Survey year
Month in sample
Household ID
Household ID within file
Trailer portion of unique HH ID
Person number
Unique person id
Parent line number w/in HH
Spouse line number w/in HH
family line number w/in HH
HJR ID
Unique person ID w/in HH
Unique parent ID
Unique spouse ID
Final weight
Person weight, March
Alternate person weight, March
Family weight
Alternate family weight
Household weight
Alternate HH weight
Race/ethnicity
Race/ethnicity, inc. Asian
Race, inc. Asian and Mixed
Asian Detail
Hispanic Detail
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders Only
Foreign born
US citizen
Citizenship status
Year moved to US permanently
Country of birth
Country birth, mother
Country birth, father
Presence of home mortgage
Marital status
Household relationships
Household relationships, short
Household relationships, short-med
Relationship to HH head
Expanded relationship to HH head
Number of persons in household
Number of family in HH
Number of HH members under 18
HH members under 18
Primary family relationship
Primary family composition
Family relationship
Family type
HJR number
Number of family members under 18
Family members under 18
Child indicator
HH $ spent on child care
Amount paid for child support
Required to pay child support
Weeks worked last year
Hours worked per week last year
Job class last year
Full/part-time & year
Firm Size
Union member, current job
Union coverage, current job
Union, current job
Work situation last year
Nonworkers who looked for work last year
Nonworkers in LF: weeks spent looking for work last year
Why <35 hours a week last year
Why not worked last year
Labor-force status
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Self-employed last year
Incorporated self-employed last year
Public sector last year
Federal employee last year
State employee last year
Local employee last year
Full-time student
Part-time student
City status
New York City, metro area
Los Angeles, metro area
Chicago, metro area
Education level
Education level, post-1991
2-digit industry, last year
2-digit industry, last week
3-digit industry, last year
3-digit industry, last week
2-digit occupation, last week
2-digit occupation, last year
3-digit occupation, last week
3-digit occupation, last year
Manager, last week
Manager, last year
Usual hours per week, last year
Full-time schedule last year
Full-time schedule last week
Paid for time off last week
Total income (nominal)
Topcode flag: Total income
Total earned income (nominal)
Topcode flag: Total earned income, excluding unearned
Income from wage and salary (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from wage and salary
Hourly earnings (nominal)
Hourly wage (nominal)
Income from farm or noninc self-employment (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from farm or noninc self-employment
Income from nonfarm self-employment (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from nonfarm self-employment
Income from self-employment (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from self-employment
Income from all unearned sources (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from unearned sources
Topcode flag: Income from public assistance and welfare
Months of public assistance received
Income from child support (nominal)
Income from alimony (nominal)
Income from alimony and child support (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from alimony and child support
Income from social security or railroad retirement (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from US govt
Income from supplm. security (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from supplm. security
Reasons for social security income 1
Reasons for social security income 2
Income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions
Income from unemployment compensation (nominal)
Income from worker's compensation (nominal)
Income from veteran payments (nominal)
Income from survivors benefits (nominal)
Income from disability (nominal)
Income from retirement funds (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from retirement funds
Income from education assistance (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from educ assistance
Income from rent (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from rent
Income from int, div, net rentals (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from int, div, net rentals
Income from cont, financial assist. from friends (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from cont, financial assist. from friends
Income from dividends, rents and trusts (nominal)
Income from dividends (nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from dividends
Income from other sources(nominal)
Topcode flag: Income from other sources
National family income percentile ranking
Total family income (nominal)
Topcode flag: total family income
Total family income, excluding unearned (nominal)
Topcode flag: total family income, excluding unearned
Family income from wage and salary (nominal)
Topcode flag: Family income from wage and salary
Family income from farm (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from farm
Family income from nonfarm self-employment (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from nonfarm self-employment
Family income from self-employment (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from self-employment
Family income from unearned sources (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from unearned sources
Family income from public assistance and welfare (nominal)
Topcode flag: Family income from public assistance and welfare
Family income from child support (nominal)
Family income from alimony (nominal)
Family income from alimony and child support (nominal)
Family income, social security/railroad retirement (nominal)
Topcode flag: Family income from US govt
Family income from supplm. security (nominal)
Topcode flag: Family income from supplm. security
Family income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions
Family income from unemployment compensation (nominal)
Family income from worker's compensation (nominal)
Family income from veteran payments (nominal)
Family income from survivors benefits (nominal)
Family income from disability (nominal)
family income from retirement funds (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from retirement funds
Family income from education assis. (nominal)
Family income from rent (nominal)
Family income from int, div, net rentals (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from interest
Family income from financial assis.(nominal)
Family ncome from dividends, rents and trusts (nominal)
Family ncome from dividends (nominal)
Topcode flag: family income from div, rents, and trusts
Family income from other sources(nominal)
National HH income percentile ranking
National HH income percentile ranking-2
Total HH income (nominal)
Total HH income, excluding unearned (nominal)
HH income from wage and salary (nominal)
HH income from farm (nominal)
HH income from nonfarm self-employment (nominal)
