CPS Utilities Extraction Report
June 8, 2005, 6.43 PM

Source: Annual Social and Economic -- 1978 March CPS
  Source file name                ==> e:\data\mar78.z

Output: c:\cpsworking\mdat62_78
  Request file name               ==> mdat62_78.req
  Stata dataset file name         ==> mar78.dta
  This report file name           ==> mar78.rpt

Warning: 'lineno' is not available for 1978.
Warning: 'grdatn' is not available for 1978.


Number of person-level records in source file is 155706.
Number of records read is 282054.
Number of records written is 155706.


Value summaries:

	Variable    Observations     Minimum     Maximum         Mean
	_hhid       	"asis" variable, cannot be summarized.
	mis               155706           1           8         4.52
	_state            155706           1          21        11.95
	hhnum             155706           1           6         1.09
	hhwgt             155706        2532      746500    137332.44
	state             155706          11          95        53.48
	famwgt            155706        2532      926209    137592.75
	recnum            155706           3      282054    141020.77
	_year       	"char" variable, cannot be summarized.
	sex               155706           1           2         1.52
	age               155706           0          99        32.45
	wgtfnl            155706        2331      768315    137211.36
	_marstat          155706           1           6         3.53
	_grdhi            155706           0          18         8.96
	grdcom            155706           0           2         1.00
	_relhd            155706           1           7         2.79
	famnum            155706           0           4         0.02
	wgt               155706        2264      950519    137540.42
	_race             155706           1           3         1.15
	_spneth           155706           1          10         7.60
	marstat           155706           1           8         4.58
	_famtyp           155706           0           4         0.40
	grdhi             155706           0          19         9.73


Options selected:
	Include labels in Stata dataset
	Create Stata dataset file directly

Description of selected variables:
<recnum>       Unique record ID number - Unicon created

        Each observation is assigned a unique id number, facilitating later
        merges with the SAME file should the user wish to extract additional
        variables at a later time.  This ID variable can not be used to match
        different files across years; instead, refer to the discussion in
        Appendix S.  The maximum value of this variable is the total record
        count from each file.  There is no corresponding variable to be found
        in the census files; therefore, no column numbers are listed here.

        Type:  internal

        Topic: record keeping

        Related variable:
               peridnum - unique person identifier (21 digits) 2003 forward 

        Code:  Year  Total Count           Year  Total Count
               1962     71,745             1963     89,911
               1964     78,741             1965     78,899
               1966    159,081             1967    151,531
               1968    200,226             1969    202,112
               1970    193,279             1971    196,727
               1972    188,685             1973    183,892
               1974    180,966             1975    177,078
               1976    241,522             1977    288,254
               1978    282,054             1979    282,015
               1980    332,131             1981    333,680
               1982    300,388             1983    300,423
               1984    299,442             1985    301,261
               1986    296,256             1987    293,248
               1988    295,266             1988B   295,459
               1989    275,770             1990    299,576
               1991    300,012             1992    295,884
               1993    294,657             1994    287,984
               1995    285,550             1996    249,697
               1997    252,663             1998    253,044
               1999    255,026             2000    256,747
               2001    249,663             2001S   405,266
               2002    405,130             2003    405,498

        Note:  Universe - all records

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<_hhid>        Household ID #2  long - Unicon recode

    CREATED FROM:
      hhid
        03-96   95      94     93-88B  88-77    76   75-73  72-68  67-63  62  
        H344    H320    H601   H320    H18      H35  P7     P6     P11    P235
        15      12      12     12      12       11   10     10     7      6
        I-IDNUM I-IDNUM Added  I-IDNUM HH-IDNUM

      sernum
                                                     75-73
                                                     P217
                                                     2
                                                     SERIALNO
      hhseq
                                                76
                                                P2
                                                6
                                                PP-SEQ-NUM

      state
                95-94
                H40
                2
                HG-ST60

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:  range of unique numbers

        Note:  Universe - all household records

        This Unicon-created variable is the same as hhid except as follows:
               In 1994-1995, it is combined with state to create more unique
                  values.
               In 1976, the hhseq variable give more unique household values.
                  We are reading this value into _hhid instead of the original
                  hhid value.  However, _hhid may not be used to match
                  household to other years as hhseq is only unique within
                  the month where it appears.
               In 1973-1975, it is combined with sernum to create values
                  consistent with those in 1968-1972.
               In 1972, _hhid is set to the current record number whenever
                  a head of household record is encountered (hhrel= 1 or 32).
                  It is not possible to match this file with other years.
               For further information see the hhid documentation.

