCCODE)
CMSA/MSA PMSA INDIVIDUAL
RANK RANK CENTRAL CITY
CODE CODE CITY CODE
(HG-MSAR) (HG-PMSA1 (INDCCODE CITY
001 03 1 Newark, NJ
2 Elizabeth, NJ
002 01 1 Los Angeles, CA
2 Long Beach, CA
3 Pasadena, CA
0 Others
02 1 Anaheim, CA
2 Santa Ana, CA
03 1 Riverside, CA
0 Others
003 01 1 Chicago, IL
0 Others
02 1 Gary, IN
0 Others
005 01 1 OaKland, CA
0 Others
006 01 1 Detroit, MI
0 Others
007 01 1 Boston, MA
0 Others
010 01 1 Dallas, TX
0 Others
02 1 Fort Worth, TX
2 Arlington, TX
012 01 1 Miami, FL
0 Others
02 1 Fort Lauderdale, FL
0 Others
017 - 1 Minneapolis, MN
0 Others
020 - 1 Tampa, FL
0 Others
023 - 1 Phoenix, AZ
2 Mesa, AZ
0 Others
029 - 1 Norfolk, VA
2 Virginia Beach, VA
3 Newport News, VA
4 Hampton, VA
0 Others
045 - 1 Greensboro, NC
0 Others
046 - 1 Albany, NY
0 Others
060 - 1 Raleigh, NC
0 Others
069 - 1 Springfield, MA
0 Others
List 4: TIPS MSA/PMSA Codes (HG-MSAC)
CMSA/ FIPS
MSA PMSA MSA/
RANK RANK PMSA
CODE CODE CODE
(HG-MSAR) (HG-PMSA) (HG-MSAC) MSA/PMSA TITLE
011 02 0080 Akron, OH, PMSA
046 0160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
078 0200 Albuquerque, NM MSA
055 0240 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ MSA (New
Jersey portion not identified)
201 0280 Altoona, PA MSA
002 02 0360 Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA PMSA
143 0380 Anchorage, AK MSA
202 0400 Anderson, IN MSA
194 0405 Anderson, SC MSA
006 02 0440 Ann Arbor, MI PMSA
111 0460 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenaht, WI MSA
171 0480 Asheville, NC MSA
015 0520 Atlanta, GA MSA
094 0600 Augusta, GA-SC MSA
003 05 0620 Aurora-Elgin, IL PMSA
056 0640 Austin, TX MSA
075 0680 Bakersfield, CA MSA
016 0720 Baltimore, MD MSA
066 0760 Baton Rouge, LA MSA
193 0780 Battle Creek, MI MSA
086 0840 Beaumont-Port Arthur, FL MSA
013 02 0845 Beaver County, PA PMSA
240 0860 Bellingham, WA MSA
172 0870 Benton Harbor, MI MSA
001 04 0875 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA
152 0920 Biloxi-Gulfport, MS MSA
122 0960 Binghamton, NY MSA
043 1000 Birmingham, AL MSA
221 1040 Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA
156 1080 Boise City, ID MSA
007 01 1120 Boston, MA PMSR
021 02 1125 Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA
170 1140 Bradenton, FL MSA
008 03 1145 Brazoria, TX PMSA
001 08 1160 Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA
007 05 1200 Brockton, MA PMSA
134 1240 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
030 01 1280 Buffalo, NY PMSA
224 1305 Burlington, VT MSA
085 1320 Canton, OH MSA
164 1360 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
166 1400 Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, IL MSA
073 1440 Charleston, SC MSA
120 1480 Charleston, WV MSA
035 1520 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
MSA
081 1560 Chattanooga, TN-A MSA (Marion and
Sequatchie counties Tennessee not
in sample)
003 01 1600 Chicago, IL PMSA
identified)
179 1620 Chico, CA MSA
022 01 1640 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA
(Indiana portion not
identified)
011 01 1680 Cleveland, OH PMSA
100 1720 Colorado Springs, CO MSA
246 1740 Colombia, MO MSA
080 1760 Columbia, SC MSA
130 1800 Columbus, GA-AL MSA (Alabama
portion not in sample)
020 - 1840 Columbus, OH MSA
095 1880 Corpus Christi, TX MSA
010 01 1920 Dallas, TX PMSA
001 11 1930 Danbury, CT PMSR
088 1960 Davenport.Rock Island-Moline,
IA-IL MSA
041 2000 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA
112 2020 Daytona Beach, FL MSA
021 01 2080 Denver, CO PMSA
090 2120 Des Moines, IA MSA (Dallas
County not in sample)
006 01 2160 Detroit, MI PMSA
125 2240 Duluth, MN-WI MSA (Wisconsin
portion not identified)
070 2320 El Paso, TX MSA
116 2360 Erie, PA MSA
121 2400 Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA
118 2440 Evansville, IN-KY MSA (Kentucky
portion not identified)
129 2560 Fayetteville, NC MSA
248 2580 Fayetteville-Springdale, AR MSA
077 2640 Flint, MI MSA
199 2650 Florence, AL MSA
233 2655 Florence, SC MSA
174 2670 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA
012 02 2680 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-
Pompano Beach, FL
PMSA
131 2700 Fort Myers, FL MSA
169 2720 Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA (Oklahoma
portion not in sample)
222 2750 Fort Walton Beach, FL MSA
097 2760 Fort Wayne, IN MSA
010 02 2800 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA
065 2840 Fresno, CA MSA
247 2880 Gadsden, AL MSA
157 2900 Gainesville, FL MSA
008 02 2920 Galveston-Texas City, TX PMSA
003 02 2960 Gary-Hammond, IN PMSA
057 3000 Grand Rapids, MI MSA
045 3120 Greenboro-Winston Salem-High
Point, NC MSA
061 3160 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC MSA
022 02 3200 Hamilton-Middletown, OH PMSA
064 3240 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle,PA MSA
(Lebanon County not in sample)
036 01 3280 Hartford, CT PMSA
145 3290 Hickory, NC MSA
047 3320 Honolulu, HI MSA
153 3350 Houma-Thibodaux, I-A MSA
008 01 3360 Houston, TX PMSA
101 3400 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
(Kentucky and Ohio portions not
identified)
146 3440 Huntsville, AL MSA
032 3480 Indianapolis, IN MSA
185 3520 Jackson, MI MSA
092 3560 Jackson, MS MSA
050 3600 Jacksonville, FL MSA
001 07 3640 Jersey City, NJ PMSA
076 3660 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-
VA MSA
(Virginia portion not identified)
124 3680 Johnstown, PA MSA
003 04 3690 Joliet, IL PMSA
207 3710 Joplin, MO MSA
142 3720 Kalamazoo, MI MSA
252 3740 Kankakee, IL MSA
025 3760 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA
140 3810 Killeen-Temple, TX MSA
062 3840 Knoxville, TN MSA
139 3880 Lafayette, LA MSA
163 3960 Lake Charles, LA MSA
003 03 3965 Lake County, IL PMSA
099 3980 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
091 4000 Lancaster, PA MSA
083 4040 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA
060 4120 Las Vegas, NV MSA
007 02 4160 Lawrence-Haverill, MA-NH PMSA (New
Hampshire portion not identified)
219 4200 Lawton, OK MSA
104 4280 Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA
181 4320 Lima, OH MSA
151 4360 Lincoln, NE MSA
072 4400 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AK
MSA
011 03 4440 Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA
002 01 4480 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA
040 4520 Louisville, KY-IN MSA
007 04 4560 Lowell, MA-NH PMSA (New Hampshire
portion not identified)
138 4600 Lubbock, TX MSA
119 4680 Macon-Warner Robins, GA MSA
102 4720 Madison, WI MSA
