
Household Record
Mnemonic Item Location
H%LIVQRT Allocation flags for basic CPS 297
H%TELAVL Allocation flags for basic CPS 300
H%TELHHD Allocation flags for basic CPS 299
H%TELINT Allocation flags for basic CPS 301
H%TENURE Allocation flags for basic CPS 295
H-FAMINC Control Card Family Income 10
H-HHNUM Household number 30
H-HTYPE Household type 25
H-IDNUM Unique household identification 320
H-LIVQRT Living quarters type 31
H-MIS Month in sample 29
H-MONTH Month of survey 26
H-RESPNM Household respondent line number 12
H-SEQ Household sequence number 2
H-TELAVL Telephone available 37
H-TELHHD Telephone in household 36
H-TELINT Telephone interview acceptable 38
H-TENURE Tenure 35
H-TYPEBC Housing unit type 33
H-YEAR Year of survey - last digit 28
HALM-YN Alimony payments received 224
HALMVAL Alimony payments income 225
HCCC-R Central city MSA status code 58
HCSP-YN Child support payments 216
HCSPVAL Child support income 217
HDIS-YN Disability benefits 168
HDISVAL Disability income 169
HDIV-YN Dividend payments 192
HDIVVAL Dividend income 193
HEARNVAL Household earnings, total value 256
HED-YN Educational assistance benefits 208
HEDVAL Education assistance income 209
HENGAST Energy assistance benefits 85
HENGVAL Energy assistance income 86
HFDVAL Food stamps value 81
HFIN-YN Financial assistance payments 232
HFINVAL Financial assistance income 233
HFLUNCH Children receiving free or reduced
price lunches 72
HFLUNNO Children receiving free lunch 73
HFOODMO Food stamps, months covered 79
HFOODNO Food stamps, children covered 77
HFOODSP Food stamps recipients 76
HFRVAL Farm income 107
HG-MSAC MSA or PMSA FIPS Code 44
HG-REG Region 39
HG-ST60 1960 Census State code 40
HH5TO18 Persons in household age 5 to 18 68
HHINC Household income, total 272
HHOTLUN Hot lunch eaten by children at school 70
HHOTNO Hot lunch, number of children who ate at school 71
HHPOS Record type indicator 7
HHSTATUS Household status 278
HINC-FR Farm self-employment 106
HINC-SE Own business self-employment 98
HINC-UC Unemployment compensation 114
HINC-WC Workers compensation 122
HINC-WS Wage and salary 90
HINT-YN Interest payments 184
HINTVAL Interest income 185
HLORENT Reduced rent, Federal, State, or
local government paid part of cost 75
HMSA-R Modified MSA status code 57
HNUMFAM Families in household 23
HOI-YN Income payments, other 240
HOIVAL Household income 241
HOTHVAL Income, value of other types 264
HOUSRET Home equity, return to 337
HPAW-YN Public assistance 145
HPAWVAL Public assistance income 146
HPCTCUT Household income percentiles, national rank 282
HPUBLIC Public housing project 74
HRECORD Household record 1
HRET-YN Retirement payments 176
HRETVAL Retirement income 177
HRHTYPE Household type 342
HRINTSTA Household type 20
HRNT-YN Rental payments 200
HRNTVAL Rental income 201
HRNUMHOU Persons in household 21
HSEVAL Self employment income 99
HSS-YN Social Security payments 130
HSSI-YN Supplemental Security benefits 138
HSSIVAL Supplemental Security income 139
HSSVAL Social Security income 131
HSUP-WGT March supplement household weight 287
HSUR-YN Survivor benefits 160
HSURVAL Survivor income 161
HTOP5PCT Household income percentiles 281
HTOTVAL Household income, total value 248
HUCVAL Unemployment compensation income 115
HUNDER15 Persons in household under age 15 60
HUNDER18 Persons in household under age 18 279
HUUNITS Number of units in this structure 9
HVET-YN Veterans payments income 152
HVETVAL Veterans payments income 153
HWCVAL Worker's compensation income 123
HWSVAL Wages and salaries value 91
I-HENGAS Allocation flags for supplement household items 318
I-HENGVA Allocation flags for supplement household items 319
I-HFDVAL Allocation flags for supplement household items 315
I-HFLUNC Allocation flags for supplement household items 310
I-HFLUNN Allocation flags for supplement household items 311
I-HFOODM Allocation flags for supplement household items 317
I-HFOODN Allocation flags for supplement household items 316
I-HFOODS Allocation flags for supplement household items 314
I-HHOTLU Allocation flags for supplement household items 308
