Format value label
Statistical or logical imputation using previous wave data
Longitudinal statistical imputation (hot deck)
Participated in a job-sharing arrangement
High school graduate - high school diploma or equivalent (for ex: GED)
Diploma or certificate from a voc, tech, trade or bus school beyond high school
Associate degree in college Occupational/vocational program
Associate Degree in college Academic program
Bachelors degree (For example: BA, AB, BS)
Master's degree (For example: MA, MS, MEng, MSW, MBA)
Professional School Degree (For example: MD,DDS,DVM,LLB,JD)
Doctorate degree (For example: PhD, EdD)
College year 5 (first year graduate or professional school)
College year 6+ (second year or or higher in grad. or professional school)
Vocational, technical, or business school beyond high school level
Enrolled in college, but not working towards a degree
Primary family (including those w/ rel. subfamilies)
Covered both in own name and by someone else's plan
Landscape and horticultural services (078)
Agricultural services, n.e.c. (071, 072, 075, 076)
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel (14)
Canned, frozen and preserved fruits and vegetables (203)
Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products (207, 209)
Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool and knit goods (226)
Yarn, thread, and fabric mills (221-224, 228)
Miscellaneous textile mill products (229)
Apparel and accessories, except knit (231-238)
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products (239)
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (261-263)
Miscellaneous paper and pulp products (267)
Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers (272-279)
Paints, varnishes, and rel. products (285)
Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals (281, 286, 289)
Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products (295, 299)
Other rubber products, and plastics footwear and belting (302-306)
Footwear, except rubber and plastic (313, 314)
Leather products, except footwear (315-317, 319)
Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork (242, 243)
Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products (324, 327)
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products (328, 329)
Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills (331)
Cutlery, handtools, and general hardware (342)
Fabricated structural metal products (344)
Misc fabricated metal products (341, 343, 347, 349)
Construction and material handling machines (353)
Office and accounting machines (3578, 3579)
Computers and rel. equipment (3571-3577)
Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c. (355, 356, 358, 359)
Radio, TV, and communication equipment (365, 366)
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c. (361, 362, 364, 367, 369)
Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment (371)
Ship and boat building and repairing (373)
Railroad locomotives and equipment (374)
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts (376)
Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment (375, 379)
Scientific and controlling instruments (381, 382 except 3827)
Medical, dental, and optical instruments and supplies (3827, 384, 385)
Photographic equipment and supplies (386)
Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices (387)
Toys, amusement, and sporting goods (394)
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries (39 except 394)
Bus service and urban transit (41, except 412)
Services incidental to transportation (47)
Radio and television broadcasting and cable (483, 484)
Telegraph and miscellaneous communications services (482, 489)
Electric and gas, and other combinations (493)
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies (504)
Metals and minerals, except petroleum (505)
Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies (507)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies (508)
Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods (509 except 5093)
Drugs, chemicals and allied products (512, 516)
Misc wholesale, nondurable goods (5192-5199)
Lumber and building material retailing (521, 523)
Stores, retail nurseries and garden (526)
Miscellaneous vehicle dealers (555, 556, 557, 559)
Stores, apparel and accessory, except shoe (56, except 566)
