If you received third wave data before December 1, 1999, please
read this notice.
- 1990 industry and occupation variables were added
- Scores for occupational education were added for
1970 and 1990 industry and occupation variables
- Scores for occupational income were added for 1970
industry and occupation variables
- Scores for occupational earnings were added for
1990 industry and occupation variables
- 1970 industry and occupation variables were updated
- Scores for occupational
education were added for
1970 and 1990 industry and occupation
variables
- Scores for occupational earnings were
added for
1990 industry and occupation variables
- Scores for occupational income were
added for 1970
industry and occupation variables
- 1970 Census coded industry and occupation variables were updated
Any 1970 census occupation and industry codes that were determined to
be incorrect during the coding of the 1990 codes were updated in the
12/99 releases. All associated scores were also updated.
12-14 SFU05REC 1970 Census detailed industry code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SF002RE, XINX1, bb18, bb19,INX1U, RFU05J2C) 017-937 1970 DETAILED INDUSTRY CODE 2284 2351 997 DON'T KNOW 0 4 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E on occupational coding and variable construction. 15-17 SFU06REC 1970 Census detailed occupation code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SF002RE, XOCX1, bb05, bb16,OCX1U,RFU06J2C) 001-984 1970 DETAILED OCCUPATION CODE 2283 2354 997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E on occupational coding and variable construction. 18-18 SFU07RED Class of worker code for first full- time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SF002RE, SF006REC, XCWX1, bb20, bb22, bb24, CWX1U, RFU07J2D) 1 PRIVATE WAGE AND SALARY WORKER: 1815 1833 EMPLOYEE OF PRIVATE COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION 2 GOVERNMENT WORKER 306 464 3 EMPLOYEE OF OWN CORPORATION 21 4 4 SELF-EMPLOYED WORKER, BUSINESS 108 36 NOT INCORPORATED 5 UNPAID FAMILY WORKER 35 16 6 FAMILY WORKER, NOT FURTHER 0 0 SPECIFIED 7 DON'T KNOW 0 3 8 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 9 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 1 1 19-20 SFU08RED 1970 Major industry code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC) 01 AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND 182 27 FISHERIES 02 MINING 13 2 03 CONSTRUCTION 160 15 04 MANUFACTURING 867 511 05 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS 105 116 AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES 06 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 346 370 07 FINANCE, INSURANCE AND 82 244 REALESTATE 08 BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES 64 52 09 PERSONAL SERVICES 22 123 10 ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION 16 12 SERVICES 11 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 87 71 12 PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED SERVICES 340 808 97 DON'T KNOW 0 4 98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 99 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige. 21-22 SFU09REE 1970 Major occupation code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC, SFU07RED) 01 PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND 32 13 KINDRED, SELF-EMPLOYED AND WITHOUT PAY 02 PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND 553 569 KINDRED, SALARIED AND NA 03 MANAGERS, OFFICIALS AND 187 78 PROPRIETORS, SALARIED AND NA 04 MANAGERS, OFFICIALS AND 25 4 PROPRIETORS, SELF-EMPLOYED AND WITHOUT PAY 05 SALES WORKERS, NOT RETAIL TRADE 86 14 06 SALES WORKERS, RETAIL TRADE 27 69 07 CLERICAL AND KINDRED WORKERS 134 952 08 CRAFTSMEN, FOREMAN AND KINDRED 121 13 WORKERS, MANUFACTURING 09 CRAFTS, CONSTRUCTION 77 0 10 CRAFTS, ALL OTHER AND NA 112 12 11 OPERATIVES, MANUFACTURING 346 234 12 OPERATIVES, ALL OTHER AND NA 152 32 13 SERVICE AND PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD 73 324 14 LABORERS, MANUFACTURING 73 11 15 LABORERS, ALL OTHER AND NA 121 9 16 FARMERS AND FARM MANAGERS 56 5 17 FARM LABORERS AND FARM FOREMEN 108 15 97 DON'T KNOW 1 1 98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 99 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige. 23-26 SFA10REE 1970 Occupational Education Score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (Updated 12/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC, SFU07RED) 19-995 1970 EDUCATION SCORE 2283 2354 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 9999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3 NOTE: There is an implied decimal point two places to the left of the right most digit. NOTE: The 1970-basis occupational education score is the percentage of persons in the 1970 Census in an occupation/ industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix E-- COR 638 and COR 684 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable. 27-30 SFB10REE 1970 Occupational Income Score first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (Updated 12/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC, SFU07RED) 0-877 1970 INCOME SCORE 2283 2354 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 9999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3 NOTE: There is an implied decimal point two places to the left of the right most digit. NOTE: The 1970-basis occupational income score is the percentage of persons in the 1970 Census in an occupation/ industry/class-of-worker category whose income was at least $10,000 in 1969. See Appendix E-- COR 638 and COR 684 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable. 31-33 SFU10REE 1970 Duncan SEI score for first full- time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC, SFU07RED) 020-960 1970 DUNCAN SEI SCORE 2283 2354 997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige. 34-36 SFU11REE 1970 Siegel prestige score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU05REC, SFU06REC, SFU07RED) 144-812 1970 SIEGEL PRESTIGE SCORE 2283 2354 997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige. 37-40 SFU12RED 1970 MSEI2 occupational status score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU06REC) 1183-8849 1970 MSEI2 SCORE 2283 2354 9997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 9999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige. 41-44 SFU13RED 1970 TSEI2 occupational status score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Updated 9/99) (SFU06REC) 1429-8957 1970 TSEI2 SCORE 2283 2354 9997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 9999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Change Notice #20 for difference between updated and original variables. Original variables used prior to the 9/99 update are retained at the end of this module. NOTE: See Appendix E - COR521C for Creation of major industry, major occupation, status, and prestige.
