multjobs: Multiple job holder¶

multjobs title image

Description¶

multjobs indicates whether or not the respondent has more than one job. See also numjobs.

Availability¶

Sample	Years
Basic	1994 - present
ORG	1994 - present

Values¶

Value	Label
0	Does not have more than one job
1	Has more than one job

Code¶

Variable creation

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* Multiple job holder
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gen byte multjobs = .

if $monthlycps == 1 {
    if tm(1994m1) <= $date {
        replace multjobs = 0 if pemjot == 2
        replace multjobs = 1 if pemjot == 1
    }
}

lab var multjobs "Multiple job holder"
lab def multjobs 1 "Has more than one job" 0 "Does not have more than one job"
lab val multjobs multjobs
notes multjobs: Only available 1994-present
notes multjobs: Universe = employed or unemployed
notes multjobs: 1994-present CPS: pemjot

Figure creation

keep if multjobs ~= .
keep if age >= 16 & age ~= .

gcollapse (mean) multjobs_ = multjobs [pw=basicwgt], by(year female) fast

* make wide and graph
reshape wide multjobs_, i(year) j(female)
foreach var of varlist multjobs_* {
    replace `var' = `var' * 100
    sum `var' if year == 2014
    local `var'yvalue = r(mean)
    local `var'xvalue = 2014
}
local multjobs_0yvalue = `multjobs_0yvalue' - 0.7
local multjobs_1yvalue = `multjobs_1yvalue' + 0.7

local color1 228 26 28
local color2 55 126 184
local color3 77 175 74
local color4 152 78 163
local color5 255 127 0

line multjobs_0 multjobs_1 year if 1994 <= year, lcolor("`color4'" "`color2'") ///
legend(off) ///
xlabel(1995(5)2020) ///
ylabel(0(2)8 10 "12%", angle(0) gmin gmax) ///
xtitle("") ytitle("") ///
lcolor("`color4'" "`color2'") ///
graphregion(color(white)) plotregion(color(white)) ///
title("Share of workforce with multiple jobs, by gender", size(medium)) ///
text(`multjobs_0yvalue' `multjobs_0xvalue' "Male", color("`color4'") placement(c)) ///
text(`multjobs_1yvalue' `multjobs_1xvalue' "Female", color("`color2'") placement(c))
graph export ${variableimages}multjobs_titleimage.svg, replace