Displaced Workers Supplement Data Dictionary Page
Industry Code
Universe = Entry in PUSD10, PUSD11, or PUSD12
Occupation Code
Universe = Entry in PUSD13, PUSD14 and PUSD15
How many weeks a year do you get paid for?
Universe = PESCE2O=6
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:52 range
How many weeks a year do you get paid for?
Universe = PESCE2O=6
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:52 range
An out variable for SCE2
Universe = PEMLR=1 or 2, PESD27 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9 and
HUMISCK=1, 2, 3, 5, 6, or 7
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Hourly
2 Weekly
3 Biweekly
4 Twice monthly
5 Monthly
6 Annually
7 Other-specify
An out variable for SCE2
Universe = PEMLR=1 or 2, PESD27 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9 and
((HUMISCK=1, 2, 3, 5, 6, or 7) or
(HUMISCK=4 or 8 and PEIO1COW=7))
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Hourly
2 Weekly
3 Bi-weekly
4 Twice monthly
5 Monthly
6 Annually
7 Other-specify
Do you usually receive overtime pay, tips, or commissions (?/at your MAIN job?)
Universe = Entry in PUSCE2
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Do you usually receive overtime pay, tips, or commissions (?/at your MAIN job?)
Universe = Entry in PUSCE2
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Out variable for usual hours worked--current job
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
Out variable for usual hours worked--current job
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
Class of Worker
Universe = Entry in PUSD7, PUSD8 or PUSD9
-9 No response
1 Federal government
2 State government
3 Local government
4 Private for profit
5 Private, nonprofit
6 Self-employed, incorporated
7 Self-employed, unincorporated
8 Without pay
9 Unknown
10 Government, level unknown
11 Self-emp, incorporation status unknown
During the last 3 calendar years, that is, January 1993 through
December 1995, did you lose a job, or leave one because: your
plant or company closed or moved, your position or shift was abolished,
insufficient work or another similar reason?
Universe = All household members 20+ years old
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
During the last 3 calendar years, that is, January 1995 through
December 1997, did you lose a job, or leave one because: your
plant or company closed or moved, your position or shift was abolished,
insufficient work or another similar reason?
Universe = All household members 20+ years old
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
During the last 3 calendar years, that is, January 1997 through
December 1999, did you lose a job, or leave one because: your
plant or company closed or moved, your position or shift was abolished,
insufficient work or another similar reason?
Universe = All household members 20+ years old
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
On that job, were you a member of a union or an employee association
similar to a union?
Universe = (PESD5 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9) and
(PESCOW1 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, or -9)
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Did you have health insurance at that job?
Universe = PESD16 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
How long had you worked for (fill: SD10/SD11/that employer) when
that job ended?
(Answer - number)
Universe = PESD17 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
How long had you worked for (fill: SD10/SD11/that employer when
that job ended?
(Answer - Periodicity)
Universe = PESD18A = 0-99, -2, -3, or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Days
2 Weeks
3 Months
4 Years
Did you usually work 35 hours or more per week at that job?
Universe = PESD18B = 1, 2, 3, 4, -2, -3, or -9
-9 No response
-4 Hours varied
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Which of these specific reasons describes why you are no longer
working at that job?
Universe = PESD1 = 1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Plant or company closed down or moved
2 Insufficient work
3 Position or shift abolished
4 Seasonal job completed
5 Selfoperated business failed
6 Some other reason
Did you receive unemployment insurance benefits after that job
ended?
Universe = PESD19 = 1, 2, -2, -3, -4, or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Did you exhaust your eligibility for unemployment benefits?
Universe = PESD20 = 1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Since that job ended, have you moved to a different city or county?
Universe = PESD20 = 1, 2, -2, -3. or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Was the reason for the move to look for work or to take a different
job?
Universe = PESD22 = 1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Have you worked for pay since job ended?
Universe = (PESD22 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9) and
(PEMLR = 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7)
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
After that job ended, how many weeks went by before you started
working again at another job?
Universe = (PESD24 = 1) or
[(PESD22 = 1, 2, -2, -3, or -9) and (PEMLR = 1 or 2)]
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:168 Range
How many jobs have you held since that job ended?
Universe = (PESD24 = -2, -3, or -9) or
(PESD25 = 0-168, -2, -3, or -9)
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
Other than Medicare or Medicaid, do you now have health insurance?
Universe = (PESD24 = 2) or (PESD26 = 0-99, -2, -3, or -9)
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
In what year did you last work at that job?
Universe = PESD2 = 1, 2, or 3
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 1993
2 1994
3 1995
4 Other
In what year did you last work at that job?
Universe = PESD2 = 1, 2, or 3
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 1995
2 1996
3 1997
4 Other
In what year did you last work at that job?
Universe = PUSD2 = 1, 2, or 3
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 1997
2 1998
3 1999
4 Other
Do you expect to be recalled to that job within the next 6 months?
Universe = PESD2 = 2 or 3 and PESD3 = 3
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
Had you been given written advance notice informing you that (fill:
the plant or business would be closed / you would lose your job)?
Universe = PESD3 = 1, 2, 3, -2, -3, or -9
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
How long before you were to have lost your job did you receive
that notice?