45-47 SF014REC 1990 Census detailed industry code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (SF002RE, bb18, bb19,RF014J2D) 010-932 1990 DETAILED INDUSTRY CODE 1622 1640 995 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 997 DON'T KNOW 0 4 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Appendix E on occupational coding and variable construction. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 995 for this variable. 48-50 SF015REC 1990 Census detailed occupation code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (SF002RE, bb05, bb16,RF015J2D) 004-889 1990 OCCUPATION CODE 1621 1643 995 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: See Appendix E on occupational coding and variable construction. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 995 for this variable. 51-52 SF016RED 1990 Major industry code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (SF014REC, SF015REC) 01 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES 121 21 02 MINING 10 2 03 CONSTRUCTION 114 15 04 MANUFACTURING 595 347 05 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND 87 77 OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES 06 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 233 241 07 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 60 163 08 BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES 46 24 09 PERSONAL SERVICES 11 63 10 ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES 17 12 11 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 65 58 12 PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED SERVICES 263 617 95 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 99 REFUSED, DON'T KNOW, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 6 NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 95 for this variable. NOTE: The 1990 Major Industry categories are selected to resemble the 1970 categories, but individual industries which may have changed category between 1970 and 1990 (for example, US Postal Service) keep their 1990 major industry designation. No attempt was made to reconcile these cases. NOTE: Consistent with 1990 Census procedures, civilian occupation codes were assigned to military personnel if they described civilian occupational activities. Therefore, it is possible to assign a code for those individuals on this variable. Individuals in the military who only described military occupations were assigned the military occupation codes and coded military on this variable. 53-54 SF017REE 1990 Major occupation code for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (SF007RED, SF014REC, SF015REC) 01 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SPECIALTY 23 9 OCCUPATIONS, SELF-EMPLOYED AND W/0 PAY 02 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SPECIALTY 370 468 OCCUPATIONS, SALARIED AND NA 03 EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND 159 88 MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS SALARIED AND NA 04 EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND 15 3 MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS SELF-EMPLOYED AND W/O PAY 05 SALES OCCUPATIONS NOT RETAIL TRADE 71 19 06 SALES OCCUPATIONS RETAIL TRADE 45 80 07 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, 90 598 INCLUDING CLERICAL 08 PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR 96 38 OCCUPATIONS MANUFACTURING 09 PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR 55 0 OCCUPATIONS CONSTRUCTION 10 PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR 88 6 OCCUPATIONS ALL OTHER AND NA 11 OPERATORS AND FABRICATORS MANUFACTURING 228 116 12 OPERATORS & FABRICATORS ALL OTHER & NA 77 16 13 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 57 161 14 HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, HELPERS, 41 19 AND LABORERS MANUFACTURING 15 HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, HELPERS, 79 7 AND LABORERS ALL OTHER AND NA 16 FARM OPERATORS AND MANAGERS 40 4 17 FARM WORKERS AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS 87 11 95 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 99 REFUSED, DON'T KNOW, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3 NOTE: The 1990 Major Occupation categories are selected to resemble the 1970 categories, but individual occupations which may have changed category between 1970 and 1990 (for example, Actors and Directors) keep their 1990 major industry designation. No attempt was made to reconcile these cases. The large number of such cases makes direct comparison between 1970 and 1990 Major Occupation categories unadvisable. For a list of all such individual changes, see Kubitschek 1986 (Center for Demography Working Paper 86-6). NOTE: See Appendix E - COR681 for detailed coding instructions. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 95 for this variable. NOTE: Consistent with 1990 Census procedures, civilian occupation codes were assigned to military personnel if they described civilian occupational activities. Therefore, it is possible to assign a code for those individuals on this variable. Individuals in the military who only described military occupations were assigned the military occupation codes and coded military on this variable. 