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   72-88
14-17      28      N/A

month-in-sample
---------------
HRMIS    H-MIS
94-04    89-93 
63-64    70 

H-MIS (household record)
88-04  72-88
29     N/A

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 MST-STATE (household record)
88-03   77-88
40-41   39-40

hhid
----
HRHHID    HRHHID     H-ID
95Sep-04  94-95Aug   89-93 
1-15      1-12       145-156

H-IDNUM1   H-IDNUM   HH-IDENT_NUM (household record)
96-        88-95     77-88
344-358    320-331   18-28


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   ITEM9  (household record)
88B-04    77-88
30        16

famnum
------
PRFAMNUM   A-FAMNUM
94-05      89-93
151-152    422-423

A-FAMNUM (person record)
88B-04    76-88
29-30     105

lineno
------
PULINENO 
79-88 89-93   94-05
94-95 264-265 147-148

A-LINENO (person record)
88B-04    79-88
9-10      332-333

respnm ( line number of current respondent )
------ 
hurespli H-RESPNM I12 
94-04    89-93    79-88
22-23    48       31

H-RESPNM (person record)
94-04 88B-93  68-88
12-13  12     N/A

sex
---
a-sex a-sex pesex
79-88 89-93 94-05
101   275   129-130 

A-SEX (person record)
76-88 88B-04
108   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  RACE
03-04    88B-02  76-88
24-25    25      109

age
---
peage    A-AGE   
94-05    89-93
122-123  270-271

AGE      A-AGE (person record)
76-88    88B-04
110-111  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

76-88      88B-98
ETHNICITY  A-REORGN
113-114    27-28

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.