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Income
xyfam76 Total earnings of sibling respondent and spouse last year xyrer76 Sibling respondent's total earnings last year xalyr76 Flag for sibling respondent's total earnings last year xyrwg76 - xyrfr76 Sib's detailed earnings by source xyser76 Spouse's total earnings last year. xalys76 Flag for spouse's total earnings last year xyswg76 - xysfr76 Spouse's detailed earnings by source
xyfam76: Total earnings of sibling respondent and spouse in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 41, 42c, 43c, 69, 70c, 71c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED (i.e., missing data on all components) OR NONSAMPLE | 3396 | 3252 | 6648 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 86 | 117 | 203 |
1 - 110 | 159 | 248 | 407 | |
111 - 152 | 204 | 181 | 385 | |
153 - 198 | 194 | 191 | 385 | |
199 - 250 | 218 | 197 | 415 | |
251 - 2000 | 180 | 155 | 335 |
(XYRER76) and spouse's total earnings (XYSER76). For information about
missing data for various components of this variable see the notes to
variables XYRER76 and XYSER76 and the missing data flags for XYRER76
(XALYR76) and XYSER76 (XALYS76).
xyrer76: Sibling respondent's total earnings last year in $100's.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 41, 42c, 43c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED (i.e., missing data on all components) OR NONSAMPLE | 3396 | 3252 | 6648 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 96 | 434 | 530 |
1 - 40 | 34 | 294 | 328 | |
41 - 95 | 101 | 224 | 325 | |
96 - 135 | 246 | 83 | 329 | |
136 - 190 | 291 | 44 | 335 | |
192 - 2000 | 273 | 10 | 283 |
This variable represents the sum of all valid components of
earnings, even if there was missing data for one or two components.
Those with missing data on all components were coded -3. See XALYR76.
xalyr76: Missing data flag for sibling respondent's total earnings last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 41, 42c, 43c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3393 | 3252 | 6645 |
0 | No missing data | 960 | 1030 | 1990 |
1 | Missing data for wages and salary | 43 | 45 | 88 |
2 | Missing data for self-employed earnings | 16 | 10 | 26 |
3 | Missing data for farm earnings | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Missing data for wages, salary and self-employed earnings | 16 | 2 | 18 |
5 | Missing data for wages, salary and farm earnings | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Missing data for self-employed earnings and farm earnings | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Missing data for all three components of earnings | 3 | 0 | 3 |
xyrwg76: Sibling respondent's wages and salaries in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 41
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3450 | 3271 | 6721 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 8 | 28 | 36 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 127 | 412 | 539 |
1 - 40 | 37 | 282 | 319 | |
41 - 92 | 89 | 208 | 297 | |
94 - 130 | 228 | 90 | 318 | |
131 - 185 | 261 | 40 | 301 | |
186 - 1000 | 237 | 10 | 247 |
xyrse76: Sibling respondent's self-employed nonfarm earnings in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 42c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3417 | 3254 | 6671 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 11 | 11 | 22 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 860 | 1025 | 1885 |
1 - 7 | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
8 - 30 | 33 | 13 | 46 | |
35 - 100 | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
110 - 200 | 41 | 2 | 43 | |
240 - 2000 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
xyrfr76: Sibling respondent's farm earnings in $$100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 43c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3398 | 3253 | 6651 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 4 | 1 | 5 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 977 | 1080 | 2057 |
1 - 10 | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
20 - 80 | 15 | 2 | 17 | |
90 - 135 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
150 - 250 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
300 - 800 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
xyser76: Spouse's total earnings in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 69, 70, 70c, 71, 71c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED (i.e., missing data on all components) OR NONSAMPLE | 3396 | 3257 | 6653 |
-2 | 165 | 148 | 313 | |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 439 | 165 | 604 |
1 - 50 | 240 | 22 | 262 | |
51 - 100 | 137 | 120 | 257 | |
102 - 150 | 45 | 243 | 288 | |
155 - 210 | 11 | 240 | 251 | |
217 - 1000 | 4 | 146 | 150 |
earnings, even if there was missing data for one or two components.
Those with missing data on all components were coded -3. See XALYS76
xalys76: Missing data flag for total earnings of spouse.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 69, 70, 70c, 71, 71c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | Nonsample | 3393 | 3252 | 6645 |
-2 | 165 | 148 | 313 | |
0 | No missing data | 818 | 757 | 1575 |
1 | Missing data for wages and salary | 48 | 89 | 137 |
2 | Missing data for self-employed earnings | 4 | 40 | 44 |
3 | Missing data for farm earnings | 0 | 22 | 22 |
4 | Missing data for wages, salary and self-employed earnings | 4 | 21 | 25 |
5 | Missing data for wages, salary and farm earnings | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Missing data for self-employed earnings and farm earnings | 2 | 5 | 7 |
7 | Missing data for all three components of earnings | 3 | 5 | 8 |
xyswg76: Spouse's wages and salary earnings in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 69
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3423 | 3302 | 6725 |
-2 | 165 | 148 | 313 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 25 | 67 | 92 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 405 | 113 | 518 |
1 - 47 | 209 | 18 | 227 | |
48 - 100 | 155 | 114 | 269 | |
102 - 150 | 42 | 241 | 283 | |
155 - 210 | 10 | 223 | 233 | |
220 - 620 | 3 | 115 | 118 |
xysse76: Spouse's nonfarm self-employment earnings in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 70, 70c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3399 | 3275 | 6674 |
-2 | 165 | 148 | 313 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 7 | 48 | 55 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 844 | 782 | 1626 |
1 - 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |
13 - 50 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |
60 - 104 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |
110 - 250 | 2 | 20 | 22 | |
260 - 1000 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
xysfr76: Spouse's farm self-employment earnings in $100's last year.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 1977
Mode: phone
Source variables: 71, 71c
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONSAMPLE | 3396 | 3260 | 6656 |
-2 | 165 | 148 | 313 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 26 | 28 |
0 | LESS THAN $100 | 867 | 866 | 1733 |
1 - 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
8 - 40 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
50 - 100 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
110 - 200 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
220 - 300 | 0 | 3 | 3 |