203 4760 Manchester, NH MSA
209 4800 Mansfield, OH MSA
103 4880 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
204 4890 Medford, OR MSA
110 4900 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL
MSA
042 4920 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA (Arkansas and
Mississippi portions not
identified)
012 01 5000 Miami-Hialeah, FL PMSA
001 05 5015 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
PMSA
024 01 5080 Milwaukee, WI PMSA
017 5120 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA
(Wisconsin portion not identified)
074 5160 Mobile, AL MSA (Baldwin county not
in sample)
113 5170 Modesto, CA MSA
001 06 5190 Monmouth-Ocean, NJ PMSA
106 5200 Monroe, LA MSA
115 5240 Montgomery, AL MSA
100 5320 Muskegon, MI MSA
044 5360 Nashville, TN MSA
001 02 5380 Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA
165 5400 New Bedford, MA MSA
036 02 5440 New Britain, CT PMSA
071 5480 New Haven-Meriden, CT MSA
126 5520 New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA (Rhode
Island portion suppressed)
027 5560 New Orleans, I-A MSA
001 01 5600 New York, NY PMSA
001 03 5640 Newark, NJ PMSA
030 02 5700 Niagara ralls, NY PMSA
029 5720 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,
VA MSA
001 12 5760 Norwalk, CT PMSA
005 01 5775 Oakland, CA PMSA
184 5790 Ocala, FL MSA
039 5880 Oklahoma City, OK MSA
197 5910 Olympia, WA MSA
059 5920 Omaha, NE-IA MSA (Iowa potion not
identified)
001 09 5950 Orange County, NY PMSA
048 5960 Orlando, FL MSA
002 04 6000 Oxnard-Ventura, CA PMSA
034 02 6060 Pawtuckett-Woonsocket-Attleboro,
RI-MA PMSA
(Rhode Island Central City portion
only identified)
100 6080 Pensacola, FL MSA
093 6120 Peoria, IL MSA
004 01 6160 Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA
023 6200 Phoenix, AZ MSA
013 01 6280 Pittsburgh, PA PMSA
150 6400 Portland, ME MSA
026 01 6440 Portland, OR PMSA
149 6450 Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, NH-ME
MSA (Maine portion not entirely in
sample and it is not identified)
128 6460 Poughkeepsie, NY MSA
034 01 6480 Providence, RI PMSA
133 6520 Provo-Orem, UT MSA (Central City
portion only identified)
216 6560 Pueblo, CO MSA
024 02 6600 Racine, WI PMSA
060 6640 Raleigh-Durham, NC MSA
107 6680 Reading, PA MSA
144 6720 Reno, NV MSA (Central City portion
only identified)
049 6760 Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA
(Dinwiddie and Prince George
counties and Colonial Heights,
Hopeweli, and Petersburg
cities not in sample)
002 03 6780 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA
137 6800 Roanoke, VA MSA
038 6840 Rochester, NY MSA
117 6880 Rockford, IL MSA
031 6920 Sacramento, CA MSA
082 6960 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA
014 01 7040 St. Louis, FL PMSA (Illinois portion
not identified)
127 7080 Salem, OR MSA
007 03 7090 Salem-Gloucester, MA PMSA
109 7120 Sallnas-Seaside-Monterey, CA MSA
037 7160 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA
033 7240 San Antonio, TX MSA
019 7320 San Diego, CA MSA
005 02 7360 San Francisco, CA PMSA
005 03' 7400 San Jose, CA PMSA
106 7480 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA
MSA
005 06 7485 Santa Cruz, CA PMSA
005 05 7500 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA PMSA
136 7510 Sarasota, FL MSA
135 7520 Savannah, GA MSA
051 7560 Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA MSA
(Monroe county not in sample)
018 01 7600 Seattle, WA PMSA
211 7610 Sharon, PA MSA
096 7680 Shreveport, I-A MSA
226 7720 Sioux City, IA-NE MSA (Nebraska
portion not in sample)
231 7760 Sioux Falls, SD MSA
132 7800 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN MSA
090 7840 Spokane, WA MSA
154 7880 Springfield, IL MSA
141 7920 Springfield, MO MSA
069 8000 Springfield, MA MSA
001 10 8040 Stamford, CT PMSA
089 8120 Stockton, CA MSA
054 8160 Syracuse, NY MSA
018 02 8200 Tacoma, WA PMSA
148 8240 Tallahassee, FL MSA
020 8280 Tampa-St, Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
MSA
198 8320 Terre Haute, IN MSA
058 8400 Toledo, OH MSA
170 8440 Topeka, KA MSA (Central City portion
only identified)
004 03 8480 Trenton, NJ PMSA
063 8520 Tucson, AZ MSA
052 8560 Tulsa, OK MSA
192 8600 Tuscaloosa, AL MSA
105 8680 Utica-Rome, NY MSA
005 04 8720 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA
026 02 8725 Vancouver, WA PMSA
123 8780 Visalia.Tulare-Portervllle, CA MSA
161 8800 Waco, TX MSA
009 8840 Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA
147 8880 Waterbury, CT MSA
173 8920 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA
053 8960 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray
Beach, FL MSA
158 9000 Wheeling, WV-OH MSA (Ohio portion
not identified)
079 9040 Wichita, KA MSA
225 9140 Williamsport, PA MSA
004 02 9160 Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD PMSA (New
Jersey portion not identified,
Maryland portion suppressed.)
004 9240 Worcester, MA MSA
087 9280 York, PA MSA
067 9320 Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA
242 9340 Yuba City, CA MSA
List 5: CMSA Codes (HG-CMSA)
FIPS CODE
(HG-CMSA) CMSA TITLE
07 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH
10 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
14 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI
(Wisconsin portion not in sample)
21 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN
(Indiana portion not identified)
28 Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH
31 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
34 Denver-Boulder, CO
35 Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI
41 Hartford-New Britian-Middletown, CT
42 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX
47 Kansas City, MO-KS
56 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL
63 Milwaukee-Racine, WI
70 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT
77 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD
(Maryland portion suppressed)
78 Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA
79 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA
80 Providence- Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA
91 Seattle-Tacoma, WA
APPENDIX F - TOPCODING OF USUAL HOURLY EARNINGS
This variable will be topcoded based on an individual's usual hours worked
variable, if the individual's edited usual weekly earnings variable is $999.
The topcode is computed such that the product of usual hours times usual
hourly does not exceed an annualized wage of $100,000 ($1923.07 per week).
Below is a list of the appropriate topcodes.