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<lineno>       Line number

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-79    75-68    67-63    62
        P9       P332     P34      P18      P91
        2        2        2        2        2
        A-LINENO LINENO   LINE-NUM LINE-NO  LINE-NO

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Related variable:
               alineno - allocation flag

        Code:
                             03-68     67-62
               Line number   0-39      0-31

        Note:  Universe - all persons
               Note to those interested in matching: This variable is
               transcribed by the interviewer from rotation to rotation.  So
               this should be a unique identifier for an individual within the
               household.  In the initial rotation (mis = 1), the value should
               be equal to perid.  In 1976, the questionnaire went through a
               major revision and it was not until 1979, when the CPS began to
               include lineno again.

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<mis>          Month in sample

        Original location, length, and name:
        03     02     01s    01-88B  88-77   76     75-73   72-68   67-63   62
        H29    H906   H927   H29     H17     H34    F31     F26     P31     P94
        1      1      1      1       1       1      1       1       1       1
        H-MIS  Added  Added  H-MIS   MIS     MIS                    ROTATION 

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Related variable:
               zmis - original values for 2001S and 2002 files

        Code:
                       03-62
               Group   1-8

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all household records
        1975-1963       Universe - all family records
        1962            Universe - all person records

               Rotation groups 4 and 8 are not in the March Income sample in
                 1962.  Variables in columns P133-P172 do not contain valid
                 data for these two groups. (per Census docs)
                 Comparing these values to the Feb-Mar match variable (match)
                 it appears that the month-in-sample value for 1962 is actually
                 the MIS value for February, not March.  MIS groups 4 and 8
                 show up as non Feb-Mar matches.  If the March MIS value were
                 listed here, it would show MIS groups 1 and 5 as non Feb-Mar
                 matches.
               Rotation groups 4 and 8 are not in the 1964-1965 files.

               In the 2001S and 2002 files, the original mis values were not 
               the values used in the creation of sample weights.  The Census 
               provided patch files with the corrected mis values for these
               two years. 
              

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<_year>        Survey year - Unicon recode

        This is a variable that takes its value for year from the request file,
        not from any column location on the data files.  The values are all
        character.

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:  Four-digit year, '1988B', or '2001S'.

        Note:  Universe - all records

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<sex>          Sex

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P20      P108     P32      P38      P8
        1        1        1        1        1
        A-SEX    SEX      SEX      SEX      SEX

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Related variable:
               asex - allocation flag

        Code:
                          03-62
               Male       1
               Female     2

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Note:  Universe - all persons

               In 1962, there is no variable dedicated to indicate only gender.
               Unicon has derived sex from the sexrace variable for this year.

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<age>          Age of person

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P15      P110     P29      P34      P95
        2        2        2        2        2
        A-AGE    AGE      AGE      AGE      AGE

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Related variable:
               aage - allocation flag

        Code:
                                 03-02     01-88B   88-68    67-62
               Age of person     0-80      0-90     0-99     14-99

               62-67  does not include persons less than 14 years old.
               88B-01 is topcoded at 90.
               03-02  is topcoded at 80.

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Note:  Universe - all persons
               In 2002, the Census dropped the topcoding for age to 80, and
               perturbed (scrambled) the value of age for certain records with
               ages 66-80 and less than 12.  They did not allow the revised
               ages to go outside those barriers; that is, no one whose age
               was 67 ended up with an age of less than 66, no one aged 9
               ended up with an age greater than 11.

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<wgtfnl>       Final CPS weight (a.k.a., basic weight) (*100)

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76
        P50      P91
        8        11
        A-FNLWGT B-WEIGHT

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:
                                                    03-76
               NIU (supplemental Spanish sample)    0
               Minimum                              1
               Maximum                              99999999

               As in all CPS data provided by the Census, the decimal point is
               omitted.
               THE USER MUST DIVIDE VALUES BY 100 TO OBTAIN CORRECT WEIGHT.

