VAR CF0123 HEAD NORC RANK

VAR CF0123    HEAD NORC RANK                                                  
              COLUMNS 117  - 119                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 998                                               

        NORC PRESTIGE SCORE FOR HEAD                                          
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        1976-1982: ORIGINAL SCORE (3-digit code, see APPENDIX "DUNCAN S.E.I   
        AND NORC PRESTIGE SCALES 1976-1982") IS BASED ON 1970 U.S. CENSUS     
        OCCUPATION CODES.                                                     
                                                                              
        Scores appearing in VCF0123 for 1976-1982 have 1 implied decimal      
        point, i.e., code 578 represents a score of 57.8.                     
                                                                              
        SEE APPENDICES "DUNCAN S.E.I. AND NORC PRESTIGE SCALES 1976-1982"     
        AND "1984 DUNCAN S.E.I.") and:                                        
                                                                              
               998.  Head is member of armed forces or former member; Head's  
                       occupation has no NORC code (2 categories: carpenter's 
                       helpers, and fishermen and oystermen)                  
               999.  NA if Head is working now/has ever worked; Head's        
                       occupation NA                                          
                                                                              
               000.  INAP; Head has never worked (unemployed or disabled)--all
                     years; Head is nonworking student or housewife--all      
                     years; Head is housewife or student working less than    
                     20 hours per week (1976 and 1978); identity of head of   
                     household not established (1984); question not used      
                                                                              
        1976:  3436,3447     1978:  558,570      1980:  582,595               
        1982:  615,630,                                                       
               643,657                                                        
                                                                              
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