Hours Topcode Hours Topcode
1 None 50 $38.46
2 None 51 $37.70
3 None 52 $36.98
4 None 53 $36.28
5 None 54 $35.61
6 None 55 $34.96
7 None 56 $34.34
8 None 57 $33.73
9 None 58 $33.15
10 None 59 $32.59
11 None 60 $32.05
12 None 61 $31.52
13 None 62 $31.01
14 None 63 $30.52
15 None 64 $30.04
16 None 65 $29.58
17 None 66 $29.13
18 None 67 $28.70
19 None 68 $28.28
20 $96.15 69 $27.87
21 $91.57 70 $27.47
22 $87.41 71 $27.08
23 $83.61 72 $26.70
24 $80.12 73 $26.34
25 $76.92 74 $25.98
26 $73.96 75 $25.64
27 $71.22 76 $25.30
28 $68.68 77 $24.97
29 $66.31 78 $24.65
30 $64.10 79 $24.34
31 $62.03 80 $24.03
32 $60.09 81 $23.74
33 $58.27 82 $23.45
34 $56.56 83 $23.16
35 $54.94 84 $22.89
36 $53.41 85 $22.62
37 $51.97 86 $22.36
38 $50.60 87 $22.10
39 $49.30 88 $21.85
40 $48.07 89 $21.60
41 $46.90 90 $21.36
42 $45.78 91 $21.13
43 $44.72 92 $20.90
44 $43.70 93 $20.67
45 $42.73 94 $20.45
46 $41.80 95 $20.24
47 $40.91 96 $20.03
48 $40.06 97 $19.82
49 $39.24 98 $19.62
99 $19.42
APPENDIX G - SOURCE AND ACCURACY STATEMENT
Source of Data
Background
The data for this survey came from the March 1991 Current Popula-
tion Survey (CPS), conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The
March survey uses two sets of questions, the basic CPS and the
supplements.
Basic CPS
Basic CPS. The monthly CPS collects primarily labor force data
about the civilian noninstitutional population. Interviewers ask
questions concerning labor force participation about each member
15 years old and over in every sample household.
The present CPS sample was selected from the 1980 Decennial
Census files with coverage in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. The sample is continually updated to account for new
residential construction. It is located in 729 areas comprising
1,973 counties, independent cities, and minor civil divisions.
About 60,000 occupied households are eligible for interview every
month. Interviewers are unable to obtain interviews at about
2,600 of these units. The occupants of these units are not found
at home after repeated calls or are unavailable for some other
reason.
Since the introduction of the CPS, the Bureau of the Census has
redesigned the CPS sample several times. These redesigns have
improved the quality and reliability of the data and have satis-
fied changing data needs. The most recent changes were complete-
ly implemented in July 1985.
March Supplement
March supplement. In addition to the basic CPS questions,
interviewers asked supplementary questions in March about money
income received in the previous calendar year, educational
attainment, household and family characteristics, marital status
and geographical mobility.
To obtain more reliable data for the Hispanic origin population,
the March CPS sample was increased by about 2,500 eligible
housing units. These housing units were interviewed the previous
November and contained at least one sample person of Hispanic
origin. In addition, the sample included persons in the Armed
Forces living off post or with their families on post.
Estimation Procedure
Estimation procedure. This survey's estimation procedure in-
flates weighted sample results to independent estimates of the
civilian noninstitutional population of the United States by age,
sex, race and Hispanic/non-Hispanic categories. The independent
estimates were based on statistics from decennial censuses of
population; statistics on births, deaths, immigration and emigra-
tion; and statistics on the size of the Armed Forces. The
estimation procedure for the March supplement included a further
adjustment so husband and wife of a household received the same
weight.
Accuracy of the Estimates
Background
Since the CPS estimates come from a sample, they may differ from
figures from a complete census using the same questionnaires,
instructions, and enumerators. A sample survey estimate has two
possible types of error: nonsampling and sampling. The accuracy
of an estimate depends on both types of error, but the full
extent of the nonsampling error is unknown. Consequently, one
should be particularly careful when interpreting results based on
a relatively small number of cases or on small differences
between estimates.
Nonsampling Variability
Nonsampling variability. Several sources of nonsampling error
include:
- inability to get information about all sample cases;
- definitional difficulties;
- differences in interpretation of questions;
- respondents' inability or unwillingness to provide
correct information;
- respondents, inability to recall information;
- errors made in data collection, such as recording
and coding data;
- errors made in processing the data;
- errors made in estimating values for missing data;
and
- failure to represent all units with the sample
(undercoverage)
CPS undercoverage results from missed housing units and missed
persons within sample households. Compared to the level of the
1980 Decennial Census, overall CPS undercoverage is about 7
percent. CPS undercoverage varies with age, sex, and race.
Generally, undercoverage is larger for males than for females and
larger for Blacks and other races combined than for Whites. As
described previously, ratio estimation to independent age-sex-
race-Hispanic population controls partially corrects for the bias
due to undercoverage. However, biases exist in the estimates to
the extent that missed persons in missed households or missed
persons in interviewed households have different characteristics
from those of interviewed persons in the same age-sex-race-
Hispanic group. Furthermore, the independent population controls
have not been adjusted for undercoverage in the 1980 census.
For additional information on nonsampling error including the
possible impact on CPS data when known, refer to Statistical
Policy Working Paper 3, An Error Profile: Employment as Measured
by the Current Population Survey, Office of Federal Statistical
Policy and Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1978 and
Tecnnical Paper 40, The Current Population Survey: Design and
Methodology, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Comparability of Data
Comparability of data. Data obtained from the CPS and other
sources are not entirely comparable. This results from dif-
ferences in interviewer training and experience and in differing
survey processes. This is an example of nonsampling variability
not reflected in the standard errors. Use caution when comparing
results from different sources.
Caution should also be used when comparing data from this micro-
data file, which reflects 1980 census-based population controls,
with microdata files from March 1980 and earlier years, which
reflect 1970 census-based population controls. This change in
population control is had relatively little impact on summary
measures such as means, medians, and percentage distributions.
It did have a significant impact on levels. For example, use of
1980 based population controls results in about a 2-percent
increase in the civilian noninstitutional population and in the
number of families and households. Thus, estimates of levels for
data collected in 1981 and later years will differ from those for
earlier years by more than what could be attributed to actual
changes in the population. These differences could be dispropor-
tionately greater for certain subpopulation groups than for the
total population.
Since no independent population control totals for persons of
Hispanic origin were used before 1985, compare Hispanic estimates
over time cautiously.
Note when using Small Estimates
Note when using small estimates. Because of the large standard
errors involved, summary measures probably do not reveal useful
information when computed on a base smaller than 75,000.
Take care in the interpretation of small differences. Even a
small amount of nonsampling error can cause a borderline differ-
ence to appear significant or not, thus distorting a seemingly
valid hypothesis test.
Sampling Variability
Sampling variability. Sampling variability is variation that
occurred by chance because a sample was surveyed rather than the
entire population. Standard errors as calculated below are
primarily measures of sampling variability, but they may include
some nonsampling error.
Standard Errors and their Use
Standard errors and their use. A number of approximations are
required to derive, at a moderate cost, standard errors applica-
ble to estimates from this data. Instead of providing an indi-
vidual standard error for each estimate, generalized sets of
standard errors are provided for various types of characteris-
tics. Thus, the tables show levels of magnitude of standard
errors rather than the precise standard errors.
The sample estimate and its standard error enable one to con-
struct a confidence interval. A confidence interval is a range
that would include the average result of all possible samples
with a known probability. For example, if all possible samples
were surveyed under essentially the same general conditions and
the same sample design, and if an estimate and its standard error
were calculated from each sample, then approximately 90 percent
of the intervals from 1.6 standard errors below the estimate to
1.6 standard errors above the estimate would include the average
result of all possible samples.