Stores, furniture and home furnishings (571)
Stores, radio, TV, and computer (5731, 5734)
Stores, sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby (5941, 5945, 5946)
Stores, book and stationery (5942, 5943)
Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947)
Sewing, needlework and piece goods stores (5949)
Savings institutions, including credit unions (603, 606)
Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies (62, 67)
Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices (65)
Services to dwellings and other buildings (734)
Computer and data processing services (737)
Detective and protective services (7381, 7382)
Automotive rental and leasing, w/out drivers (751)
Automotive parking and carwashes (752, 7542)
Automotive repair and rel. services (753, 7549)
Lodging places, except hotels and motels (702, 703, 704)
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services (721 except part 7219)
Theaters and motion pictures (781-783, 792)
Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services (791, 794, 799)
Physicians offices and clinics (801, 803)
Chiropractors offices and clinics (8041)
Health practitioners offices and clinics, n.e.c. (8043, 8049)
Nursing and personal care facilities (805)
Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833)
Residential care facilities, w/out nursing (836)
Membership organizations, n.e.c. (861, 862, 864, 865, 869)
Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871)
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872)
Research, development, and testing services (873)
Management and public relations services (874)
Miscellaneous professional and rel. services (899)
Executive and legislative offices (911-913)
Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy (93)
Environmental quality and housing programs administration(95)
National security and international affairs (97)
Persons whose labor force status is unemployed and whose last job was Armed Forces
HU permanent, in transient hotel, motel, etc
Mobile home or trailer w/ no permanent room added
Mobile Home or trailer w/ one or more permanent rooms added
GQ - Quarters not HU in rooming or boarding house
GQ - Unit not permanent in transient hotel, motel, etc
GQ - Student quarters in college dormitory
Complete partial - TYPE-Z; no futher followup
TYPE-B, entire hh institut. or temp. ineligible
TYPE-C, no one over age 15 years in hhld
TYPE-C, no Wave 1 persons remaining in hhld
TYPE-D, moved w/in U.S. but outside SIPP
Mover, no longer located in same fr's area
Mover, new address located in same fr's area
Spouse not in hhld or person not married
Nonintrvw - pseudo Type Z. Left sample during the reference period
Children under 15 during reference period
Temporarily unable to work full-time because of injury
Temporarily not able to work full-time because of illness
Unable to work full-time because of chronic health condition/disability
Participated in a job sharing arrangement
Reference person w/ rel. persons in hhld
Reference Person w/out rel. persons in hhld
Unsatisfactory work arrangements (hours, pay, etc)
Temporarily unable to work because of an injury
Temporarily not able to work because of an illness
Unable to work because of chronic health condition or disablity
Reference person of a rel. or unrel. subfamily
Spouse of reference person of a rel. or unrel. subfamily
Child (under 18) of reference person of a rel. or unrel. subfamily
Owned or being bought by you or someone in your hhld
Separated or divorced from spouse/parent
Became ineligible because of increased income
Still eligible but could/chose not to collect
Became ineligible because program requirements not met
Eligibility ran out because of time limits
Nonfamily hh - Male hhlder nonfamily hhld
Nonfamily hh - Female hhlder nonfamily hhlder
With a job entire month, worked all weeks.
With a job all month, absent from work w/out pay 1+ weeks, absence not due to layoff
With job all month, absent from work w/out pay 1+ weeks, absence due to layoff
With a job at least 1 but not all weeks, no time on layoff and no time looking for work
With job at least 1 but not all weeks, some weeks on layoff or looking for work
No job all month, on layoff or looking for work all weeks.
No job, at least one but not all weeks on layoff or looking for work
No job, no time on layoff and no time looking for work.