I-HHOTNO Allocation flags for supplement household items 309
I-HLOREN Allocation flags for supplement household items 313
I-HPUBLI Allocation flags for supplement household items 312
INDCCODE Individual Central City Code 285
PROP-TAX Property taxes 332
Family Record
Mnemonic Item Location
FHOUSSUB Family market value of housing subsidy 261
F-MV-FS Family market value of food stamps 243
F-MV-SL Family market value of school lunch 247
FALMVAL Alimony income 182
FAMLIS Ratio offamily income to low-income level 37
FCSPVAL Child support value 174
FDISVAL Disability income 126
FDIVVAL Dividend income 150
FEARNVAL Family earnings, total value 213
FEDVAL Education income 166
FFINVAL Financial assistance income 190
FFOODREQ Compute fungible value of food stamps, used to 264
FFPOS Record type and sequence indicator 7
FFPOSOLD Record type and sequence indicator 241
FFRVAL Farm income 64
FH-SEQ Household sequence number 2
FHEADIDX Index to persons record of family
reference person 13
FHOUSREQ Compute fungible value of Medicare and
Medicaid, used to 268
FHUSBIDX Index to persons record of family husband 17
FINC-ALM Alimony payments 181
FINC-CSP Child support payments 173
FINC-DIS Disability payments 125
FINC-DIV Dividend payments 149
FINC-ED Education benefits 165
FINC-FIN Financial assistance payments 189
FINC-FR Farm self-employment 63
FINC-INT Interest payments 141
FINC-OI Other income payments 197
FINC-PAW Public assistance or welfare benefits 102
FINC-RET Retirement payments 133
FINC-RNT Rental payments 157
FINC-SE Own business self-employment 55
FINC-SS Social Security benefits 87
FINC-SSI Supplemental Security benefits 95
FINC-SUR Survivor's payments 117
FINC-UC Unemployment compensation 71
FINC-VET Veterans benefits 109
FINC-WC Workers compensation 79
FINC-WS Wage and salary 47
FINTVAL Interest income 142
FKIND Kind of family 9
FLASTIDX Last member of family person record index.
Primary family includes related
subfamily members 21
FMLASIDX Last member of family person record index.
Primary family excludes related
subfamily members 23
FOIVAL Family income - other 198
FOTHVAL Family income, total other 221
FOWNU18 Own never married children under 18 27
FOWNU6 Own children in family under 6 25
FPAWVAL Public assistance family income 103
FPCTCUT Income percentiles 30
FPERSONS Number of persons in family 11
FPOVCUT Low income cutoff dollar amount 32
FRECORD Family record 1
FRELU18 Related persons in family under 18 29
FRELU6 Related persons in family under 6 28
FRETVAL Retirement family income 134
FRNTVAL Rental family income 158
FRSPOV Ratio of related subfamily income to
low-income level 40
FRSPPCT Low income cutoff dollar amount of
related subfamily 42
FSEVAL Self employment income 56
FSPANISH Spanish origin of reference person or spouse 231
FSPOUIDX Family spouse index in persons record 19
FSSIVAL Supplemental Security family income 96
FSSVAL Social Security family income family income 88
FSUP-WGT Householder or reference person weight 233
FSURVAL Survivor family income 118
FTOT-R Total family income 229
FTOTVAL Total family income 205
FTYPE Family type 10
FUCVAL Unemployment compensation family income 72
FVETVAL Veteran payments family income 110
FWCVAL Worker's compensation family income 80
FWIFEIDX Index to persons record of family wife 15
FWSVAL Wages and salaries family income 48
POVLL Ratio of family income to low-income level 38
Person Record
Mnemonic Item Location A%AGE Age allocation flag 491 A%CLSWKR Allocation flag for basic CPS 523 A%ENRLW Allocation flag for basic CPS 539 A%FTPT Allocation flag for basic CPS 541 A%HGA Allocation flag for basic CPS 496 A%HRLYWK Allocation flag for basic CPS 533 A%HRS Allocation flag for basic CPS 503 A%HSCOL Allocation flag for basic CPS 540 A%IND Allocation flag for basic CPS 521 A%LFSR Allocation flag for basic CPS 500 A%MARITL Allocation flag for basic CPS 492 A%NLFLJ Allocation flag for basic CPS 526 A%OCC Allocation flag for basic CPS 522 A%ORIGIN Origin allocation flag for basic CPS 499 A%PARENT Parent's line number allocation flag for basic