Variable name
unempr
unempsp
afdc
fdstmps
ssi
welfare
caseid
sample_id
race
sex
curdate_m
curdate_y
hh1_1
volunteer
volunteer_weeks
volunteer_hoursweek
healthkdw
healthamtw
weight_pounds
height_feet
height_inches
alcohol
alcohol_days
alcohol_drinks
alcohol_freq
income_labour
farmbusiness
income_business
income_labour_partner
income_business_partner
pc_win
intchars_int_id
sampweight
c_sampweight
rni
famsize
tnfi
povstatus
esr_key
region
marstat
hgcrev
enrollmtrev
age
hrswk_pcy
wkswk_pcy
wksuemp_pcy
wksolf_pcy
urban_rural
usres
numkid
numbiochild
numch
ageych
miscar
aborts
percent_dontknow
percent_refuse
Explanation
Total amount of unemployment compensation received by the respondent in past calendar year
Total amount of unemployment compensation received by the spouse in past calendar year
Total amount of Assistance to Families with Dependent Children received in past calendar year
Total amount of Food Stamps received in past calendar year
Total amount of Supplemental Security Income received in past calendar year
Total amount of welfare payments received in past calendar year
Identification variable
Sample to which the respondent belongs (race-sex)
Race
Sex
Date of interview: month
Date of interview: year
Type of residence
Done some volunteer work in the past 12 months
Number of weeks of volunteer work done in past 12 months
Hours per week of volunteer work in past 12 months
Respondent's health is limiting the kind of work he/she can do
Respondent's health is limiting the amount of work he/she can do
Respondent's weight
Respondent's height (feet)
Respondent's height (inches)
Respondent consumed alcohol in the last 30 days
Number of days within the last 30 that respondent drank alcohol
Number of drinks that the respondent had on an average day (when drinking)
Frequency of having 6 or more drinks at once in the last 30 days
Respondent's labour income (wages, salaries, tips)
Respondent has some farm or business income
Respondent's business income (farm and non-farm, after expenditures)
Spouse's labour income
Spouse's business income (farm and non-farm, after expenditures)
Respondent has a computer running Microsoft Windows
Identification of the interviewer
Sampling weight
Cross-sectional sampling weight
Reasons for non-interview
Family size
Total net family income
Poverty status
Employment status
Region of residence
Marital status
Highest educational grade completed
Education enrollment status as of May 1 of survey year
Age at interview date
Hours worked in the past calendar year (per worked week)
Weeks worked in the past calendar year
Weeks unemployed in the past calendar year
Weeks out of the labour force in the past calendar year
Urban or rural residence
Respondent currently lives in the US
Number of children ever born
Number of biological children reported
Number of biological, step-, or adopted children in the household
Age of the youngest biological, step-, or adopted children in the household
Number of miscarriages or stillbirths experienced by respondent
Number of abortions suffered by respondent
Percentage of "don't know" responses by respondent
Percentage of "refused to answer" responses by respondent
Variable label
TOTAL AMT UNEMP R RECVD 2005
TOTAL AMT UNEMP SP RECVD 2005
TOTAL AMT AFDC RECVD 2005
TOTAL AMT FD STMPS RECVD 2005
TOTAL AMT SSI RECVD 2005
TOTAL WELFARE AMT RECVD 2005
ID# (1-12686) 79
SAMPLE ID 79 INT
RACL/ETHNIC COHORT /SCRNR 79
SEX OF R 79
DATE OF INTERVIEW - MONTH 2006
DATE OF INTERVIEW - YEAR 2006
TYPE OF RESIDENCE R IS LIVING IN 2006
VOLUNTEER WORK IN PAST 12 MONTHS
# OF WEEKS OF VOLUNTEERISM 2006
HOURS PER WEEK R PERFORMED VOLUNTEER WORK 2006
HEALTH LIMITS KIND OF WRK COULD DO 2006
HEALTH LIMITS AMT OF WRK R COULD DO 2006
HOW MUCH DOES R WEIGH 2006
R HEIGHT IN FEET 2006
R HEIGHT IN INCHES 2006
R CONSUMED ALCOHOL IN LAST 30 DAYS? 2006
# OF DAYS R DRANK ALCOHOL LAST 30 DAYS 2006
# OF DRINKS R HAS ON AVERAGE DAY 2006
FREQ OF 6 OR MORE DRINKS AT ONCE IN LAST 30 DAYS 2006
AMT OF RS WAGES/SALARY/TIPS (PCY) 2006
FARM OR BUSINESS INCOME? 2006
AMT FRM FARM-BUSNS AFT EXP (R-PCY) 2006
AMT SP REC'D 2005 FROM WAGES 2006
AMT FRM NON-FRM BSN AFT EXP (SP-01) 2006
R HAVE PC RUNNING MS WIN95/98/NT? 2006
LONGIDUTINAL INTERVIEWER ID 06 2006
SAMPLING WEIGHT 2006
CROSS SECTIONAL SAMPLING WEIGHT 2006
REASONS FOR NON-INT 2006
FAMILY SIZE 2006
TOTAL NET FAMILY INCOME
POVERTY STATUS 2006
EMPLOYMENT STATUS RECODE 2006
REGION OF RESIDENCE 2006
MARITAL STATUS 2006
HIGHEST GRADE COMPLTD (REV) 2006
ENROLLMT STAT MAY 1 SURVEY YR (REV) 2006
AGE AT INTERVIEW DATE 2006
HRS WRKD IN PAST CAL YR 2006
WKS WRKD IN PAST CAL YR 2006
WKS UNEMP IN PAST CAL YR 2006
WKS OLF IN PAST CAL YR 2006
RS RESIDENCE URBAN OR RURAL 2006
RS RESIDENCE IN U.S.? 2006
NUMBER OF CHILDREN EVER BORN 2006
# BIO CHILDREN REPORTED 2006
NUM BIO/STEP/ADPT CHILDREN IN HH 2006
AGE YNGST BIO/STEP/ADPT CHILD IN HH 2006
NUMBER OF MISCARRIAGES/STILLBIRTHS 2006
NUMBER OF ABORTIONS AS OF 06 INT 2006
PERCENTAGE OF DON'T KNOW RESPONSES BY RESPONDENT
PERCENTAGE OF REFUSED TO ANSWER BY RESPONDENT
