pulineno: CPS: Person line number within household

Description

pulineno is the person line number on the CPS file, which can be used to merge the EPI extracts to the raw CPS data from Census.

Availability

Sample	Years
Basic	All years
May	All years
ORG	All years

Code

Variable creation

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* pulineno
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capture rename pulineno orig_pulineno
gen byte pulineno = .

if $monthlycps == 1 | $maycps == 1 {
    if tm(1973m1) <= $date & $date <= tm(1993m12) {
        replace pulineno = lineno
    }
    if tm(1994m1) <= $date {
        replace pulineno = orig_pulineno
    }
}

lab var pulineno "CPS: Person line number within household"
notes pulineno: 1973-1993: Unicon lineno
notes pulineno: 1994-present: CPS pulineno
notes pulineno: Used for joining EPI extracts to BLS/Census raw data