CPS 490 A%PAYABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 511 A%RACE Race allocation flag for basic CPS 498 A%RRP Relationship to reference person allocation flag for basic CPS 489 A%SEX Sex allocation flag for basic CPS 494 A%SPOUSE Spouse's line number allocation flag for basic CPS 493 A%UNCOV Allocation flag for basic CPS 537 A%UNMEM Allocation flag for basic CPS 536 A%USLHRS Allocation flag for basic CPS 532 A%VET Veteran status allocation flag for basic CPS 495 A%WHYABS Allocation flag for basic CPS 510 A-CLSWKR Class of worker 109 A-ERNLWT Earnings/not in labor force weight 58 A-EXPRRP Expanded relationship code 13 A-FNLWGT Final weight 50 A-PFREL Primary family relationship 33 A-RCOW Class of worker recode 164 A-UNTYPE Unemployment, reason 146 A-USLFT Worked 35 hours or more a week at job 79 A-WHYABS Absent from work last week, reason 85 AGE1 Age recode, persons 15+ years 40 AGI Adjusted gross income 684 ALM-VAL Alimony income received 421 ALM-YN Alimony payments 420 CAP-GAIN Capital gains, amount of 689 CAP-LOSS Capital loses, amount of 694 CH-HI Child covered by health insurance 487 CH-MC Child covered by medicare 486 CHAMP Covered by Champus, VA, or military health care 471 CLWK Longest job class of worker recode 202 COV-GH Group health insurance, including dependents 484 COV-HI Private health insurance, including dependents 485 CSP-VAL Child support payments value 415 CSP-YN Child support payments received 414 DEP-STAT Dependency status pointer 658 DIS-CS Retire or leave a job for health reasons 344 DIS-HP Health problem or a disability which prevents working 343 DIS-SC1 Source of income 346 DIS-SC2 Disability income, other 348 DIS-VAL1 Disability income, source 1 350 DIS-VAL2 Disability income, source 2 355 DIS-YN Disability income other than Social Security or Veterans benefits 345 DIV-NON No dividends received 392 DIV-VAL Stock dividends value 393 DIV-YN Dividends received 391 DSAB-VAL Disability income, total 360 EARNER Earner Status Recode 201 ED-VAL Educational assistance, total value 408 ED-YN Educational assistance 404 EIT-CRED Earn income tax credit 665 ERN-OTR Money earned from other work 235 ERN-SRCE Source of earnings from longest job 234 ERN-VAL Earnings before deductions, value 228 ERN-YN Earnings from longest job 227 FAMREL Family relationship, primary and unrelated subfamily only 35 FED-RET Federal retirement payroll deduction 679 FED-TAX Federal income tax liability 660 FICA Social Security retirement payroll 674 FILESTAT Tax filer status 657 FIN-VAL Financial assistance income 427 FIN-YN Financial assistance 426 FL-665 Person match, 665 465 FRM-VAL Farm self-employment earnings value 263 FRMOTR Farm self-employment 262 FRSE-VAL Farm self-employment earnings, total value 269 FRSE-YN Farm self-employment 268 HHDFMX Household and Family Status 37 HHDREL Household summary 34 HI-YN Private health insurance plan coverage 472 HIEMP Health insurance plan offered through employer or union 474 HIOWN Health insurance plan coverage in own name 473 HIPAID Health plan portion paid by employer or union 475 HRCHECK Interviewer check item 183 HRSWK Hours worked per week 181 I-ALMVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 599 I-ALMYN Allocation flag for March supplement 598 I-CSPVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 597 I-CSPYN Allocation flag for March supplement 596 I-DISCS Allocation flag for March supplement 576 I-DISHP Allocation flag for March supplement 575 I-DISSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 573 I-DISSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 574 I-DISVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 579 I-DISVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 580 I-DISYN Allocation flag for March supplement 577 I-DIVVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 589 I-DIVYN Allocation flag for March supplement 588 I-EDTYP1 Allocation flag for March supplement 593 I-EDTYP2 Allocation flag for March supplement 594 I-EDYN Allocation flag for March supplement 592 I-ERNSRC Allocation flag for March