        Note:
        2003-1988B      Universe - all persons
        1988-1976       Universe - civilians 14+ years old (1<=popstat<=2
                                   and age>=14)

               The 2002+ weights are 2000-based (per Census email 9/02).

               Apply this weight when using ONLY BASIC variables.
               Warning: the 2001 file war originally released by the Census 
               with incorrect weights.  Three months later they revised the
               file and re-released it. They only corrected the WGT (supplement
               weight) variable.  This variable, WGTFNL, was not corrected.

               See discussion of weights in Appendix Q.

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<_marstat>     Marital status - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P17      P107     P45      P77      P99
        1        1        1        1        1
        A-MARITL MAR-STAT MAR-STAT MAR-STAT 

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Code:                                                          Recode:
                                           03-88B 88-76 75-68 67-63 62 03-62
               NIU                                      0     0        0
               Married, spouse present     1      1     2     1     0  1
               Married, AF spouse present  2      2                    1
               Married, AF spouse absent   3      3     4     2     1  2
               Married, spouse absent      3      4     5     3     2  2
               Widowed                     4      5     6     4     3  4
               Divorced                    5      6     7     5     4  5
               Separated                   6      7     3     6     5  3
               Never married               7            1     7     6  6
                 -includes under 14 (76-82)       8                    6
                 -includes under 15 (83-88)       8                    6

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all persons
        1975-1968       Universe - adults 14 years and up (1<=popstat<=2)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults (14<=age)

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<_grdhi>       Highest grade attended - Unicon recode

    CREATED FROM:
      grdhi         Highest grade attended
        91-88B  88-76      75-68     67-63       62    
        P22     P115       P57       P81         P206
        2       2          2         2           1
        A-HGA   HIGH-GRD   HIGH-GRD  GRADE-ATT 

      edlev         Level of education
        67-63   62    
        P78     P205
        1       1

        Type:  basic

        Topic: education

        Code:                                             Recode:
                              91-88B   88-68    67-62     91-62 
               NIU            00       00                 00
               Elementary:  edlev=elem
               None (63-67)                     10        00
               0 or K         00       01       0         00
               1              01       02       1         01
               2              02       03       2         02
               3              03       04       3         03
               4              04       05       4         04
               5              05       06       5         05
               6              06       07       6         06
               7              07       08       7         07
               8              08       09       8         08
               High School: edlev=hs
               9              09       10       1         09
               10             10       11       2         10
               11             11       12       3         11
               12             12       13       4         12
               College:     edlev=coll
               13             13       14       1         13
               14             14       15       2         14
               15             15       16       3         15
               16             16       17       4         16
               17             17       18       5         17
               18+            18       19       6         18
               Tabulations for 1963 indicate all missing values.

        Note:
        1991-1988B      Universe - all persons
        1988-1968       Universe - adults  (1<=popstat<=2)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults  (age>=14)
                        These values match the values for edcom.  Note this
                        is before the values are modified by grdcom (flag
                        that denotes whether grade/year was completed).
                        Tabulations for 1963 indicate all missing values.

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<grdcom>       Completed highest grade attended

        Original location, length, and name:
        91-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P24      P117     P59      P83      P207
        1        1        1        1        1
        A-HGC    GRD-COM  GRD-COM  FIN-GRD  

        Type:  basic

        Topic: education

        Related variable:
               agrdcom - allocation flag

        Code:
                                          91-63     62
               NIU (children)             0         
               Yes                        1         6
               No                         2         7
               Invalid/never attended     9         

               Tabulations for 1963 indicate all missing values.
               Tabulations indicate the value '3' is used in place of '9'
               in 1970-1973.

        Note:
        1991-1988B      Universe - all persons
        1988-1968       Universe - adults (1<=popstat<=2)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults (age>=14)

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<grdatn>       Educational attainment

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-92
        P22
        2
        A-HGA

        Type:  basic

        Topic: education

        Related variable:
               agrdatn - allocation flag

        Code:
                                                                           03-92
               Children                                                    00
               Less than 1st grade                                         31
               1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade                                  32
               5th or 6th grade                                            33
               7th or 8th grade                                            34
               9th grade                                                   35
               10th grade                                                  36
               11th grade                                                  37
               12th grade or no diploma                                    38
               High school graduate - High school diploma or equivalent    39
               Some college but no degree                                  40
               Associate's degree in college - occupational/vocational     41
               Associate's degree in college - academic                    42
               Bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)                        43
               Master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)         44
               Professional school degree (e.g.: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)    45
               Doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)                           46

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Note:  Universe - all persons

               A user from PPIC who has compared education distributions over
               time between the CPS and the Census, has concluded that people
               with grdhi=13 and grdcom=2 (did not complete grade) should be
               coded as "with some college" when trying to match grdatn codes
               with earlier years.