A particular confidence interval may or may not contain the
average estimate derived from all possible samples. However, one
can say with specified confidence that the interval includes the
average estimate calculated from all possible samples.
Standard Errors may be used to perform Hypothesis Testing
Standard errors may be used to perform hypothesis testing. This
is a procedure for distinguishing between population parameters
using sample estimates. The most common type of hypothesis is
that the population parameters are different. An example of this
would be comparing the percentage of Whites with a college educa-
tion to the percentage of Blacks with a college education.
Tests may be performed at various levels of significance. A
significance level is the probability of concluding that the
characteristics are differen~ when, in fact, they are the same.
For example, to conclude that two parameters are different at
the 0.10 level of significance, the absolute value of the esti-
mated difference between characteristics must be greater than or
equal to 1.6 times the standard error of the difference.
The Census Bureau uses 90-percent confidence intervals and 0.10
levels of significance to determine statistical validity.
Consult standard statistical texts for alternative criteria.
Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers
Standard errors of estimated numbers. There are two ways to
compute the approximate standard error, Sx, of an estimated
number. The first uses the formula
Sx = fs (1)
where f is a factor from Table III, and s is the standard error
of the estimate obtained by interpolation from Table I.A or II.A.
The second method uses formula (2), from which the standard
errors in Tables I.A and II.A were calculated. This formula will
provide more accurate results than formula (1).
__________
/ 2
Sx = \/ (ax) + bx (2)
Here x is the size of the estimate and a and b are the parameters
in Table IV associated with the particular type of characteris-
tic. When calculating standard errors for numbers from cross-
tabulations involving different characteristics, use the factor
or set of parameters for the characteristic which will give the
largest standard error.
Illustration
Suppose there are 8,419,000 high school graduates aged 20 to 24
years old. Use the appropriate parameters from Table IV and
formula (2) to get
Number, x 8,419,000
a parameter -0.000019
b parameter 2,468
Standard error 139,000
90% conf. int. 8,196,600 - 8,641,400
The standard error is calculated as
________________________________________
/ 2
Sx = \/ (-0.000019x8,419,000) + 2,468x8,419,000 = 139,000
The 90-percent confidence interval is calculated as 8,419,000 + or -
1.6 x 139,000.
A conclusion that the average estimate derived from all possible
samples lies within a range computed in this way would be correct
for roughly 90 percent of all possible samples.
The alternate calculation of the standard error, using formula
(1), with f = 1.00 from Table III and s = 138,000 by interpola-
tion from Table I.A is
Sx = 1.00x138,000 = 138,000
Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages
Standard errors of estimated percentages. The reliability of an
estimated percentage, computed using sample data for both numera-
tor and denominator, depends on the size of the percentage and
its base. Estimated percentages are relatively more reliable
than the corresponding estimates of the numerators of the per-
centages, particularly if the percentages are 50 percent or more.
When the numerator and denominator of the percentage are in
different categories, use the factor or parameter from Tables III
and IV indicated by the numerator.
The approximate standard error, Sx,p , of an estimated percentage
can be obtained by use of the formula
Sx,p = fs (3)
In this formula, f is the appropriate fac=or from Table III and s
is the standard error of the estimate obtained by interpolation
from Tables I. S. 1 through I. B. 9 or II. B. 1 through II. B. 5.
Alternatively, formula (4) will provide more accurate results:
_______________
/ b
Sx,p = / --- p(100 - p) (4)
\/ x
Here x is the total number of persons, families, households, or
unrelated individuals in the base of the percentage, p is the
percentage (0 <or= p <or= 100), and b is the parameter in Table IV
associated with the characteristic in the numerator of the
percentage.
Illustration
Suppose that of the 8,419,000 high school graduates aged 20 to
24, 12 percent were Black. Use the appropriate parameter from
Table IV and formula (4) to get
Percentage, p 12.0
Base, x 8,419,000
b parameter 3,339
Standard error 0.6
90% conf. int. 11.0 - 13.0
The standard error is calculated as
________________________________
/ 3,339
Sx,p = / ----------- x 12.0 x 88.0 = 0.6
\/ 8,419,000
The 90-percent confidence interval for the percentage of high
school graduates aged 20 to 24 who were Black is calculated as
12.0 1.6x0.6.
The alternate calculation of the standard error, using formula
(3), with f = 1.16 from Table III and s = 0.6 by interpolation
from Table I.B.I is
Sx,p = 1.16 X 0.6 = 0.7
Standard Error of a Difference
Standard error of a difference. The standard error of the
difference between two sample estimates is approximately equal
____________
/ 2 2
Sx-y = \/ (Sx) + (Sy) (5)
where Sx and Sy are the standard errors of the estimates, x and
y. The estimates can be numbers, percentages, ratios, etc. This
will represent the actual standard error quite accurately for the
difference between estimates of the same characteristic in two
different areas, or for the difference between separate and
uncorrelated characteristics in the same area. However, if there
is a high positive (negative) correlation between the two charac-
teristics, the formula will overestimate (underestimate) the true
standard error.
Illustration
Suppose 8,419,000 persons 25 to 29 years old and 8,228,000
persons 20 to 24 years old had completed four years of high
school and no more. Use the appropriate parameters from Table IV
and formulas (4) and (5) to get
x y difference
Estimate 8,419,000 8,228,000 191,000
a parameter -0.000019 -0.000019 -
b parameter 2,468 2,468 -
Standard error 139,000 138,000 196,000
90% conf. int. - - -122,600 - 504,600
The standard error of the difference is calculated as
_______________________
/ 2 2
Sx,y = \/ (139,000) + (138,000) = 196,000
The 90-percent confidence interval around the difference is
calculated as 191,000 1.6x196,000. Since this interval con-
tains zero, we cannot conclude, at the 10-percent significance
level, that the number of persons who completed four years of
high school and no more is different for 20 to 24 year olds and
25 to 29 year olds.
Standard Error of a Mean for Grouped Data
Standard error of a mean for grouped data. The formula used to
estimate the standard error of a mean for grouped data is
________
/ b 2
S_ = / --- (s) (6)
x \/ y
In this formula, y is the size of the base of the 2
distribution and b is a parameter from Table IV. The variance, (s) ,
is given by the following formula:
__c _2 _2
2 \ p x - x
(s) = /__ i i (7)
i=1
where x , the mean of the distribution, is estimated by
__c _
_ \ p x
x = /__ i i (8)
i=1
c is the number of groups; i indicates a specific group, thus
taking on values 1 through c.
p is the estimated proportion of households, families or persons
i whose values, for the characteristic (x-values) being considered,
fall in group i.
_
x is (Z + Z )/2 where Z and Z are the lower and upper
i i-1 i i-1 i _
interval boundaries, respectively, for group i. x , is assumed
i
to be the most representative value for the characteristic for
households, families, and unrelated individuals or persons in
group i. Group c is open-ended, i.e., no upper interval boundary
exists. For this group the approximate average value is
_ 3
x = --- (Z ) (9)
c 2 c-1
Standard Error of a Ratio
Standard error of a ratio. Certain estimates may be calculated
as the ratio of two numbers. The standard error of a ratio, x/y,
may be computed using
________________________________
/ 2 2
x / (Sx) (Sy) SxSy
Sx/y = --- / ------- + ------- - 2r ------ (10)
y \/ x y xy
The standard error of the numerator, Sx , and that of the denomi-
nator, Sy, may be calculated using formulas described earlier.
