» WORK STATUS

WORK STATUS VCF0116
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ALL YEARS (1972 and later) EXC. 2002:
Rs who were housewives or students but who were also presently
working more than 20 hrs. per week were considered "working now."
If the student/housewife was working less than 20 hrs per week,
s/he has been coded 7 or 8.

RETIRED AND DISABLED PERSONS 1972-1978:
If R volunteered that he/she was currently working but indicated 
that his/her current job was unrelated to his/her prior job 
(before retirement/disablement), then R was considered "retired" 
or "disabled" in these years and was only asked about past 
employment; however, if R volunteered that he/she was currently
working but indicated that his/her current job was related to 
his/her prior job then R was considered "working now" and was
asked only about current employment. [Note: questions determining
the relationship between past and current employment were not
specifically coded in the original study data but were represented
in the study's summary variable.]

RETIRED AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED PERSONS 1980 and later (exc. 2002):
Retirees were included in "working now" status if working at
least 20 hours per week.  In 1984-1986, information whether a
retired or disabled R was currently employed was obtained only if 
volunteered by the respondent; in 1982 and 1988-later (except 
2002), the retired and disabled were asked if they were currently  
working for pay, and, if so, the "working now" series of questions 
were  administered to determine number of hours.  In 1980 the 
retired were asked if they were currently working for pay and, 
if so, whether they were working more than 20 hours per week.

2002 FRESH CROSS:
In 2002, a summary variable was produced for the combined sample
of panel and fresh cross cases and this variable has been recoded
from the summary as follows: 
coded 1: working now; working now and retired; working now and 
homemaker; working now and student; working how, retired, and 
homemaker; working now, homemaker, and student
coded 2: temporarily laid off; temporarily laid off and homemaker
coded 4: unemployed; unemployed and retired; unemployed and
homemaker
coded 5: retired; retired and permanently disabled; retired
and homemaker; retired and student; retired, homemaker, and
student
coded 6: permanently disabled; unemployed and permanently disabled
coded 7: homemaker
coded 8: student; homemaker and student


WORK STATUS VCF0118
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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 volunteered 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:
Those categorized as  permanently disabled were not considered
working (code 2).  If a disabled person volunteered that they
were working, they were coded in "employed."

PERMANENTLY DISABLED PERSONS 1982 and later:
The permanently disabled were considered "employed" (not "perman-
ently disabled") if presently working at least 20 hours per week.

1970 NOTE:
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 NOTE:
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 NOTE:
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' NOTE:
'Temporarily laid off' appeared as a separate category in original
data only since 1972.  In most previous years, references to layoff
did not distinguish between permanent layoff (unemployed) and
temporary layoff.  'Temporarily laid off' has been recoded to code 2 
here in order to obtain as much consistency as possible with earlier 
years' general layoff usage.

MISSING DATA NOTE:
The 1954, 1962, and 1966 (occupation) variables have not been used
in this set since they only described Rs who were household heads.