Some weeks 35+ and some weeks less than 35, all weeks equal to or greater than 1
Some weeks 35+, some 1-34 hours, some 0 hours
At least 1, but not all, weeks 35+ hours, all other weeks 0 hours
At least 1 week, but not all weeks, 1 to 34 hours; all other weeks 0 hours
0 weeks (that is, did not look for work or not on layoff)
0 weeks (that is, not absent w/out pay from a job)
Residence this month not in sample at intrvw - no data transferred
Res. this mo. was intrvwed address - program data collected
Res. this mo. in sample but nonintrvw - no program data coll
Res. this mo. not in sample at intrvw - program data transferrred
With job/bus - not on layoff, absent w/out pay
With job/bus - on layoff, absent w/out pay
No job/bus - looking for work or on layoff
No job/bus - not looking and not on layoff
Transportation, communications and other public utilities
Chief executives and general administrators, public administration (112)
Administrators and officials, public administration (1132-1139)
Personnel and labor relations managers (123)
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations (125)
Managers, food serving and lodging establishments (1351)
Managers, properties and real estate (1353)
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. (127, 1352, 1354, part 1359)
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists (143)
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products (1443)
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade except farm products (1442)
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction (1473)
Management rel. occupations, n.e.c. (149)
Metallurgical and materials engineers (1623)
Engineers, electrical and electronic (1633, 1636)
Computer systems analysts and scientists (171)
Operations and systems researchers and analysts (172)
Forestry and conservation scientists (1852)
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. (289)
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers (2212)
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers (2233)
Agriculture and forestry teachers (2234)
Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified
Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten (231)
Counselors, Educational and Vocational (24)
Painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artist printmakers (325)
Artists, performers, and rel. workers, n.e.c. (328,329)
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians (362)
Health record technologists and technicians (364)
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. (369)
Electrical and electronic technicians (3711)
Tool programmers, numerical control (3974)
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations (40)
Securities and financial services sales occupations (4124)
Advertising and rel. sales occupations (4153)
Sales occupations, other business services (4152)
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale (423, 424)
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats (4342, 4344)
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings (4348)
Sales workers, radio, TV, hi-fi, and appliances (4343, 4352)
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies (4353)
Street and door-to-door sales workers (4366)
Demonstrators, promoters and models, sales (445)
Sales support occupations, n.e.c. (444, 446, 449)
Supervisors, computer equipment operators (4512)
Supervisors, financial records processing (4521)
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks (4522, 4524-4528)
Transportation ticket and reservation agents (4644)
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping (4692)
Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks (4712)
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators (4718)
Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators (4723)
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. (4733, 4739)
Postal clerks, except mail carriers (4742)
Mail clerks, except postal service (4744)
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks (4753)
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers (4756, 4757)
Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks, .n.e.c. (4759)
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators (4782)
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance (4783)
Eligibility clerks, social welfare (4784)
Administrative support occupations, n.e.c. (4787, 4799)
Private hhld cleaners and servants (502, 507, 509)
Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention occupations (5111)
Supervisors, police and detectives (5112)
Fire inspection and fire prevention occupations (5122)
Police and detectives, public service (5132)
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers (5134)
Guards and police, except public service (5144)
Protective service occupations, n.e.c. (5149)
Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations(5211)
Food counter, fountain and rel. occupations (5216)
Kitchen workers, food preparation (5217)
Miscellaneous food preparation occupations (5219)
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants (5236)
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers (5241)
Supervisors, personal service occupations (5251)
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities (5254)
Early childhood teacher's assistants (part 5264)
Personal service occupations, n.e.c. (5258, 5269)
Managers, farms, except horticultural (5522-5524)
Managers, horticultural specialty farms (5525)
Supervisors, rel. agricultural occupations (5621)
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm (5622)
Graders and sorters, agricultural products (5625)
Supervisors, forestry and logging workers (571)
Timber cutting and logging occupations (573, 579)
Captains and other officers, fishing vessels (part 8241)
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers (60)
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics (6112)
Automobile body and rel. repairers (6115)
Aircraft mechanics, except engine (6116)
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment (6151, 6153, 6155)
Data processing equipment repairers (6154)
Hhld appliance and power tool repairers (6156)