In formula (10), r represents the correlation between the numera-
tor and the denominator of the estimate.
For one type of ratio, the denominator is a count of families or
households and the numerator is a count of persons in those
families or households with a certain characteristic. If there
is at least one person with the characteristic in every family or
household, use 0.7 as an estimate of r. An example of this type
is the mean number of children per family with children.
For all other types of ratios, r is assumed to be zero. If r is
actually positive (negative), then this procedure will provide an
overestimate (underestimate) of the standard error of the ratio.
Examples of this type are the mean number of children per family
and the poverty rate.
NOTE: For estimates expressed as the ratio of x per 100 y or x
per 1,000 y, multiply formula (10) by 100 or 1,000, respectively,
to obtain the standard error.
Illustration
Suppose the ratio of male movers from abroad, x, to female movers
from abroad, y, is 1.28. The standard error of this ratio is
calculated as follows:
x y ratio
Estimate 641,000 501,000 1.28
a parameter -0.000035 -0.000035 -
b parameter 2,626 2,626 -
Standard error 41,000 36,000 0.12
90% conf. int. - - 1.09 - 1.47
Using formula (10) with r = 0 the estimate of the standard error
is
____________________________________
641,000 / 2 2
Sx/y = --------- \/ (41,000/641,000) + (36,000/501,000) = 0.12
501,000
Standard Error of a Median
Standard error of a median. The sampling variability of an
estimated median depends on the form of the distribution and the
size of the base. One can approximate the reliability of an
estimated median by determining a confidence interval about it.
(See the section on sampling variability for a general discussion
of confidence intervals. )
Estimate the 68-percent confidence limits of a median based on
sample data using the following Procedure.
1. Determine, using formula (4), the standard error of the
estimate of 50 percent from the distribution.
2. Add to and subtract from 50 percent the standard error
determined in step 1.
3. Using the distribution of the characteristic, determine
upper and lower limits of the 68-percent confidence interval
by calculating values corresponding to the two points estab-
lished in step 2.
Use the following formula to calculate the upper and lower
limits.
pN - N
1
X = --------- (A - A ) + A (11)
pN N - N 2 1 1
2 1
where
X = estimated upper and lower bounds for the confidence
pN
interval (0 <or= p <or= 1). For purposes of calculating the
confidence interval, p takes on the values determined in
step 2. Note that X estimates the median when p = 0.50.
pN
N = for distribution of numbers: the total number of units
(persons, households, etc.) for the characteristic in the
distribution.
= for distribution of percentages: the value 1.0.
p = the values obtained in step 2.
A , A = the lower and upper bounds, respectively, of the
1 2
interval containing X .
pN
N , N = for distribution of numbers: the estimated number
1 2
of units (persons, households, etc.) with values of the
characteristic greater than or equal to A and A , respec-
tively. 1 2
= for distribution of percentages: the estimated percent-
age of units (persons, households, etc.) having values of
the characteristic greater than or equal to A and A ,
respectively. 1 2
4. Divide the difference between the two points determined in
step 3 by two to obtain the standard error of the median.
A recent report by the Bureau of the Census shows the following
distribution and median income for families in 1989.
Total 66,090
Under $5,000 2,398
$5,000 to $9,999 4,141
$10,000 to $14,999 5,354
$15,000 to $19,999 5,565
$20,000 to $24,999 5,461
$25,000 to $29,999 5,576
$30,000 to $34,999 5,294
$35,000 to $39,999 4,959
$40,000 to $44,999 4,464
$45,000 to $49,999 3,689
$50,000 to $54,999 3,545
$55,000 to $59,999 2,595
$60,000 to $64,999 2,278
$65,000 to $69,999 1,839
$70,000 to $74,999 1,463
$75,000 to $79,999 1,251
$80,000 to $84,999 1,036
$85,000 to $89,999 774
$90,000 to $94,999 695
$95,000 to $99,999 518
$100,000 and over 3,197
Median income $34,213
1. Using formula (4) with b = 2,058, the standard error of 50
percen~ on a base of 66,090,000 is about 0.3 percent.
2. To obtain a 68-percent confidence interval on an estimated
median, add to and subtract from 50 percent the standard
error found in step 1. This yields percent limits of 49.7
and 50.3.
3. The lower and upper limits for the interval in which the
median falls are 830,000 and $35,000, respectively.
Then, by addition, the estimated numbers of families with an
income greater than or equal to $30,000 and $35,000 are
37,597,000 and 32,303,000, respectively.
Using formula (11), the upper limit for the confidence
interval of the median is found to be about
0.497x66,090,000 - 37,597,000
--------------------------------- (35,000 - 30,000) - 30,000 = 34,500
32,303,000 - 37,597,000
Similarly, the lower limit is found to be about
0.503x66,090,000 - 37,597,000
--------------------------------- (35,000 - 30,000) + 30,000 = 34,100
32,303,000 - 37,597,000
Thus, a 68-percent confidence interval for the median income
for families is from $34,100 to $34,500.
4. The standard error of the median is, therefore,
34,500 - 34,100
----------------- = 200
2
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series
P-60, No. 168, Money Income and Poverty Status in the United
States: 1989 (Advance Data From the March 1990 Current Population
Survey) U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1990.
Accuracy of State Estimates
Accuracy of state estimates. The redesign of the CPS following
the 1980 census provided an opportunity to increase efficiency
and accuracy of state data. All strata are now defined within
state boundaries. The sample is allocated among the states to
produce state and national estimates with the required accuracy
while keeping total sample size to a minimum. Improved accuracy
of state data has been achieved with about the same sample size
as in the 1970 design.
Since the CPS is designed to produce both state and national
estimates, the proportion of the total population sampled and the
sampling rates differ among the states. In general, the smaller
the population of the state the larger the sampling proportion.
For example, in Vermont approximately 1 in every 300 households
was sampled each month. In New York the sample was about 1 in
every 1,600 households. Nevertheless, the size of the sample in
New York is four times larger than in Vermont because New York
has a larger population.
Computation of Standard Errors for State Estimates
Computation of standard errors for state estimates. Standard
errors for a state may be obtained by adjusting generalized
standard errors given in the tables or by adjusting the a and b
parameters and using the standard error equations described
earlier.
Multiply the standard errors in Tables I.A, I.B.1 through I.B.9,
II.A, and II.B.I through II.B.5 by f for that state in Table V.
2
Multiply the a and b parameters in Table IV by f from Table
obtain state parameters.
Illustration
Suppose there were 11,200,000 persons 25 years old and over
living in New York, 22.7 percent of whom had completed college.
Interpolation in Table I.B.I shows the standard error on 22.7
percent to be approximately 0.65. Table V shows the factor for
New York to be 0.89. Thus, the standard error on the estimate cf
the percentage of persons 25 and older in New York state who had
completed college is approximately 0.58 = 0.89x0.65.
To obtain state parameters for educational attainment 2
in New York, multiply the parameters in Table IV by f in Table V
for the state of interest. For Educational Attainment for Total or
White in New York this gives a = -.000019xO.80 = -0.000015 and b
= 2,468x0.80 = 1,974.
