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Phone: Employment

OVERVIEW

The employment module for the 2006 graduate-sibling instrument differs slightly
from both the 1993-1994 graduate-sibling instrument and the 2004 graduate
instrument.  In this wave, graduate-sibling respondents were asked about up to
two jobs - their current or last job (held for six months or more) and the
first job they retired from.  As a result, respondents who were in the labor
force since the last survey fall into one of three categories.  Those who had
not retired from any job but were in the labor force at some point were asked
about their current or last job.  They are assigned inappropriate (-2) codes
for the pre-retirement jobs.  For respondents whose last job and job of first
retirement are the same (indicated by variable cof79re), the information from
the last job was copied into the appropriate variables for the first retirement
job.  Finally, respondents who first retired from a job other than their
current or last job were asked about both jobs.  Respondent's who had never
been in the labor market are assigned inappropriate (-2) codes for the entire
module.

After the roster of employment history details, respondents were asked more
detailed questions about a selected employer.  The selected employer was the
current or last employer for each respondent.  

The variable about union membership (cf023jcc) was in the employment module in
the previous wave.  Now it is asked in the job characteristics section (see COR
958)


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

	cf101re:		employment history summary variable

  Current/Last Job Information

	cf047ree & cf050red:	start and end dates for current/last job
	
	cf048red & cf148red:	hours worked per week and full-time/part-time status

	cfa48ree & cf049red:	City and State of current/last job spell

	cfu54red - cf067ree:	Current/Last job Census occupation and industry codes, 
				class of worker, occupational status and prestige scores

	cf069rec - cf170rec:	Current/Last job pension and health insurance 
				availability and participation

	cf073rec - cf075re:	reasons left or laid off current/last job spell
	
	cf076re - cf078re:	Current/Last job employer details

First Retirement Job Information

	cf079re:		Has respondent ever retired

	cf080ree & cf081red:	Start and end dates for current/last job
	
	cf082red & cf182red:	Hours worked per week and full-time/part-time status

	cf083red - cf090ree:	Current/Last job Census occupation and industry codes, 
				class of worker, occupational status and prestige scores

	cf091rec - cf192rec:	Current/Last job pension and health insurance
				availability and participation

       	 cf096re:		Whether health insurance coverage caused Sibling Respondent
       	 			to remain on the job longer than they otherwise would have.


Note: See Cor 960 in Appendix F for variable creation details

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