Telephone line installers and repairers (6157)
Telephone installers and repairers (6158)
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers (6152, 6159)
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics (616)
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers (6171, 6172)
Mechanical controls and valve repairers (6175)
Elevator installers and repairers (6176)
Specified mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. (6177, 6179)
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and tile setters (6312)
Supervisors, carpenters and rel. workers (6313)
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers (6314)
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers (6315)
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6316)
Supervisors, construction, n.e.c. (6311, 6318)
Brickmasons and stonemasons (part 6412, part 6413)
Brickmason and stonemason apprentices (part 6412, part 6413)
Tile setters, hard and soft (part 6414, part 6462)
Electrical power installers and repairers (6433)
Painters, construction and maintenance (6442)
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (part 645)
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices (part 645)
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators (6466)
Supervisors, production occupations (67, 71)
Tool and die mkr apprentices (part 6811)
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners (6816)
Patternmakers and model makers, metal (6817)
Precious stones and metals workers (Jewelers) (6822, 6866)
Sheet metal wrker apprentices (part 6824)
Patternmkrs and model makers, wood (6831)
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters (6832)
Misc precision apparel and fabric workers (6856, 6859, part 7752)
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers (6861)
Patternmakers, lay-out workers, and cutters (6862)
Optical goods workers (6864, part 7477, part 7677)
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians (6865)
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. (6869)
Inspectors, testers, and graders (6881, 828)
Water and sewage treatment plant operators (691)
Miscellaneous plant and system operators (692, 694, 695, 696)
Set-up operators, lathe and turning machine (7312)
Operators, lathe and turning machine (7512)
Milling and planing machine operators (7313, 7513)
Punching and stamping press machine operators (7314, 7317, 7514, 7517)
Drilling and boring machine operators (7318, 7518)
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators (7322, 7324, 7522)
Numerical control machine operators (7326)
Miscellaneous metal, plastic, stone, and glass working machine operators (7329, 7529)
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. (7339, 7539)
Molding and casting machine operators (7315, 7342, 7515, 7542)
Metal plating machine operators (7343, 7543)
Heat treating equipment operators (7344, 7544)
Misc metal and plastic processing machine operators (7349, 7549)
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators (7431, 7432, 7631, 7632)
Shaping and joining machine operators (7435, 7635)
Nailing and tacking machine operators (7636)
Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators (7434, 7439, 7634, 7639)
Photoengravers and lithographers (6842, 7444, 7644)
Typesetters and compositors (6841, 7642)
Miscellaneous printing machine operators (6849, 7449, 7649)
Winding and twisting machine operators (7451, 7651)
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators (7452, 7652)
Textile cutting machine operators (7654)
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators (6855, 7658)
Miscellaneous textile machine operators (7459, 7659)
Cementing and gluing machine operators (7661)
Packaging and filling machine operators (7462, 7662)
Extruding and forming machine operators (7463, 7663)
Mixing and blending machine operators (7664)
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators (7476, 7666, 7676)
Compressing and compacting machine operators (7467, 7667)
Painting and paint spraying machine operators (7669)
Roasting and baking machine operators, food (7472, 7672)
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators (7673)
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food (7675)
Crushing and grinding machine operators (part 7477, part 7677)
Slicing and cutting machine operators (7478, 7678)
Motion picture projectionists (part 7479)
Photographic process machine operators (6863, 6868, 7671)
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. (part 7479, 7665, 7679)
Solderers and brazers (7333, 7533, 7717)
Hand cutting and trimming occupations (7753)
Hand molding, casting, and forming occupations (7754, 7755)
Hand painting, coating, and decorating occupations (7756)
Hand engraving and printing occupations (7757)
Miscellaneous hand working occupations (7758, 7759)
Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners (782, 787)
Graders and sorters, except agricultural (785)
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators (8111)
Motor transportation occupations, n.e.c. (8219)
Railroad conductors and yardmasters (8113)
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators (8233)
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats (part 8241, 8242)
Bridge, lock, and lighthouse tenders (8245)
Supervisors, material moving equipment operators (812)
Excavating and loading machine operators (8316)
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators (8317)
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators (8318)
Misc material moving equipment operators (8319)
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c. (85)
Helpers, construction trades (8641-8645, 8648)
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. (8726)
Garage and service station rel. occupations (873)
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners (875)
Persons whose current labor force status is unemployed and last job was Armed Forces
Not in MSA/CMSA/PMSA or not identifiable
August 1990 to present (including Persian Gulf War)
Returned to hhld after missing one or more waves
Should have been listed as member in previous wave
Lived at this address before sample person{s} entered