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<_state>       State recoded lowest common denominator, all yrs - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-77     76        75-68    67-63    62
        H40      H39       H53       F37      P44      P25
        2        2         2         2        2        2
        HG-ST60  MST-STATE STATE-REC STATE    STATE    STATE

        Type:  basic

        Topic: geography

        Related variable:
               state - original state codes, values vary across years

        Code:
                                 03-62
               Maine             1
               New Hampshire     1
               Vermont           1
               Massachusetts     1
               Rhode Island      1
               Connecticut       2
               New York          3
               New Jersey        4
               Pennsylvania      5
               Ohio              6
               Indiana           7
               Illinois          8
               Michigan          9
               Wisconsin         9
               Minnesota         10
               Iowa              10
               Missouri          10
               North Dakota      10
               South Dakota      10
               Nebraska          10
               Kansas            10
               Delaware          11
               Virginia          11
               Maryland          11
               West Virginia     11
               Washington, D.C.  12
               North Carolina    13
               South Carolina    13
               Georgia           13
               Florida           14
               Kentucky          15
               Tennessee         15
               Alabama           16
               Mississippi       16
               Arkansas          17
               Oklahoma          17
               Louisiana         17
               Texas             18
               Montana           19
               Idaho             19
               Wyoming           19
               Utah              19
               Nevada            19
               Colorado          19
               New Mexico        19
               Arizona           19
               Washington        20
               Alaska            20
               Hawaii            20
               Oregon            20
               California        21

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all household records
        1975-1968       Universe - all family records
        1967-1962       Universe - all person records
                        Tabs for 1962 indicate all missing.
                        Tabs for 1963-1964 indicate a code '27' which is
                        undocumented.

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<hhnum>        Household ID #2  Item9

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-77    76       75-68    67-63    62
        H30      H16      H33      F43      F21      P93
        1        1        1        1        1        1
        H-HHNUM  I9       I9       HSEHLDNO HSEHLDNO HSEHLDNO

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Related variable:
               ahhnum - allocation flag

        Code:
                         03-68     67-62
               Number    1 - 8     1 - 7

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all household records
        1975-1963       Universe - all family records
                           63, 65 & 67 each have two records of value '0'.
        1962            Universe - all person records

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<_relhd>       Relationship to household head - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P13      P103     P38      P76      P98
        2        1        1        1        1
        A-EXPRRP REL-HEAD                   

        Type:  basic

        Topic: family relations

        Code:                                                          Recode:
                             03-96 95 94 93-88B 88-76 75-68 67-63 62   03-62
     NIU                                              0                0
     Head w/relative         01    01 01 01     1     1     1     0(0) 1
     Primary individual      02    02 02 02     2     2     1     3(1) 1
     Spouse of head                             3     3                3
     Husband                 03    03 03 03                            3
     Wife                    04    04 04 04                 2     1(2) 3
     Child/other rel of head                          4                4
     Child of head                              4           3          4
     Child natural/adopted   05    05 05 05                            4
     Stepchild of head       05    06 05 06                            4
     Grandchild of head      07    07 07 07                            4
     Parent of head          08    08 08 08                            4
     Brother/sister of head  09    09 09 09                            4
     Other relative of head  10    10 10 10     5           4     2(3) 4
     Foster child of head    11    11 11 11                            4
     Secondary family member 12    12 12 12     6     5     6     5(4) 5
     Partner/roommate        13    13 13 13                            6
     Secondary individual    14    14 14 14     7     6     5     4(5) 7

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Conditional Recode: If Conditional Recode option is selected, values
                        depend on the selected years.

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all persons
        1975-1968       Universe - civilian adults  (popstat=1)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults (14<=age)

                        In 1962, the documented code values are suspect.  By
                        running two-way frequencies with other family structure
                        variables, Unicon has mapped out a different set of
                        codes.  No one at the Census is familiar enough with
                        this data to help.  The documented codes are shown in
                        parenthesis.

