Codebook for Current Population Survey for 1997 (men's file and women's file)

Codebook for Current Population Survey for 1997 (men's file and women's file)
Sociology 416
Variable Names Description & Coding

1. id                               identification number

2. m_income                earnings in the last year
      f_income

3. m_age, f_age           age

4. m_lfstat                    labor force status
      f_lfstat

0 Children or Armed Forces
1 Working

2 With job, not at work

3 Unemployed, looking for work

4 Unemployed, on layoff

7 Not in the labor force

5. m_race, f_race race

1 White

2 Black

3 American Indian, Aleut Eskimo

4 Asian or Pacific Island

6. m_edu, f_edu educational attainment

00 Children

31 Less than first grade

32 First through fourth grade

33 Fifth or sixth grade

34 Seventh or eigth grade

35 Ninth grade

36 Tenth grade

37 Eleventh grade

38 Twelfth grade

39 High school graduate - high school diploma or equivalent

40 Some college but no degree

41 Associate degree in college - occupation/vocation program

42 Associate degree in college - academic program

43 Bachelor's degree

44 Master's degree

45 Professional school degree (MD, DDS, DVM, JD, etc.)

46 Doctorate degree

7. m_dtocc, f_dtocc      detailed occupational code

8. m_mjocc, f_mjocc    major occupational code

9. m_occ, f_occ             3-digit code for current occupation          {Link to occupational codes and prestige scores.}

10. m_occup                  occupation, longest job held last year (3-digit code)
        f_occup                                                                                            {Link to occupational codes and prestige scores.}

11. m_poccu2                occupation, longest job held last year (2-digit code) [See instructor.]
       f_poccu2
12. m_aind                     industry of individual's current job (3-digit code) [See instructor.]
      f_ind

13. m_amjind                industry of individual's current job (2-digit code) [See instructor.]
       f_amjind

14. m_indust                 industry of longest job held last year (3-digit code) [See instructor.]
       f_indust
15. m_uslhrs                hours per week usually worked by individual at current job
       f_uslhrs
16. sex
                                         1 = male 2 = female

17. agekid1 through           age of child; suffix (1,2,3, etc.) indicates birth-order where agekid1 shows
         agekid9                                           age of first child.

18. num_kids                 number of children

19. kid1 through           presence of a first child, second child, etc.
        kid9
                                          0= none   1 = present

20. marital                       marital status

1 = Married - civilian spouse present

2 = Married - armed forces spouse present

3 = Married - spouse absent (except for 'separated')

4 = Widowed

5 = Divorced

6 = Separated

7 = Never married

21. hgst60                     state of residence [see instructor]

22. hgcmsa                   metropolitan area [see instrutor]

23. prestige                  occupational prestige associated with current occupation     {Link to occupational codes and prestige scores.}