by Jean Roth Tue Oct  9 10:58:38 EDT 2018
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Before I continue, I need to check that you
Some people are in temporary jobs that
Could you have continued to work at your
Provided the economy does not change and
Are you working only until a specific
Were you hired to temporarily replace
Were you hired for a fixed period of time?
Was your job a year-round job or is it only
How much longer do you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to work
Do you think it will be more than a year?
Is that more than a year away?
What is the main reason you expect to
What is the main reason you do not expect
What is the main reason you left the job
If it were not for this reason, could you keep
If it were not for this reason, could you have
Are you paid by a temporary help agency
Even though you told me your job is not
Were you registered with more than one
Were you assigned to work at more than one
Earlier you told me you worked for(employer's
Is the place where you were assigned to work
Industry Code - Temporary help worker
Detailed Industry Code - Temporary help worker
Earlier you said that you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to work
Do you think it will be more than a year?
Is that more than a year away?
Some people are in a pool of workers who
Some ON-CALL workers have regularly
Some people get work by waiting at a place
Some companies provide employees or
Are you usually assigned to more than one
Do you usually work at the customer's
Is (employer from basic CPS) the company
Is your customer a government agency,
Industry Code - Contract Work
Detailed Industry Code - Contract Work
Earlier you said that you did not have the
Earlier you said that you were uncertain
How long do you expect to work for
How much longer do you expect to work for
How much longer do you expect to work
Do you think it will be more than a year?
Is that more than a year away?
Last week, were you working as an
Earlier you said that you expect to work
How much longer do you expect to be an
How much longer do you expect to be an
How much longer do you expect to be an
Do you think it will be more than a year?
Is that more than a year away?
Are you self-employed as an independent
How much longer do you expect to be
Amount of time expect to be self-employed?
How much longer do you expect to be
Do you think it will be more than a year?
Is that more than a year away?
Do you usually have any paid employees?
Excluding all owners, how many
How long have you been (self-employed/
How long have you been (self-employed/
Has it been more than a year?
How long have you worked for the
How long have you worked for the
Has it been more than a year?
Just before you became (self-employed/
Right before you became (self-employed/
What was your major activity before
Before you started looking for work,
Did you lose that job, quit that job,
How long did you work in this other job?
How long did you work in this other job?
At the job at which you worked before
Industry Code - work prior to becoming
Detailed Industry Recode - work prior to
Would you prefer to have a job that is
{People have temporary jobs for a variety
Other than money, what is the main reason
You indicated you could not stay in your
Earlier you said you were paid by a
[People work for temporary help agencies
Other than the money, what is the main
Earlier you said you were an on-call
[People work on-call for a variety of reasons.
Other than money, what is the main reason
Earlier you said you worked as a day
[People work as day laborers for a variety
Other than money, what is the main
Would you prefer to work for someone else
[People are (self-employed/independent
Other than money, what is the main reason
Did you EVER work as a temporary worker,
Was this just before you began your current
(Including your time as a temporary worker,
How long have you worked for your current
How long have you worked for your
How long have you worked for your
How long have you worked at the place
How long have you worked at the place
How long have you been accepting
How long have you been accepting
How long have you worked at the place
How long have you worked at the place
How long have you worked for the company
How long have you worked for the company
How long have you worked for the employer
How long have you worked for the emplpyer
How long have you been an on-call
How long have you been an on-call
How long have you worked as a day
How long have you worked as a day
Has it been more than a year?
Since you have been with the place you
Have you ever worked for one of your clients
Was this other employment, just before
Was your other employment at the place
How long were you working for that client
How long were you working for that client,
Just before you started working for your
Just before you started working for your
What was your major activity JUST BEFORE
Before you started looking for work, were
Did you lose that job, quit that job, or
How long did you work at that job?
How long did you work at that job? Number
At that job, were you employed by government,
Industry Code - previous work
Detailed Industry Code - previous work
Since you started working for your employer,
Since you became (self-employed/an
Since you started working as a day
Since the beginning of March, have you
Since the beginning of March, have you looked for a
Have you been looking for a new job or
Have you been looking for temporary,
Have you been looking for a job where you
Have you been looking for a job as
Have you been looking for a job in
What are all of the things you have done
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Anything else?
Were you looking for temporary, short-term
Are you interested in temporary, short
Do you have health insurance from any
Do you receive this health insurance through
If your employer did not offer health
Does your employer pay for all, part, or
How did you obtain your health insurance?
Does your employer offer health insurance
Could you be in this plan if you wanted to?
Why aren't you in this plan?
Why not?
Does your employer offer a pension or
Do you have a tax deferred retirement
Are you included in this plan?
Why not?
Do you have a tax deferred account
For your job, what is the easiest way for
Do you usually receive overtime pay,
Out variable for hourly pay rate
Topcode flag for PESXH1O (hourly
How many hours do you usually work
How much do you usually receive JUST
How many hours do you usually work per
What is your best estimate of the number
How many weeks a year do you
On this job, are you a member of a labor
On this job, are you covered by a union
Calculated weekly amount of overtime
Topcode flag for PUSERN
Corrected calculated weekly amount
Topcode flag for PUSERN2
Recode for weekly earnings
Recode for hourly rate.
Hourly/nonhourly status
Recode representing contingent
Recode representing contingent work
Recode representing contingent work
Recode identifying individuals paid
Recode identifying individuals who are
Recode identifies individuals who work
Recode identifies on call workers or
Individual class of worker on first job.
Type of Supplement Interview
Supplement Weight - 4 implied decimals
Supplement Outgoing Rotation Weight
Supplement Earnings Flag
Some people find short, IN_PERSON tasks or
Was that for your main job or
Some people select short, ONLINE tasks
Was that for your main job or additional