                        In 1963-1967, 'primary individual' is grouped with
                        'head with relative'.

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<hhwgt>        Household final weight (*100)

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-77
        H287     H196
        8        11
        HSUP-WGT HSUP-WGT

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:  The Census Bureau omits decimal points from the data.

               THE USER MUST DIVIDE VALUES BY 100 TO OBTAIN CORRECT WEIGHT.

        Note:
        2003-1994       Universe - all interviewed households  (htype2=1)
        1993            There is an alternate weight based on the 1990 Census.
                        See hhwgtalt.
        1988B           Universe - all interviewed households  (htype2=1)
        1988-1977       Universe - all household records
        1976            Use weight (wgt) of household head (1<=relhd<=2)
        1975-1963       Use famwgt
        1962            Use weight (wgt) of household head (0<=relhd<=1)

               See discussion of weights in Appendix Q.

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<famwgt>       Family weight (*100)

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-77    75-68    67-63
        F233     F196     F205     F63
        8        11       12       10
        FSUPWGT  FSUPWGT  FAM-WGT  FAM-WGT

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:
                                           03-68     67-63
               Number of decimal places    2         *

               * The documentation in 1963-1967 is unclear as to the presence of
                 implied decimal points.
                 This weight may have a negative value.
                 In 1963, two records have a value greater than 5 billion.

               As in all CPS data provided by the Census, the decimal point is
               omitted.
               THE USER MUST DIVIDE VALUES BY 100 TO OBTAIN CORRECT WEIGHT.

        Note:
        2003-1977       Universe - all family records
        1975-1963       Universe - all family records

               See discussion of weights in Appendix Q.

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<famnum>       Family ID within household

        Original location, length, and name of variable:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62    
        P29      P105     P40      P32      P125
        2        1        1        1        1
        AFMNUM   FAMNUMBR 

        Type:  basic

        Topic: record keeping

        Code:
                                                            03-88B 88-76  75-62 
               Not in related or unrelated subfamily        0      0      0
               Related/unrelated subfamily member id number 2-19   2-13   1-6 
               Primary family member                        1      1      0

        Note:  Universe - all persons
               This variable is the same as famsub for 1962-1975.

               In 1994 and 1995 there appear to be duplicate famnum's within
               household.  The Census response (10/98) to this matter follows:
               'There is a problem with the household id's in 1994 and 1995
               in that there is not enough detail present in the 12 digit
               number.  This number must be concatenated with the census state
               code to make these numbers more unique.'

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<state>        State

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-77    76       75-68    67-63    62
        H40      H39      H53      F37      P44      P25
        2        2        2        2        2        2
        HG-ST60  MSTSTATE STATEREC STATE    STATE    STATE

        Type:  basic

        Topic: geography

        Related variable:
               _state - Unicon recode of state, lowest common denominator

        Code:  See Appendix A

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all household records
        1975-1968       Universe - all family records
        1967-1962       Universe - all person records

                        Tabs for 1962 indicate all missing.
                        Tabs for 1963-1964 indicate a code '27' which is
                           undocumented.

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<wgt>          March supplemental person level weight (*100)

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P66      P118     P205     P21      P67
        8        11       12       10       12
        MARSUPWT MARSUPWT WEIGHT   WEIGHT   WEIGHT

        Type:  supplement

        Topic: record keeping

        Related variable:
               wgtalt - alternate March supplemental person level weight (*100)

        Code:  The Census Bureau omits decimal points from the data.

               THE USER MUST DIVIDE VALUES BY 100 TO OBTAIN CORRECT WEIGHT.

               In 1963-1967, handwritten notes in the margin indicate that
               there are two implied decimals.  Also, this variable may be
               negative.

               Some years have alternate weights (see wgtalt):
                  1980  wgt is based on 1970   wgtalt is based on 1980
                  1990  wgt is based on 1980   wgtalt is based on 1990
                  1993  wgt is based on 1980   wgtalt is based on 1990
                  2000  wgt is based on 1990   wgtalt is based on 2000
                  2001  wgt is based on 1990   wgtalt is based on 2000
                  2001S wgt is based on 2000   wgtalt is based on 1990

               The 2002+ weights are 2000-based (per Census email 9/02).
               (Note: the 2002 file is actually a SCHIP file and is most
                      comparable to the 2001S file).