Computation of a Factor for Groups of States
Computation of a factor for groups of states. The factor adjust-
ing standard errors for a group of states may be obtained by
computing a weighted sum of the squared factors for the individu-
al states in the group and taking the square root of the result.
Depending on the combination of states, the resulting figure can
be an overestimate.
The squared factor for a group of n states is given by
__n 2
\ POP x f
/__ i i
2 i=1
f = -------------- (12)
__n
\ POP
/__ i
i=1
2
where POP in the state population and f is obtained from Table
i i
V. The 1980 census population for each state is also given in
Table V.
Illustration
Suppose a factor for the state group Illinois-Wisconsin-Michigan
was required. The appropriate squared factor would be
9,153,000x0.96 + 3,810,000x1.11 + 7,241,000x0.85
f = ------------------------------------------------- = 0.95
9,153,000 + 3,810,000 + 7,241,000
2
Multiply the a and b parameters by f , 0.90, to obtain parameters
for the state group; multiply standard errers by f, 0.95, for
standard errors for this state group.
Computation of Standard Errors for Data for Combined Years
Computation of standard errors for data for combined years.
Sometimes estimates for multiple years are combined to improve
_
precision. For example, suppose x is a mean derived from n
__c
_ \ x /n
consecutive years' data, i.e., x = /__ i where the x are the
i=1 i
estimates for the individual years.
Use the formulas described previously to estimate the standard
error, Sx , of each year's estimate. Then the standard error of
i
_
x, s_ , is
x Sx
s_ = ---- (13)
x n
where
______________________________
/ __n __n
Sx = / \ 2 \ (14)
/ /__ S xi + 2r /__ Sxi Sxi+1
\/ i=1 i=1
The correlation between consecutive years, r, is 0.35 for non-
Hispanic households and 0.55 for Hispanic households. Correla-
tion between nonconsecutive years is zero. The correlations were
derived for income estimates but they can be used for other types
of estimates where the year-to-year correlation between identical
households is high.
Illustration
Suppose a mean for three consecutive years for some character-
istic is 1,000,000 and the standard errors for the individual
years are 67,000, 73,000, and 65,000.
Using formula (13), the standard error for the three years
combined data is
_____________________________________________________________________
/ 2 2 2
Sx =\/ 67,000 + 73,000 + 65,000 + 2x0.35x67,000x73,000 + 2x0.35x73,000x65,000
= 144,000
Therefore, the standard error of the mean, using formula (13), is
s_ = 144,000/3 = 48,000
x
Standard Errors, Parameters and Factors
Index
I. Standard Errors for Persons
A. Estimated Numbers
Use the following table for the listed characteristics
by Total or White, Black and other races and Hispanic
Origin:
Table I.A. Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers of
Persons for Selected Characteristics
Educational Attainment
Employment
Persons Tabulated by Family Income
Income
Marital Status, Household, and Family Character-
istics
Mobility
Demographic Characteristics
U.S., County, State, Regional, or MSA
Poverty
Unemployment
B. Estimated Percentages
Use the following tables for standard errors of esti-
mated percentages for characteristics of persons:
Table I.B.1. Educational Attainment: Total or White
Table I.B.2. Employment: All
Table I.B.3. Tabulated by Family Income: Total or
White
Table I.B.4. Income: Total or White
Table I.B.5. Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics: Total or White
Table I.B.6. Mobility: Demographic Characteristics:
All
Table I.B.7. Mobility: U.S., County, State, Region-
al, or MSA: All
Table I.B.8. Poverty: All
Table I.B.9. Unemployment: Total or White
II. Standard Errors for Families, Households, or Unrelated Indi-
viduals
A. Estimated Numbers
Use the following table for the listed characteristics
by Total or White, Black and other races and Hispanic
Origin:
Table II.A. Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers of
Families, Households, or Unrelated Indi-
viduals for Selected Characteristics
Employment
Income
Marital Status, Household, and Family Characteristics
Poverty
Unemployment
B. Estimated Percentages
Use the following tables for standard errors of esti-
mated percentages for characteristics of families,
households, or unrelated individuals:
Table II.B.1. Employment: All
Table lI.B.2. Income: Total or White
Table II.B.3. Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics and Educational Attain-
ment: Total or White
Table II.B.4. Poverty: All
Table II.B.5. Unemployment: Total or White
III. Factors and Parameters
A. Table III. Factors to be Applied to Tables I.B.1
through I.B.9 and Tables II.B.1 through
II.B.5.
B. Table IV. a and b Parameters for Standard Error
Estimates for Persons and Families
C. Table V. Factors for State Standard Errors and
Parameters and Populations
Tables
Table I.A. Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers of Persons for Selected
Characteristics
March 1991
Size of Estimate (in thousands)
Characteristic 25 50 100 250 500 1000 2500 5000 10000
Educational Attainment
Total or White 8 11 16 25 35 49 78 109 151
Black and Other 9 13 18 29 40 56 83 106 106
Hispanic Origin 9 13 18 29 40 55 80 94 40
Employment
Total or White 8 11 16 25 35 50 78 109 151
Black and Other 8 11 16 25 35 48 72 92 95
Hispanic Origin 8 11 16 25 34 48 70 85 62
Persons Tabulated by Family Income
Total or White 11 15 21 34 47 67 106 148 207
Black and Other 11 16 23 36 50 70 108 145 182
Hispanic Origin 11 16 23 36 50 69 101 123 95
Income
Total or White 8 11 15 24 34 47 75 105 146
Black and Other 8 11 16 25 36 50 77 103 129
Hispanic Origin 8 11 16 25 35 49 71 87 67
Marital Status, Household and Family
Total or White 11 15 22 35 49 69 109 153 213
Black and Other 13 19 26 41 58 81 124 165 201
Hispanic Origin 13 18 26 41 57 79 117 142 109
Mobility
Demography
Total or White 8 11 16 26 36 51 80 111 151
Black and Other 8 11 16 26 36 51 80 111 151
Hispanic Origin 8 11 16 25 35 49 72 88 68
U.S., County, State, Region or MSA
Total or White 13 19 27 42 60 84 133 187 262
Black and Other 13 19 27 42 60 84 133 187 262
Hispanic Origin 13 19 27 42 58 81 119 145 111
Poverty
Total or White 15 22 31 49 69 97 153 216 302
Black and Other 15 22 31 49 68 96 147 199 250
Hispanic Origin 15 22 31 48 67 93 137 167 128
Unemployment
Total or Uhite 8 11 15 24 34 48 76 106 148
Black and Other 8 12 16 26 36 50 76 97 102
Hispanic Origin 8 12 16 26 36 50 73 89 68
Characteristic 15000 25000 50000 100000 150000
Educational Attainment
Total or White 181 223 275 238 (x)
Black and Other 12 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Esployment
Total or White 182 224 277 242 (x)
Black and Other 39 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Persons Tabulated by Family Income
Total or White 250 315 413 480 426
Black and Other 189 118 (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Income
Total or White 177 222 292 340 301
Black and Other 134 83 (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Marital Status, Household and Family
Total or White 257 322 417 467 364
Black and Other 198 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Mobility
Demography
Total or White 178 209 209 (x) (x)
Black and Other 178 209 209 (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
U.S., County, State, Region or MSA
Total or White 318 403 542 680 712
Black and Other 318 403 542 680 712
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Poverty
Total or White 366 463 619 762 770
Black and Other 264 189 (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Unemployment
Total or White 177 218 270 236 (x)
Black and Other 57 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Note: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by nonmetropol-
itan. When the characteristic of Interest is total state population,
the standard error is 0.0.