Universe = PESD5 = 1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Less than 1 month
2 1 to 2 months
3 More than 2 months
Out variable for hourly pay rate-current job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
(Topcoded such that hourly rate is less than or equal to
$1923.00 divided by usual hours)
Universe = PUSCE2O=1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:9999 Range
Out variable for hourly pay rate-current job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
(Topcoded such that hourly rate is less than or equal to
$2884.61 divided by usual hours)
Universe = PUSCE2O=1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:9999 Range
Out variable for hourly pay rate-lost job
(Item PUSLE3, PUSLE3D or PUSLE3C)
Dollar Amount-Two implied decimals
Topcoded
Universe = PUSLE1O = 1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:9999 Range
Hourly/Nonhourly Status -- Current Job Earnings.
1 Hourly worker
2 Nonhourly worker
Hourly/Nonhourly Status -- Current Job Earnings.
1 Hourly worker
2 Nonhourly worker
Out variable for PUSLE1
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Hourly
2 Weekly
3 Bi-weekly
4 Twice monthly
5 Monthly
6 Annually
7 Other
Did you usually receive overtime pay, tips, or commissions on
that job?
Universe = PUSLE1 = 1-7
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Yes
2 No
How many weeks a year did you get paid for at that job?
Universe = PESLE1O = 6
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:52 range
Out variable for how many hours did you usually work per week
at that rate?
Universe = PUSLE1O = 1 and entry in PESENH1O
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
0 Not a Displaced Worker
1 Displaced Worker
Recode for weekly earnings on current job.
This is allocated if missing, don't know, refused or no response.
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
-1 Month-in-sample 4 and 8 cases not eligib
0:192300 Range
Recode for weekly earnings on current job.
This is allocated if missing, don't know, refused or no response.
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
-1 Month-in-sample 4 and 8 cases not eligib
0:288461 Range
Recode for tenure on lost job, expressed in years, with two implied decimals; this recode incorporates usable responses for PESD18A and PESD18B. A usable response had to be within the range 1-99 for PEST18A, but did not have to have age minus tenure equal to 14+ years.
-9 = No Response
-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
0:9999
Detailed Industry Recode
Detailed Occupation Recode
Recode for hourly rate -- Current Job Earnings. (2 implied decimals)
0:9999 Range
Recode for hourly rate -- Current Job Earnings. (2 implied decimals)
0:9999 Range
Recode for weekly earnings on lost job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:192300 Range
Recode for weekly earnings on lost job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:288461 Range
Eligibility of current job supplement earnings.
1 Eligible
Eligibility of current job supplement earnings.
1 Eligible
Eligible cases had to meet the following criteria: HRINSTA=1, PEAGE=20+, and PRPERTYP=2
1 Not Eligible for Displaced Worker Items
2 Intrvw - Intrvws had to meet the following criteria: PESD1=2 or (PESD1=1 and PESD2=1-6).
3 Nonintrvw - Cases that met the eligibility criteria, but did not meet the intrvw criteria.
Supplement current job weekly earnings- topcode
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job weekly earnings- topcode
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job hourly rate-topcoded
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job hourly rate-topcoded
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Lost job hourly rate--topcode
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Lost job overtime pay-topcode (PUSERN)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job overtime pay-topcoded (PUSERN1)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job overtime pay-topcoded (PUSERN1)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Corrected lost job overtime pay-topcode (PUSERN2)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job calculated overtime pay-topcoded (PUSERN2A)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Supplement current job calculated overtime pay-topcoded (PUSERN2A)
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
Lost job weekly earnings-topcode
0 No topcode
1 Topcoded value
How many hours do you usually work per week at this rate?
Universe = PUSCE2O=1 and entry in PESEH1OA
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
How many hours do you usually work per week at this rate?
Universe = PUSCE2O=1 and entry in PESEH1OA
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1:99 Range
(Fill:How/At your MAIN job, how) much do you usually receive JUST
in overtime pay, tips or commissions, before taxes or other deductions?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Per hour
2 Per day
3 Per week
4 Per month
5 Per year
6 Other
(Fill:How/At your MAIN job, how) much do you usually receive JUST
in overtime pay, tips or commissions, before taxes or other deductions?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Per hour
2 Per day
3 Per week
4 Per month
5 Per year
6 Other
How many hours do you usually work per week at this rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
How many hours do you usually work per week at this rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
What is your best estimate of the number of hours per week you
usually work at this rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
What is your best estimate of the number of hours per week you
usually work at this rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
Were you employed by government, by a private company, a non-profit
organization, or were you self-employed or working in a family business?
Universe = PESD5 = 1,2,-2 or 3
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Government
2 Private-for-profit company
3 Non-profit organization (incl. tax exemp
4 Self-employed
5 Working in the family business
Calculated weekly amount of overtime--lost job
Dollar Amount-Two implied decimals
0:192300 Range
Calculated weekly amount of overtime--lost job
Dollar Amount-Two implied decimals
0:288461 Range
Calculated weekly amount of overtime--current job
Dollar Amount-Two implied decimals
0:192300 Range
Calculated weekly amount of overtime--current job
Dollar Amount-Two implied decimals
0:288461 Range
Corrected calculated overtime amount-- lost job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
0:192300 Range
Corrected calculated overtime amount-- lost job
Dollar Amount--Two implied decimals
0:288461 Range
Corrected calculated weekly overtime amount--current job
Dollar Amount--2 implied decimals
0:192300 Range
Corrected calculated weekly overtime amount--current job
Dollar Amount--2 implied decimals
0:288461 Range
On the job you lost or left, how much did you usually receive
JUST in overtime pay, tips or commissions, before taxes or other
deductions?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
1 Per hour
2 Per day
3 Per week
4 Per month
5 Per year
6 Other
How many hours did you usually work per week at that rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
What is your best estimate of the number of hours per week you
usually worked at that rate?
-9 No response
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
0:99 Range
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