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Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

Income

yfam74            Total earnings of graduate and spouse last year
yrer74            Graduate's total earnings last year
alyr74            Flag for graduate's total earnings last year
yrwg74 - yrfr74   Graduate's detailed earnings by source
yser74            Spouse's total earnings last year.
alys74            Flag for spouse's total earnings last year
yswg74 - ysfr74   Spouse's detailed earnings by source 

Imputed data for a subset of variables in this module are available in 
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

yfam74: Total earnings in $100's of graduate and spouse last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 58, 59c, 60c, 103, 104c, 105c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 680 523 1203
0 LESS THAN $100 242 502 744
1 - 110 636 1073 1709
111 - 144 859 816 1675
145 - 175 901 776 1677
176 - 222 825 851 1676
223 - 1650 848 785 1633
Note: This variable is simply a sum of respondent's total earnings
(YRER74) and spouse's total earnings (YSER74). For information about
missing data for various components of this variable see the notes to
variables YRER74 and YSER74 and the missing data flags for YRER74
(ALYR74) and YSER74 (ALYS74).

An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

yrer74: Graduate's total earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 58, 59c, 60c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 681 523 1204
0 LESS THAN $100 273 2129 2402
1 - 40 61 1371 1432
41 - 99 460 889 1349
100 - 130 1090 275 1365
131 - 175 1248 109 1357
176 - 1650 1178 30 1208
Note: Sum of all valid components.

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 ALYR74.

An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

alyr74: Missing data flag for graduate's total earnings last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 58, 59c, 60c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 661 518 1179
0 No missing data 4023 4543 8566
1 Missing data for wages and salary 148 174 322
2 Missing data for self-employed earnings 56 55 111
3 Missing data for farm earnings 24 17 41
4 Missing data for wages, salary and self-employed earnings 51 13 64
5 Missing data for wages, salary and farm earnings 5 1 6
6 Missing data for self-employed earnings and farm earnings 3 0 3
7 Missing data for all three components of earnings 20 5 25

yrwg74: Graduate's wages and salaries in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 58

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 857 582 1439
-1 DON'T KNOW 28 129 157
0 LESS THAN $100 369 2070 2439
1 - 39 54 1209 1263
40 - 91 353 906 1259
92 - 130 1147 312 1459
131 - 172 1165 94 1259
173 - 1020 1018 24 1042
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

yrse74: Graduate's self-employed nonfarm earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 59c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 752 544 1296
-1 DON'T KNOW 39 47 86
0 LESS THAN $100 3611 4529 8140
1 - 6 88 74 162
7 - 20 129 52 181
21 - 70 109 55 164
71 - 200 155 21 176
210 - 1400 108 4 112
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

yrfr74: Graduate's farm earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 60c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 690 525 1215
-1 DON'T KNOW 23 16 39
0 LESS THAN $100 4081 4745 8826
1 - 10 43 15 58
11 - 40 39 15 54
42 - 75 39 8 47
76 - 146 45 2 47
150 - 800 31 0 31
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

yser74: Spouse's total earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 103, 104, 104c, 105, 105c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 685 548 1233
-2 492 589 1081
0 LESS THAN $100 2060 557 2617
1 - 40 1018 69 1087
41 - 100 581 685 1266
101 - 140 119 1062 1181
141 - 200 30 1229 1259
201 - 1250 6 587 593
Note: 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 ALYS74.

An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

alys74: Missing data flag for total earnings of spouse.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 103, 104, 104c, 105, 105c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 661 518 1179
-2 492 589 1081
0 No missing data 3655 3487 7142
1 Missing data for wages and salary 87 287 374
2 Missing data for self-employed earnings 24 190 214
3 Missing data for farm earnings 30 104 134
4 Missing data for wages, salary and self-employed earnings 9 85 94
5 Missing data for wages, salary and farm earnings 1 16 17
6 Missing data for self-employed earnings and farm earnings 8 20 28
7 Missing data for all three components of earnings 24 30 54

yswg74: Spouse's wages and salary earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 103

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 734 730 1464
-2 492 589 1081
-1 DON'T KNOW 48 206 254
0 LESS THAN $100 2049 485 2534
1 - 40 968 48 1016
41 - 100 561 612 1173
101 - 140 109 1028 1137
141 - 200 26 1171 1197
202 - 1250 4 457 461
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

ysse74: Spouse's nonfarm self-employment earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 104, 104c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 700 608 1308
-2 492 589 1081
-1 DON'T KNOW 26 235 261
0 LESS THAN $100 3674 3471 7145
1 - 10 46 73 119
11 - 40 24 84 108
41 - 100 18 91 109
104 - 220 10 96 106
224 - 850 1 79 80
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

ysfr74: Spouse's farm self-employment earnings in $100's last year.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 1975      Mode: phone
Source variables: 105, 105c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT 692 554 1246
-2 492 589 1081
-1 DON'T KNOW 32 134 166
0 LESS THAN $100 3762 3888 7650
1 - 12 7 29 36
15 - 40 1 35 36
42 - 80 2 32 34
90 - 150 2 40 42
160 - 600 1 25 26
Note: An imputed version of this variable is available in:
"Ancillary Data: Economic Imputations"

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