(x) Not applicable.
Table I.B.1. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Educational Attainment: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 9O 75
25 3.1 4.4 6.8 9.4 13.6 15.7
50 2.2 3.1 4.8 6.7 9.6 11.1
100 1.6 2.2 3.4 4.7 6.8 7.9
250 1.0 1.4 2.2 3.0 4.3 5.0
500 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.5
1000 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.5
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.6
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1
10000 0.16 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.10 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.4
100000 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.1 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.2. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Employment: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.1 4.4 6.9 9.5 13.7 15.8
50 2.2 3.1 4.9 6.7 9.7 11.1
100 1.6 2.2 3.4 4.7 6.8 7.9
250 1.0 1.4 2.2 3.0 4.3 5.0
500 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.1 3.5
1000 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.5
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.6
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1
10000 0.16 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.10 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.4
100000 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.1 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.3. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Tabulated by Family Income: March 1991
Total or White
Base of 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
Percentage 99 98 95 90 75
(thousands)
25 4.2 5.9 9.3 12.7 18.4 21.2
50 3.0 4.2 6.5 9.0 13.0 15.0
100 2.1 3.0 4.6 6.4 9.2 10.6
250 1.3 1.9 2.9 4.0 5.8 6.7
500 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.8 4.1 4.7
1000 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.4
2500 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.1
5000 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
10000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1
25000 0.13 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
50000 0.09 0.13 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
100000 0.07 0.09 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.4. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Income: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.0 4.2 6.5 9.0 13.0 15.0
50 2.1 3.0 4.6 6.4 9.2 10.6
100 1.5 2.1 3.3 4.5 6.5 7.5
250 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.8 4.1 4.7
500 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.4
1000 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.4
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1
10000 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.09 0.13 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.09 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.07 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
metropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.5. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Marital Status, Household and Family Characteristics: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 9O 75
25 4.4 6.1 9.5 13.1 18.9 21.9
50 3.1 4.3 6.7 9.3 13.4 15.5
100 2.2 3.1 4.8 6.6 9.5 10.9
250 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.2 6.0 6.9
500 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.2 4.9
1000 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.5
2500 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.2
5000 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
10000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1
25000 0.14 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
50000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
100000 0.07 0.10 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.6. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Mobility: Demographic Characteristics: March 1991
All
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.2 4.5 7.1 9.7 14.0 16.2
50 2.3 3.2 5.0 6.9 9.9 11.5
100 1.6 2.3 3.5 4.9 7.0 8.1
250 1.0 1.4 2.2 3.1 4.4 5.1
500 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.2 3.1 3.6
1000 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.6
2500 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.6
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1
10000 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.10 0.16 0.2 0.3 0.4
100000 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.15 0.2 0.3
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
metropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.7. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Mobility: U.S., County, State, Region or MSA: March 1991
All
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 5.3 7.5 11.6 16.0 23.1 26.7
50 3.8 5.3 8.2 11.3 16.4 18.9
100 2.7 3.7 5.8 8.0 11.6 13.4
250 1.7 2.4 3.7 5.1 7.3 8.4
500 1.2 1.7 2.6 3.6 5.2 6.0
1000 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.7 4.2
2500 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 2.3 2.7
5000 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.9
10000 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.3
25000 0.17 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8
50000 0.12 0.17 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
100000 0.08 0.12 0.18 0.3 0.4 0.4
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.8. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Poverty: March 1991
All
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 6.1 8.6 13.4 18.5 26.7 30.8
50 4.3 6.1 9.5 13.1 18.9 21.8
100 3.1 4.3 6.7 9.2 13.3 15.4
250 1.9 2.7 4.2 5.8 8.4 9.7
500 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.1 6.0 6.9
1000 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.2 4.9
2500 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.7 3.1
5000 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.2
10000 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
25000 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
50000 0.14 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
100000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table I.B.9. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Persons
Unemployment: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.1 4.3 6.7 9.2 13.3 15.4
50 2.2 3.0 4.7 6.5 9.4 10.9
100 1.5 2.1 3.3 4.6 6.6 7.7
250 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.2 4.9
500 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.4
1000 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.1 2.4
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1
10000 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.10 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.15 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropalitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table II.A. Standard Errors of Estimated Numbers of Families, Households,
or Unrelated Individuals for Selected Characteristics
March 1991
Size of Estimate (in thousands)
Characteristic 25 50 100 250 500 1000 2500 5000 10000
Employment
Total or White 7 10 15 23 33 46 72 100 136
Black and Other 7 10 15 23 32 43 61 64 (x)
Hispanic Origin 7 10 15 23 32 44 65 79 57
Income
Total or White 7 10 14 23 32 45 71 100 139
Black and Other 7 11 15 24 33 46 70 93 109
Hispanic Origin 7 11 15 23 33 45 67 81 63
Marital Status, Household and Family
Total or White 7 10 14 22 31 43 68 96 134
Black and Other 7 9 13 21 29 41 62 82 100
Hispanic Origin 7 9 13 20 29 40 58 71 54
Poverty
Total or White 7 11 15 24 34 48 79 116 178
Black and Other 7 11 15 24 34 48 79 116 178
Hispanic Origin 7 11 15 24 34 49 82 126 202
Unemployment
Total or White 8 11 15 24 34 48 76 106 148
Black and Other 8 12 16 26 36 50 76 97 102
Hispanic Origin 8 12 16 26 36 50 73 89 68
Characteristic 15000 25000 50000 100000 150000
Employment
Total or White 160 187 180 (x) (x)
Black and Other (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Income
Total or White 168 210 270 293 197
Black and Other 99 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Marital Status, Household and Family
Total or White 161 201 260 283 193
Black and Other 99 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Poverty
Total or White 233 336 583 1065 1544
Black and Other 233 336 583 1065 1544
Hispanic Origin 274 414 758 1440 2121
Unemployment
Total or White 177 218 270 236 (x)
Black and Other 57 (x) (x) (x) (x)
Hispanic Origin (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)
Note: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by nonmetro-
politan.
(x) Not applicable.
