Variables used in Matching Current Population Survey Data Basic first, then March. year ---- HRYEAR4 HRYEAR H-YEAR 98-04 94-97 89-93 18-21 67-68 40 H-YEAR H-YEAR (household record) 99-04 88-98 14-17 28 month-in-sample --------------- HRMIS H-MIS 94-04 89-93 63-64 70 H-MIS (household record) 88-04 29 interview month --------------- H-MONTH H-MONTH HRMONTH HRMONTH 79-88 89-93 94-97 98-04 118-119 38-39 65-66 16-17 H-MONTH (household record) 89-04 65-66 state (or use gestfips) ----- GESTCEN HG-ST60 94-04 89-93 91-92 114-115 HG-ST60 (household record) 88-03 40-41 hhid ---- HRHHID HRHHID H-ID 95Sep-04 94-95Aug 89-93 1-15 1-12 145-156 H-IDNUM1 H-IDNUM (household record) 96- 88-95 344-358 320-331 hhid2 ---- HRHHID2 May04- 71-75 H-IDNUM2 05- 320-324 hhnum ----- HUHHNUM HUHHNUM H-HHNUM 04May 94-04Apr 89-93 75 77-78 41 H-HHNUM (household record) 88-04 30 famnum ------ PRFAMNUM A-FAMNUM 94-05 89-93 151-152 422-423 A-FAMNUM (person record) 88-04 29-30 lineno ------ PULINENO 79-88 89-93 94-05 94-95 264-265 147-148 A-LINENO (person record) 88-04 9-10 respnm ( line number of current respondent ) ------ hurespli H-RESPNM I12 94-04 89-93 79-88 22-23 48 31 h-respnm (person record) 88-93 94-04 12 12-13 sex --- a-sex a-sex pesex 79-88 89-93 94-05 101 275 129-130 a-sex (person record) 88-04 20 race (person record) ---- PRDTRACE PERACE A-RACE 03-05 94-02 89-93 79-88 139-140 139-140 280 100 PRDTRACE A-RACE 03-04 88-02 24-25 25 age --- peage A-AGE 94-05 89-93 122-123 270-271 a-age (person record) 88-04 15-16 hispanic -------- pehspnon prhspnon a_reorgn (ne 8 is hisp, 9 is dk) 03-05 94-03 89-93 157-158 157-158 344-345 by Jean Roth, jroth@nber.org, 2004-01-13 Age, sex, race variables added 2005-02-07 due to lack of unique person id in CPS March Supplement variables that are also available in CPS Basic Monthly Files. Interview month added for variables that change midyear 2005-02-10. Hispanic added for Hispanic sample 2006-05-31.