a_earnhour |
Hourly earnings allocated by BLS |
a_weekpay |
Weekly pay allocated by BLS |
age |
Age |
agechild |
Presence of own children, by age group |
basicwgt |
Basic monthly weight |
cbsafips |
Core Based Statistical Area - FIPS code |
cbsasize |
Size of metropolitan area (CBSA) |
citistat |
Citizenship status, detailed |
citizen |
US citizen |
cmpwgt |
Composited final monthly weight |
countyfips |
County - FIPS code |
cow1 |
Class of Worker, 1st job |
cow2 |
Class of Worker, 2nd job |
dind03 |
Detailed industry recode, 2003-present |
discwork |
Discourged worker |
division |
Census division (1-9) |
dlfstat |
Labor-force status |
docc03 |
Detailed occupation recode, 2003-present |
earnhour |
Hourly wage (if hourly worker) |
educ |
Education level |
emp |
Employed |
emphrs |
Reason not at work/hours last week |
famid |
Family identifer (unique within household) |
faminc |
Family income category |
famrel |
Family relationship recode |
famtype |
Family type |
famwgt |
Family weight |
female |
Female |
finalwgt |
Final basic monthly weight |
ftptstat |
Full/part-time work status |
gradeatn |
Education level attained, detailed, post-1991 |
gradecom |
Completed highest grade attended |
gradehi |
Highest grade attended |
hhid |
Household identifer (unique within month) |
hhtype |
Household type |
hhwgt |
Household weight |
hispanic |
Hispanic ethnicity |
hourslw1 |
Hours worked last week, main job |
hourslw2 |
Hours worked last week, other jobs |
hourslwt |
Hours worked last week, total |
hoursu1 |
Usual hours worked per week, main job |
hoursu1i |
Imputed usual weekly hours, main job (ORG only) |
hoursu2 |
Usual hours worked per week, other jobs |
hoursuint |
Usual hours worked weekly, intervalled |
hoursumay |
Usual hours worked per week at main job (May supplement) |
hoursuorg |
Usual hours worked per week at this rate/job (earner study) |
hoursut |
Usual hours worked per week, all jobs |
hoursvary |
Usual hours vary, main job |
hrhhid |
CPS: Household identifier (Part 1) |
hrhhid2 |
CPS: Household identifier (Part 2) |
hrsample |
CPS: Household sample identifier |
hrsersuf |
CPS: Household serial suffix |
huhhnum |
CPS: Household number |
ind02 |
2002 Census Industry Classification |
ind07 |
2007 Census Industry Classification |
ind12 |
2012 Census Industry Classification |
ind17 |
2017 Census Industry Classification |
ind70 |
1970 Census Industry Classification |
ind80 |
1980 Census Industry Classification |
ind90 |
1990 Census Industry Classification |
lfstat |
Labor-force status |
lookdur |
Job seeking duration (weeks) |
manuf |
Manufacturing industry |
married |
Married |
metstat |
Metropolitan status |
mind03 |
Major industry recode, 2003-present |
mind16 |
Major industry (consistent) |
minsamp |
Month in sample |
mocc03 |
Major occupation recode, 2003-present |
mocc10 |
Major occupation (consistent) |
month |
Month |
multjobs |
Multiple job holder |
nilf |
Not in labor force |
numjobs |
Number of jobs |
occ00 |
2000 Census Occupation Classification |
occ10 |
2010 Census Occupation Classification |
occ18 |
2018 Census Occupation Classification |
occ70 |
1970 Census Occupation Classification |
occ80 |
1980 Census Occupation Classification |
occ90 |
1990 Census Occupation Classification |
occcode |
Occupation: original census code |
orgwgt |
Earnings weight |
otcamt |
Weekly earnings overtime, tips, commissions |
otcrec |
Usually receive overtime, tips, commissions |
ownchild |
Number of own children in primary family |
paidhre |
Paid by hour |
personid |
Person identifer (unique within household-month) |
proxy |
Self or proxy response |
ptecon |
Part-time for economic reasons |
pubfed |
Federal government employee |
publoc |
Local government employee |
pubsec |
Public sector employee |
pubst |
State government employee |
pulineno |
CPS: Person line number within household |
raceorig |
Race, minimally recoded, detailed |
region |
Census region (1-4) |
samejob |
Same employer as last month, at main job |
schenrl |
Enrolled in high school or college last week |
selfemp |
Self-employed (unincorporated) |
selfinc |
Incorporated self-employed |
statecensus |
State - Census code |
statefips |
State - FIPS code |
tc_weekpay |
Weekly pay top-coded by BLS |
uncov |
Covered by a union contract (not a member) |
unemp |
Unemployed |
unempdur |
Unemployment duration, in weeks |
unicon_recnum |
Unicon unique person record, 1973-1993 |
union |
Represented by a union as a member or covered by contract |
unmem |
Member of a union |
veteran |
Veteran status |
wage |
Hourly wage (adjusted) |
wage_noadj |
Hourly wage |
wageotc |
Hourly wage (adjusted) - OTC consistent |
wageotc_noadj |
Hourly wage - OTC consistent |
wbhao |
Race/ethnicity, including Asian |
wbhaom |
Race/ethnicity, including Asian and multiple |
wbho |
Race/ethnicity |
wbho_only |
Race: white only, black only, hispanic, other |
wbhom |
Race/ethnicity, including multiple |
wbo_only |
Race: white only, black only, other |
weekpay |
Weekly pay (top-code adjusted) |
weekpay_noadj |
Weekly pay |
whyabsent |
Reason absent from work |
whyunemp |
Reason for unemployment |
year |
Year |