Table II.B.1. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Families,
Households, or Unrelated Individuals
Employment: March 1991
All
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 2.9 4.1 6.4 8.8 12.7 14.7
50 2.1 2.9 4.5 6.2 9.0 10.4
100 1.5 2.1 3.2 4.4 6.3 7.3
250 0.9 1.3 2.0 2.8 4.0 4.6
500 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.8 3.3
1000 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.3
2500 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.5
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0
10000 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
25000 0.09 0.13 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.09 0.14 0.20 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.06 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
metropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table II.B.2. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Families,
Households, or Unrelated Individuals
Income: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 2.9 4.0 6.3 8.6 12.4 14.3
50 2.0 2.8 4.4 6.1 8.8 10.1
100 1.4 2.0 3.1 4.3 6.2 7.2
250 0.9 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.9 4.5
500 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.8 32
1000 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.3
2500 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.4
5000 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0
10000 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
25000 0.09 0.13 0.20 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.06 0.09 0.14 0.19 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.06 0.10 0.14 0.20 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table II.B.3. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Families,
Households, or Unrelated Individuals
Marital Status, Household and Family Characteristics, and Educational
Attainment: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 2.7 3.9 6.0 8.3 11.9 13.8
50 1.9 2.7 4.2 5.8 8.4 9.7
100 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.1 6.0 6.9
250 0.9 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.8 4.4
500 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.7 31
1000 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.9 2.2
2500 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.4
5000 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
10000 0.14 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
25000 0.09 0.12 0.19 0.3 0.4 0.4
50000 0.06 0.09 0.13 0.18 0.3 0.3
100000 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.13 0.19 0.2
N0TE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
metropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table II.B.4. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Families,
Households, or Unrelated Individuals
Poverty: March 1991
All
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.0 4.2 6.5 9.0 13.0 15.0
50 2.1 3.0 4.6 6.4 9.2 10.6
100 1.5 2.1 3.3 4.5 6.5 7.5
250 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.8 4.1 4.7
500 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.3
1000 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.4
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
5000 O.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1
10000 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
25000 0.09 0.13 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.09 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.07 0.10 0.14 0.21 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table II.B.5. Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages for Families,
Households, or Unrelated Individuals
Unemployment: March 1991
Total or White
Base of
Percentage 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 or 25 or 50
(thousands) 99 98 95 90 75
25 3.1 4.3 6.7 9.2 13.3 15.4
50 2.2 3.0 4.7 6.5 9.4 10.9
100 1.5 2.1 3.3 4.6 6.6 7.7
250 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.2 4.9
500 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.4
1000 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.1 2.4
2500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5
5000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1
10000 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8
25000 0.10 0.14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
50000 0.07 0.10 0.15 0.2 0.3 0.3
100000 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.15 0.2 0.2
NOTE: Multiply these standard errors by 1.5 when tabulating by
nonmetropolitan. See Table III for factors to be applied to
these standard errors for Black and Other Races and Hispanic
Origin.
Table III. Factors to be Applied to Tables I.B.1 Through I.B.9
and Tables II.B.1 Through II.B.5.
Factor
Total or Black and Hispanic
Characteristic White Other Races Origin
PERSONS
Educational Attainment 1.00 1.16 1.16
Employment 1.00 1.00 1.00
Persons Tabulated by Family Income 1.00 1.07 1.07
Income 1.00 1.07 1.07
Marital Status, Household and
Family Characteristics 1.00 1.20 1.20
Mobility
Demographic Characteristics 1.00 1.00 1.00
US,County, State, Regional or MSA 1.00 1.00 1.00
Poverty 1.00 1.00 1.00
Unemployment 1.00 1.07 1.07
FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS, OR UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Employment 1.00 1.00 1.00
Income 1.00 1.04 1.04
Marital Status, Household and
Family Characteristics 1.00 0.95 0.95
Poverty 1.00 1.00 1.00
Unemployment 1.00 1.07 1.07
NOTE: When the characteristic of interest is the total state population, the
factor is 0.00.
Table IV. a and b Parameters for Standard Error Estimates for Persons and
Families
March 1991
Total or White Black
Characteristic a b a b
PERSONS
Educational Attainment -0.000019 2468 -0.000222 3339
Employment Characteristics -0.000019 2485 -0.000159 2485
Persons by Family Income -0.000022 4508 -0.000184 5154
Income -0.000011 2254 -0.000092 2577
Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics -0.000026 4785 -0.000283 6864
Mobility Characteristics
Demographic Characteristics -0.000035 2626 -0.000035 2626
U.S., County, State, Regional,
or MSA -0.000025 7130 -0.000025 7130
Poverty -0.000037 9501 -0.000323 9501
Unemployment -0.000018 2357 -0.000166 2708
FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS, OR UKRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Employment Characteristics -0.000030 2150 -0.000264 2150
Income -0.000012 2058 -0.000106 2243
Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics, Educational -0.000011 1899 -0.000071 1716
Attainment, Population by Age or Sex
Poverty 0.000091 2243 0.000091 2243
Unemployment -0.000018 2357 -0.000166 2708
Characteristic a b
PERSONS
Educational Attainment -0.000318 3339
Employment Characteristics -0.000210 2485
Persons by Family Income -0.000426 5154
Income -0.000213 2577
Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics -0.000567 6864
Mobility Characteristics
Demographic Characteristics -0.000217 2626
U.S., County, State, Regional,
or MSA -0.000589 7130
Poverty -0.000785 9501
Unemployment -0.000224 2708
FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS, OR UKRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Employment Characteristics -0.000182 2150
Income -0.000185 2243
Marital Status, Household and Family
Characteristics, Educational -0.000142 1716
Attainment, Population by Age or Sex
Poverty 0.000185 2243
Unemployment -0.000224 2708
NOTE: Multiply a and b parameters by 1.5 when tabulating by nonmetro-
politan. If the characteristic of interest is total state
population, not subtotaled by race or ethnic origin, the a and b
parameters are 0.0.
Table V. Factors for State Standard Errors and Parameters and State
Populations for March 1991
State f f(2) Population
Alabama 1.07 1.15 3,202,000
Alaska 0.36 0.13 383,000
Arizona 1.03 1.06 2,719,000
Arkansas 0.81 0.66 1,867,000
California 1.12 1.25 22,439,000
Colorado 1.03 1.06 2,581,000
Connecticut 1.10 1.20 2,604,000
Delaware 0.48 0.23 531,000
District of Columbia 0.48 0.23 483,000
Florida 0.95 0.90 10,258,000
Georgia 1.33 1.78 4,940,000
Hawaii 0.59 0.35 866,000
Idaho 0.51 0.26 758,000
Illinois 0.96 0.93 9,153,000
Indiana 1.30 1.70 4,381,000
Iowa 0.87 0.76 2,245,000
Kansas 0.81 0.66 1,952,000
Kentucky 1.03 1.06 2,929,000
Louisiana 1.14 1.29 3,302,000
Maine 0.61 0.37 969,000
Maryland 1.23 1.52 3,716,000
Massachusetts 0.70 0.49 4,794,000
Michigan 0.85 0.73 7,241,000
Minnesota 1.14 1.31 3,395,000
Mississippi 0.81 0.66 1,981,000
Missouri 1.25 1.57 4,064,000
Montana 0.47 0.22 622,000
Nebraska 0.64 0.41 1,253,000
Nevada 0.60 0.36 874,000
New Hampshire 0.64 0.41 873,000
New Jersey 0.78 0.61 6,210,000
New Mexico 0.64 0.41 1,142,000
New York 0.89 0.80 14,294,000
North Carolina 0.70 0.49 5,212,000
North Dakota 0.40 0.16 507,000
Ohio 0.91 0.83 8,557,000
Oklahoma 0.94 0.88 2,506,000
Oregon 0.97 0.95 2,233,000
Pennsylvania 0.95 0.90 9,678,000
Rhode Island 0.59 0.35 805,000
South Carolina 0.90 0.81 2,719,000
South Dakota 0.40 0.16 548,000
Tennessee 1.13 1.28 3,903,000
Texas 1.12 1.26 12,792,000
Utah 0.68 0.46 1,160,000
Vermont 0.45 0.20 449,000
Virginia 1.18 1.39 4,859,000
Washington 1.17 1.37 3,729,000
West Virginia 0.72 0.52 1,479,000
Wisconsin 1.11 1.23 3,810,000
Wyoming 0.42 0.18 359,000
