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VAR CF0118 R WORK STATUS (2)
COLUMNS 106 - 106
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 9
1968-1970: Are you presently employed, or are you unemployed, or
retired, a (housewife), a (student), or what?
1972-1982: We'd like to know if you are working now, or are you
unemployed, (1972: We'd like to know if you are looking for work,)
retired, (a housewife) a (student), or what? (IF R IS RETIRED OR
DISABLED): Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (IF R
IS HOUSEWIFE OR STUDENT:) Are you doing any work for pay at the
present time?
1984 and later: We'd like to know if you are working now, temporarily
laid off, or are you unemployed, retired, permanently disabled, (a
homemaker/ housewife), (a student), or what? (IF STUDENT OR
HOMEMAKER:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time?
R's WORK STATUS [2]
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE ALSO VCF0116,VCF0150.
No direct question asking R about his/her work status was used prior
to 1968. Instead, R was asked what his/her occupation was, and codes
for "student," "retired," "housewife," "unemployed" etc. appeared
within the occupation codes from which this variable has been
recoded.
For years prior to 1972, this variable represents respondent self-
identification, with exceptions noted below for cases where R
described self as working student or homemaker.
For years 1972 and later, this is the occupation status summary
determined by NES staff after the respondent has identified self in
one or more occupation categories and after he or she has answered
other employment questions related to work history, number of work
hours etc. For these years, it may be that categorization here
differs from the initial self-identification(s) provided by R.
HOMEMAKERS/STUDENTS 1972 and later:
Rs who were housewives or students but who were also presently
working more than 20 hours per week were considered "employed."
If the student/housewife was working less than 20 hrs per week,
s/he has been coded 4 or 5.
RETIRED AND DISABLED PERSONS 1972-1978:
If R was presently working but his/her current job was unre-
lated to his/her prior job before retirement/disablement, then R
has been coded as "retired" (code 3) or "disabled" (code 2);
however, if R's current job was related to his/her prior job,
s/he has been coded as still "employed" (code 1).
RETIRED PERSONS 1980 and later:
Retirees were included in the "employed" status if working at
least 20 hours per week.
PERMANENTLY DISABLED PERSONS, 1980 AND 1982:
Those categorized as permanently disabled were not considered
working (code 2). If a disabled person was discovered to be
working, they were coded in "employed."
PERMANENTLY DISABLED PERSONS 1984 and later:
The permanently disabled were considered "employed" (not "perman-
ently disabled") if presently working at least 20 hours per week.
1970:
Those who identified themselves as "employed" appear in code 1.
Those who identified selves as "student" or "housewife" have been
coded as such, even if they also had a job. The retired were not
asked about current employment.
1968:
Those who identified themselves as "employed" appear in code 1.
Those who identified selves as "student" or "housewife" have been
coded as such, even if they also had a job--unless the student was
a full-time worker during the day and a student at night, in which
case R has been coded 1.
1952-1964:
Except for 1952, if R was a housewife who also worked part time,
then R was not coded "housewife" but was considered "employed."
In the same years (1956-1964), if R was a student who worked in the
daytime (full or part time) but attended school at night, then R
was considered "employed;" if R attended school during the day (full
or part time), then R was considered a "student" (code 5). In 1952,
only full-time employment was used to code Rs as employed (code 1).
Consequently, students or housewives from the 1952 study who also
worked part time appear in codes 4 or 5.
'Temporarily laid off' appeared as an autonomous category in original
data only since 1972. In most previous years, references to layoff
did not distinguish between permanent layoff (unemployed) and
temporary layoff. The 'temporarily laid off' category from 1972-1990
has been recoded to code 2 here in order to obtain as much consistency
as possible with earlier years' general layoff usage.
The 1954, 1962, and 1966 (occupation) variables have not been used
in this set since they only described Rs who were household heads.
1. Employed
2. Not employed: laid off, unemployed, on strike, permanently
disabled, other (EXC.: RETIRED, STUDENT, HOUSEWIFE)
3. Retired
4. Homemaker (since 1972: not working 20 or more hrs/wk;
1968-1970: if identifies self as "housewife;" 1956-1964:
not working at all; 1952: not working full time)
5. Student (since 1972: not working 20 or more hrs/wk; 1970:if
identifies self as "student;" 1968: if identifies self as
student--unless working full time days [coded 'employed'];
1956-1964: full or part time day student, working or not;
1952: not employed full time)
9. DK; NA; no pre IW (1952,1960)
0. INAP, question not used
1952: 132 1956: 120 1958: 181
1960: 129 1964: 202 1968: 160
1970: 275(type 0) 1972: 306 1974: 2443
1976: 3409 1978: 531 1980: 515
1982: 610 1984: 457 1986: 615
1988: 429 1990: 565 1992: 3915
1994: 1216 1996: 960616 1998: 980579A
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001