{ *This .dct file applies to all years 1964-1992 *The variable labels in .do files apply to specific ranges of years *Change the year and input file location as needed *by Jean Roth Tue Mar 27 10:11:12 EST 2001 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *save this unit as cpsmw.dct *to read in basic data, at Stata prompt type: * quietly infile using cpsmw _column(1 ) float hhcount %6f "Household Counter" _column(7 ) int famhh1 %3f "Family-in-Household1" _column(10 ) int perfam %3f "Person-in-Family" _column(13 ) int year %2f "Year" _column(15 ) int hhidnum %1f "Household ID Number2" _column(16 ) int hhmonth %1f "Household Month in Sample" _column(17 ) float randomc %5f "Random Cluster (Schedule Number," _column(22 ) int keyfitz %3f "Keyfitz Cluster (PSU Number, 1964-67)" _column(25 ) int nonint %2f "Noninterview Cluster" _column(27 ) float famsnum %6f "Family Serial Number" _column(34 ) int famdesc %1f "Family Description" _column(35 ) int famposi %2f "Family Position in Household" _column(37 ) int famtypc %1f "Family Type C-recipiency" _column(39 ) int kindfam %1f "Kind of Family" _column(40 ) int numpfam %2f "Number of Persons in Family" _column(42 ) float totfami %10f "Total Family Income" _column(52 ) int typefam %1f "Type of Family 1968-75:" _column(53 ) int censusg %2f "Census Geodivision" _column(55 ) int central %1f "Central City Status" _column(56 ) float hhsnum %6f "Household Serial or Segment Number" _column(62 ) int hhtype %1f "Household Type" _column(63 ) int hhstatu %1f "Household Status" _column(66 ) int numfami %2f "Number of Families in Household" _column(68 ) int numphh %2f "Number of Persons in Household" _column(71 ) int region %1f "Region" _column(72 ) int smsa %2f "SMSA" _column(74 ) int smsa1 %2f "SMSA-I" _column(77 ) int smsasta %1f "SMSA Status" _column(78 ) int state %2f "State" _column(80 ) int state1 %2f "STATE-I" _column(82 ) float tothhin %10f "Total Household Income" _column(92 ) int adc %1f "ADC Recipiency" _column(93 ) int age %3f "Age" _column(96 ) int alimony %1f "Alimony Recipiency" _column(97 ) int anyreas %1f "Any Reason Could Not Take a Job" _column(98 ) int cowcurj %1f "Class of Worker (current job)" _column(99 ) int complet %1f "Complete High Grade Attended" _column(100 ) int curindu %3f "Current Industry" _column(103 ) int curoccu %3f "Current Occupation" _column(106 ) int didntwo %1f "Didn't Work Last Year" _column(107 ) int employm %1f "Employment Status Recode" _column(108 ) int famseco %1f "Family (Secondary) Membership Key" _column(110 ) int famnum %1f "Family Number" _column(112 ) int famreln %1f "Family Relationship" _column(114 ) int famtyp %1f "Family Type" _column(115 ) float farmsel %7f "Farm/Self-Employed Income" _column(122 ) int fptfpar %1f "Full/Part Time, Full/Part Year Work" _column(123 ) int fptwork %1f "Full/Part Time Work Recode" _column(124 ) int highgra %2f "High Grade Attended" _column(126 ) int hourswo %2f "Hours Worked Last Week" _column(128 ) int hhr1 %2f "Household Recode-I" _column(131 ) int hhr2 %1f "Household Recode-II" _column(132 ) int hhr3 %2f "Household Recode-III" _column(134 ) int lwft2pc %1f "Last Work Full Time, 2+ Consecutive Weeks" _column(135 ) int lwftpay %1f "Last Work Full Time For Pay, 2+ Consecutive" _column(136 ) int lfworkl %1f "Look for Work Last Year" _column(137 ) int lffptwo %1f "Look for Full or Part Time Work Last Week" _column(138 ) int lolayed %1f "Looking or Layed-Off Last Year (Part-Year" _column(139 ) int majacti %1f "Major Activity Last Week" _column(140 ) int marital %1f "Marital Status" _column(141 ) float nonfarm %7f "Nonfarm Self-employment Income" _column(148 ) int nftjob %1f "Normal Full Time Job" _column(149 ) int nftwork %1f "Normal Full Time Work" _column(150 ) int paidtim %1f "Paid Time Off Last Week" _column(151 ) int parents %1f "Parents Presence" _column(152 ) int persequ %2f "Person Sequence Number" _column(154 ) float ptearni %8f "Person's Total Earnings" _column(162 ) float ptincom %8f "Person's Total Income" _column(170 ) int populat %1f "Population Type" _column(171 ) float paamoun %7f "Public Assistance Amount" _column(178 ) int parecip %1f "Public Assistance Recipiency (other than" _column(179 ) int race %1f "Race" _column(180 ) int rnawlwk %1f "Reason Not at Work Last Week" _column(181 ) int rnawlyr %1f "Reason Not at Work Last Year" _column(182 ) int relnhhh %1f "Relationship to Household Head" _column(183 ) int sex %1f "Sex" _column(184 ) int subfam %1f "Subfamily Membership Key" _column(185 ) int unemplo %1f "Unemployment Recipiency" _column(186 ) int veteran %1f "Veteran Status" _column(187 ) float perswag %7f "Person's Wage & Salary" _column(195 ) int wkunemp %2f "Week Unemployed" _column(197 ) int wlly1 %2f "Weeks Looking for Work Last Year-I" _column(200 ) int wlly2 %1f "Weeks Looking for Work Last Year-II" _column(201 ) int wllyr1 %2f "Weeks Looking or Layed Off Work Last Year-I" _column(204 ) int wllyr2 %1f "Weeks Looking or Layed Off Work Last Year-II" _column(205 ) int wwly1 %2f "Weeks Worked Last Year-I" _column(208 ) int wwly2 %1f "Weeks Worked Last Year-II" _column(209 ) int whyless %2f "Why Less than Full Time Work" _column(211 ) int whylfwo %1f "Why Look for Work" _column(212 ) int whynota %1f "Why Not at Work Last Week" _column(213 ) float persnum %6f "Person Serial Number" _column(219 ) float povcuto %6f "Poverty Cutoff-Dollars" _column(225 ) int povlev %1f "Poverty-Level" _column(226 ) int cowlast %1f "Class of Worker Last Year" _column(228 ) int spanish %1f "Spanish Ethnicity" _column(229 ) int industr %3f "Industry Last Year" _column(232 ) int mainrea %1f "Main Reason for Part-Year Work" _column(233 ) int occupat %3f "Occupation Last Year" _column(236 ) int stretch %1f "Stretches of Unemployment" _column(237 ) int wkslabo %1f "Weeks in Labor Force" _column(238 ) float famawgt %5f "Family A Weight" _column(243 ) float fampwgt %5f "Family P Weight" _column(248 ) float famwgtb %12f "Family Weight Basic" _column(260 ) float hhwgt %11f "Household Weight" _column(271 ) float perawgt %5f "Person A Weight" _column(276 ) float perpwgt %5f "Person P Weight" _column(281 ) float suppwgt %12f "Person Supplemental Weight" _column(293 ) float baswgt %11f "Basic CPS Weight" _column(304 ) float typeain %7f "Type-A-Income" _column(311 ) float typebin %7f "Type-B-Income" _column(318 ) float typecin %7f "Type-C-Income" _column(325 ) float typedin %7f "Type-D-Income" _column(332 ) float typeein %7f "Type-E-Income" _column(339 ) float dividen %7f "Dividends and Interest" _column(346 ) float rentali %7f "Rental Income" _column(353 ) float publica %7f "Public-Assistance Income" _column(360 ) float supplem %7f "Supplemental Security Income" _column(367 ) float cpi %4f "CPI-Index" _column(371 ) str4 vnmajid %4f "Version Number Major I.D." _column(375 ) str2 vnminid %2s "Version Number Minor I.D." _column(377 ) int presenc %2s "Presence of Own Children by Age-" _column(379 ) int ownch6 %1f "Own Children Under 6 (in family)" _column(380 ) int ownch18 %1f "Own Children Under 18 (in family)" _column(381 ) int related %1f "Related Children Under 18 Other Than Own" _column(382 ) int famu18 %1f "Family Members Under 18" _column(383 ) int famo18 %1f "Family Members Over 18 Other Than" _column(384 ) int femalef %1f "Female Family Members 18+ Other" _column(385 ) int laborfo %1f "Labor Force Status of Family Members" _column(386 ) int hhflag %1f "Household Flag" }