HH income from self-employment (nominal)
HH income from unearned sources (nominal)
HH income from public assistance and welfare (nominal)
HH income from child support (nominal)
HH income from alimony (nominal)
HH income, social security/railroad retirement (nominal)
HH income from supplm. security (nominal)
HH income from unemployment compensation (nominal)
HH income from worker's compensation (nominal)
HH income from veteran payments (nominal)
HH income from survivors benefits (nominal)
HH income from disability (nominal)
HH income from retirement funds (nominal)
HH income from education assis. (nominal)
HH income from rent (nominal)
HH income from int, div, net rentals (nominal)
HH income from financial assis.(nominal)
HH ncome from dividends (nominal)
HH income from other sources(nominal)
Person's total income
Person's total income, excluding unearned
Income from wage and salary
Income from farm or noninc self-employment
Income from nonfarm self-employment
Income from self-employment
Income from all unearned sources
Income from public assistance and welfare
Income from child support
Income from alimony
Income from alimony and child support
Income from social security or railroad retirement
Income from supplm. security
Income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions
Income from unemployment compensation
Income from worker's compensation
Income from veteran payments
Income from survivors benefits
Income from disability
Income from retirement funds
Income from educational assistance
Income from rent
Income from int, div, net rentals
Income from cont, financial assist. from friends
Income from dividends, rents and trusts
Income from dividends
Income from other sources
Total family income
Total family income, excluding unearned
Family income from wage and salary
Family income from farm or noninc self-employment
Family income from nonfarm self-employment
Family income from self-employment
Family income from all unearned sources
Family income from public assistance and welfare
Family income from child support
Family income from alimony
Family income from alimony and child support
Family income from social security or railroad retirement
Family income from supplm. security
Family income from unemp/worker's comp/vet pay/govt pensions
Family income from unemployment compensation
Family income from worker's compensation
Family income from veteran payments
Family income from survivors benefits
Family income from disability
Family income from retirement funds
Family income from educational assistance
Family income from rent
Family income from int, div, net rentals
Family income from cont, financial assist. from friends
Family income from dividends, rents and trusts
Family income from dividends
Family income from other sources
Total household income
Total household income, excluding unearned
HH income from wage and salary
HH income from farm or noninc self-employment
HH income from nonfarm self-employment
HH income from self-employment
HH income from all unearned sources
HH income from public assistance and welfare
HH income from child support
HH income from alimony
HH income from social security or railroad retirement
HH income from supplm. security
HH income from unemployment compensation
HH income from worker's compensation
HH income from veteran payments
HH income from survivors benefits
HH income from disability
HH income from retirement funds
HH income from educational assistance
HH income from rent
HH income from int, div, net rentals
HH income from cont, financial assist. from friends
HH income from dividends, rents and trusts
HH income from dividends
HH income from other sources
Hourly earnings
Hourly wage
Anyone in HH receiving food stamps
Food stamps received by HH
Number of persons in HH receiving food stamps
Number of months HH covered by food stamps
Children in HH receiving free or reduced price lunch
Received child care services
Anyone in HH received child care services
Number of people in HH received child care serv.
Anyone in HH paid for child care serv last yr
Public Assitance (TANF/AFDC)
Est. EITC amount
Family in poverty
Poverty universe flag
Person in poverty
Family poverty level
Person poverty level
Family poverty level cutoff
Poverty level cutoff for related subfamily
Ratio of family income to low-income level
Ratio of related subfamily income to low-income level
Health Insurance
Health Insurance, private
Health Insurance, employer-provided (private)
Health Insurance, privately purchased
Health Insurance, Medicaid
Health Insurance, Medicare
Health Insurance, provided by CHAMPUS or military hc
Health Insurance, Public
Child under private HI
Child under HI provided by employers
Child under individually purchased private HI
Child not covered under private HI
Child covered by Medicaid
Child covered by S-CHIP, no Medicaid
Covered as dependent on employer-sponsored plan
Covered as dependent on privately-purchased plan
Covered through dependent's private HI
Health Insurance through spouse's employer
Covered through spouse's privately purchased HI
Covered through spouse's private HI
Covered by own employer/union provided HI
Covered by own employer/union provided HI, all paid
Covered by own employer/union provided HI, part paid
Covered by own employer/union provided HI, none paid
Covered by own employer/union provided HI, all/part paid
Covered by own privately purchased plan
Covered by own private plan
Family payments for HI premiums
Family medical out of pocket payments
Family spending on over-the-counter health related products
Family spending on med care & med equip
Total annual med out of pocket expenditures
Total annual amount paid for HI premiums
Amount paid for over-the-counter health related items
Amount paid for med care & med equip
Disability limit kind/amount work
Disability dressing or bathing
Disability hearing
Disability blindness
Disability doing errands
Disability climbing stairs
Disability remembering
1+ Disabilities
Pension, Employee Participates
Pension, Employer Sponsors
Migration
Migration, imputation flag
Migration, imputation flag, state and below assigned
Migration, imputation flag, county and below assigned
Migration, imputation flag, mcd and below assigned
Migration, imputation flag, place only
Migration, imputation flag, county in NYC assigned
Migration, 5 years ago-1
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag, state and below assigned
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag, county and below assigned
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag, mcd and below assigned
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag, place only
Migration, 5 years ago, imputation flag, county in NYC assigned
Migration, Metro areas
Migration, 5 years ago, Metro areas
Migration, Region
Migration, 5 years ago, region
Metro status of residence last year
Metro status of residence 5 years ago
Region of residence last year
Region of residence 5 years ago
Nonmover
Nonmover 5 years ago
State residence in March last year
State residence in March five years ago
Main reasons for moving