        Note:  Universe - all person records
               Apply this weight when using supplemental variables.

               The following may be used as weight origination guidelines:

               The household record gets the householder weight.
               The Primary Family family record gets the householder weight.
               The Nonfamily Householder family record gets the householder wgt.
               The Related subfamily record gets the subfamily head weight.
               The Unrelated subfamily record gets the subfamily head weight.
               The Secondary Individual record gets the secondary indivdual wgt.

               See discussion of weights in Appendix Q.


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<_race>        Race - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03       02-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P24      P25      P109     P33      P37      P9
        2        1        1        1        1        1
        PRDTRACE A-RACE   RACE     RACE     RACE     RACE

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Code:                                                            Recode:
                                                03 02-96 95-88B 88-63 62 03-62
               White only                       1  1     1      1     0  1 
               Black only                       2  2     2      2     1  2
               Amer Indian, Alaskan Native only 3  3     3               3
               Asian only                       4                        3
               Hawaiian/Pacific Islander only   5                        3
               Asian/Pacific Islander              4     4               3
               Other                                     5      3     2  3
               White-Black                      6                        3
               White-AI                         7                        3
               White-Asian                      8                        3
               White-Hawaiian                   9                        3
               Black-AI                         10                       3
               Black-Asian                      11                       3
               Black-Hawaiian                   12                       3
               AI-Asian                         13                       3
               Asian-Hawaiian                   14                       3
               W-B-AI                           15                       3
               W-B-A                            16                       3
               W-AI-A                           17                       3
               W-A-HP                           18                       3
               W-B-AI-A                         19                       3
               2 or 3 races                     20                       3
               4 or 5 races                     21                       3

               AI American Indian and Alaskan Native
               HP Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Conditional Recode: If Conditional Recode option is selected, values
                        depend on the selected years.

        Note:  Universe - all interview records (1<=popstat<=3)
               In Jan 1996, the Census revised procedures for editing and
               allocating the race variable.  All "Other" responses were
               allocated into one of the 4 main race categories.  This was
               done to offset a major increase in "Other" responses which
               caused severe underestimates of the American Indian and Asian
               Pacific Islander populations.  Due to this, one should use
               caution when making comparisons between 1995 and 1996 data,
               especially for those identifying all four race groups.

               CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be
               used carefully with the UNICON RECODE, as selection occurs
               after recoding of the variable.  (i.e., The options use the
               recoded values rather than the original raw values.)

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<_spneth>      Spanish ethnicity - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03       02-88B   88-76    75-71
        P28      P27      P113     P197
        1        2        2        2
        PRDTHSP  A-REORGN ETHNCITY

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Code:                                                          Recode:
                                        03  02-88B  88-76  75-71       03-71
               Mexican American             01      10     08          01
               Chicano                      02      11                 02
               Mexican                  01  03      12                 03
               Mexicano                 01  03      13                 03
               Puerto Rican             02  04      14     09          04
               Cuban                    03  05      15     10          05
               Central/South American   04  06      16     11          06
               Other Spanish            05  07      17     12          07
               Another not listed       00  08      30     1-7,13,14   08
               Don't know                   09      39     15          09
               Not available                10      40     16          10

        Note:  
        2003            Universe - all persons identified as being Hispanic 
                                   (hisp=1)
        2002-1971       Universe - all interview records (1<=popstat<=3)

               Prior to 1983, Hispanic populations in the CPS were not 
               controlled to independent totals so the counts are not 
               as reliable as the counts in 1983 and later. (per Census 9/03)

        CAUTION - The conditional recode option does not operate on this
                  variable.  Using the '_' variable will always result in
                  the default recoding.