55-57 SF018RED 1989 Nakao-Treas Prestige Rating for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (SF015REC,RF018J2E) 126-946 1990 PRESTIGE RATING 1621 1643 995 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 997 DON'T KNOW 1 1 998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1) 999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 2 2 NOTE: There is an implied decimal point one place to the left of the right most digit. NOTE: The 1989 Nakao-Treas prestige rating is the percentage of respondents in the 1989 NORC General Social Survey who ranked an occupation in category 5 or above on a 9-point scale. See Appendix E--COR 683 for details and a recommended transformation of this variable. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 995 for this variable. NOTE: Consistent with 1990 Census procedures, civilian occupation codes were assigned to military personnel if they described civilian occupational activities. Therefore, it is possible to assign a code for those individuals on this variable. Individuals in the military who only described military occupations were assigned the military occupation codes and coded military on this variable. 58-61 SF019RED 1990 Occupational Education Score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (Updated 12/99) (SF015REC) 83-999 1990 Education score 1621 1643 9995 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1 OR MILITARY SF015RED = 903-905) 9999 REFUSED, DON'T KNOW, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3 Note: There is an implied decimal point two places to the left of the right most digit. NOTE: The 1990-basis occupational education score is the percentage of persons in the 1990 Census in an occupation/ industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix E-- COR 639 and COR 684 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 9995 for this variable. NOTE: Consistent with 1990 Census procedures, civilian occupation codes were assigned to military personnel if they described civilian occupational activities. Therefore, it is possible to assign a code for those individuals on this variable. Individuals in the military who only described military occupations were assigned the military occupation codes and coded military on this variable. 62-65 SF020RED 1990 Occupational Earnings Score for first full-time civilian job after leaving school for the last time. (Added 9/99) (Updated 12/99) (SF015REC) 37-876 TOTAL EARNINGS SCORE 1621 1643 9995 1990 CODE NOT AVAILABLE 662 711 9998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO FIRST JOB, 295 427 SF002RE^=1 OR 2, OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, SB030RE=1 OR MILITARY SF015RED = 903-905) 9999 REFUSED, DON'T KNOW, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3 Note: There is an implied decimal point two places to the left of the right most digit. NOTE: The 1990-basis occupational earnings score is the percentage of persons in the 1990 Census in an occupation/ industry/class-of-worker category who earned at least $14.30 per hour in 1989. See Appendix E--COR 639 and COR 684 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable. NOTE: If information for this job was collected during the 1977 sibling interview, questions about this job were skipped during the 1993-94 sibling interview. 1990 codes were only assigned to data from the 1993-94 interview. Data originally obtained during the 1977 interview is coded 9995 for this variable. NOTE: Consistent with 1990 Census procedures, civilian occupation codes were assigned to military personnel if they described civilian occupational activities. Therefore, it is possible to assign a code for those individuals on this variable. Individuals in the military who only described military occupations were assigned the military occupation codes and coded military on this variable.
Variables added to XEMPL
First Job | 1977 Job | Current/Last Job |
SFA10REE
SFB10REE SF014REC SF015REC SF016RED SF017REE SF018RED SF019RED SF020RED |
SFA24RED
SFA33REE SFB33REE SF037REC SF038REC SF039RED SF040REE SF041RED SF042RED SF043RED |
SFA48REE
SFA57REF SFB57REF SF061RED SF062RED SF063REE SF064REF SF065REE SF066REE SF067REE |
Added to XMARR | Added to XSSIB |
SCA22SPG
SCB22SPG SC026SPE SC027SPE SC028SPF SC029SPG SC030SPF SC031SPF SC032SPF |
SKA15SSF
SKA15SSF SKB15SSF SK019SSE SK020SSE SK021SSE SK022SSE SK023SSE SK024SSE SK025SSE SKA43SSH SKB43SSH SK047SSG SK048SSG SK049SSG SK050SSG SK051SSG SK052SSG SK053SSG |
Variables that were updated and the original variables were archived at the end of the data file: Updated and Archived in XEMPL
First Job | 1977 Job | Current/Last Job |
SFU05REC
SFU06REC SFU07RED SFU08RED SFU09REE SFU10REE SFU11REE SFU12RED SFU13RED |
SFU28REC
SFU29REC SFU30RED SFU31RED SFU32REE SFU33REE SFU34REE SFU35RED SFU36RED |
SFU52RED
SFU53RED SFU54REE SFU55REE SFU56REF SFU57REF SFU58REF SFU59REE SFU60REE |
Updated and archived - XMARR | Updated and archived - XSSIB |
SCU17SPE
SCU18SPE SCU19SPF SCU20SPF SCU21SPG SCU22SPG SCU23SPG SCU24SPF SCU25SPF |
SKU10SSD
SKU11SSD SKU12SSE SKU13SSE SKU14SSF SKU15SSF SKU16SSF SKU17SSE SKU18SSE SKU38SSF SKU39SSF SKU40SSG SKU41SSG SKU42SSH SKU43SSH SKU44SSH SKU45SSG SKU46SSG |
Minor changes were made to the following variables: Minor Changes in XEMPL
Minor Changes in First Job | Minor Changes in Current/Last Job |
SF001RE
|
SF045RE
SF047REE SF048RED SF049RED SF050RED |
minor changes to XMARR |
SC001RED
SC002RED SC003REC SC004REE SC005REF SC006REG SC007REH SC010SPC SC014SPC SC015SPD SC016SPD SC043SPF SC044REC SC047RED SC048REE SC067REE SC068REE SC071REF SC072REG |