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<marstat>      Marital status
 _marstat      Unicon recode - Marital status

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    75-68    67-63    62
        P17      P107     P45      P77      P99
        1        1        1        1        1
        A-MARITL MAR-STAT MRTLSTAT MRTLSTAT MRTLSTAT

        Type:  basic

        Topic: demography

        Related variable:
               amarstat - allocation flag

        Code:                                                       Recode:
                                   03-88B  88-76  75-68  67-63  62  03-62
        NIU                                       0      0          0
        Married, spouse present    1       1      2      1      0   1
        Married, AF spouse present 2       2                        1
        Married, AF spouse absent  3       3      4      2      1   2
        Married, spouse absent     3       4      5      3      2   2
        Widowed                    4       5      6      4      3   4
        Divorced                   5       6      7      5      4   5
        Separated                  6       7      3      6      5   3
        Never married              7              1      7      6   6
          -includes <14 (76-82)            8                        6
          -includes <15 (83-88)            8                        6

               In 1994 forward this is an edited variable with additional
               possible values of: -1 (blank) -2 (don't know) -3 (refused)
               -9 (no response)

        Note:
        2003-1976       Universe - all persons
        1975-1968       Universe - adults 14 years and up (1<=popstat<=2)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults (14<=age)

                        See Appendix W.2 for suggested code to identify POSSLQ's

               CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be
               used carefully with the UNICON RECODE, as selection occurs
               after recoding of the variable.  (i.e., The options use the
               recoded values rather than the original raw values.)

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<_famtyp>      Kind of family, person level - Unicon recode

        Original location, length, and name:
        03-88B   88-76    67-63    62
        P31      P104     P94      P127
        1        1        1        1
        A-FAMTYP TYPE-BOX          

        Type:  basic

        Topic: family relations

        Code:                                                           Recode:
                                                03-88B  88-76 67-63 62  03-62
               Primary family                   1       0     1     0   0
               Primary individual               2       4     4     3   4
               Related subfamily                3       3     2     1   3
               Unrelated sub/second family      4       2     3     2   2
               Unrelated sub/second individual  5       1     5     4   1

        Note:  Universe - all persons

               A family is a group of 2+ people residing together and related
               by birth, marriage, or adoption.  All such persons (including
               related subfamily members) are considered as members of one
               family.  Beginning in 1980, unrelated subfamilies (referred to
               in the past as secondary families) are no longer included in the
               count of families, nor are the members of unrelated subfamilies
               included in th count of family members.  A family household
               includes unrelated people living in the household.  The number of
               family households equals the number of families however the
               number of family household MEMBERS can be more than the number of
               family MEMBERS which includes only the householder and relatives.

        CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be used carefully
                  with this UNICON RECODE as selection occurs after recoding of
                  the variable. (i.e., The options use the recoded values rather
                  than the original raw values.)

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<grdhi>        Highest grade attended
 _grdhi        Unicon recode - Highest grade attended

        Original location, length, and name:
        91-88B  88-76      75-68     67-63       62    
        P22     P115       P57       P81         P206
        2       2          2         2           1
        A-HGA   HIGH-GRD   HIGH-GRD  GRADE-ATT 

        Type:  basic

        Topic: education

        Related variable:
               agrdhi - allocation variable

        Code:                                             Recode:
                              91-88B   88-68    67-62     91-62 
               NIU            00       00                 00
               Elementary:  edlev=elem
               None (63-67)                     10        00
               0 or K         00       01       0         00
               1              01       02       1         01
               2              02       03       2         02
               3              03       04       3         03
               4              04       05       4         04
               5              05       06       5         05
               6              06       07       6         06
               7              07       08       7         07
               8              08       09       8         08
               High School: edlev=hs
               9              09       10       1         09
               10             10       11       2         10
               11             11       12       3         11
               12             12       13       4         12
               College:     edlev=coll
               13             13       14       1         13
               14             14       15       2         14
               15             15       16       3         15
               16             16       17       4         16
               17             17       18       5         17
               18+            18       19       6         18
               Tabulations for 1963 indicate all missing values.

               1962-1967 is not formatted in the output code due to the
               reliance on the value of the edlev variable.

        Note:
        1991-1988B      Universe - all persons
        1988-1968       Universe - adults (1<=popstat<=2)
        1967-1962       Universe - adults (age>=14)
                        This value MUST be combined with edlev to determine
                        true highest grade.
                        These values match the values for edcom.  Note this
                        is before the values are modified by grdcom (flag
                        that denotes whether grade/year was completed).
                        Tabulations for 1963 indicate all missing values.

               CAUTION - The 'select' and 'unselect' options should be
               used carefully with the UNICON RECODE, as selection occurs
               after recoding of the variable.  (i.e., The options use the
               recoded values rather than the original raw values.)

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