supplement 623 I-ERNVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 543 I-ERNYN Allocation flag for March supplement 542 I-FINVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 601 I-FINYN Allocation flag for March supplement 600 I-FRMVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 549 I-FRMYN Allocation flag for March supplement 548 I-HRCHK Allocation flag for March supplement 612 I-HRSWK Allocation flag for March supplement 611 I-INDUS Allocation flag for March supplement 617 I-INTVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 587 I-INTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 586 I-LJCW Allocation flag for March supplement 616 I-LKSTR Allocation flag for March supplement 608 I-LKWEEK Allocation flag for March supplement 607 I-LOSEWK Allocation flag for March supplement 606 I-MIG1 Allocation flag for March supplement 635 I-MIG4 Allocation flag for March supplement 636 I-NOEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 624 I-NWLKWK Allocation flag for March supplement 604 I-NWLOOK Allocation flag for March supplement 603 I-OCCUP Allocation flag for March supplement 618 I-OEDVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 595 I-OIVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 602 I-PAWMO Allocation flag for March supplement 562 I-PAWTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 560 I-PAWVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 561 I-PAWYN Allocation flag for March supplement 559 I-PENINC Allocation flag for March supplement 634 I-PENPLA Allocation flag for March supplement 633 I-PHMEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 610 I-PTRSN Allocation flag for March supplement 615 I-PTWKS Allocation flag for March supplement 614 I-PTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 613 I-PYRSN Allocation flag for March supplement 609 I-RETSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 582 I-RETSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 583 I-RETVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 584 I-RETVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 585 I-RETYN Allocation flag for March supplement 581 I-RNTVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 591 I-RNTYN Allocation flag for March supplement 590 I-RSNNOT Allocation flag for March supplement 605 I-SEVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 547 I-SEYN Allocation flag for March supplement 546 I-SSIVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 558 I-SSIYN Allocation flag for March supplement 557 I-SSVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 556 I-SSYN Allocation flag for March supplement 555 I-SURSC1 Allocation flag for March supplement 569 I-SURSC2 Allocation flag for March supplement 570 I-SURVL1 Allocation flag for March supplement 571 I-SURVL2 Allocation flag for March supplement 572 I-SURYN Allocation flag for March supplement 567 I-UCVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 551 I-UCYN Allocation flag for March supplement 550 I-VETQVA Allocation flag for March supplement 566 I-VETTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 564 I-VETVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 565 I-VETYN Allocation flag for March supplement 563 I-WCTYP Allocation flag for March supplement 553 I-WCVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 554 I-WCYN Allocation flag for March supplement 552 I-WKCHK Allocation flag for March supplement 622 I-WKSWK Allocation flag for March supplement 621 I-WORKYN Allocation flag for March supplement 619 I-WSVAL Allocation flag for March supplement 545 I-WSYN Allocation flag for March supplement 544 I-WTEMP Allocation flag for March supplement 620 INDUSTRY Industry of longest job 190 INT-VAL Interest income received 386 INT-YN Interest received 385 LJCW Class of worker 189 LKNONE Weeks worked 175 LKSTRCH Weeks looking for work in one stretch 178 LKWEEKS Weeks looking for work 176 LOSEWKS Weeks lost from work 174 MARG-TAX Marginal tax rate 703 MARSUPWT March supplement final weight 66 MCAID Medicaid coverage 470 MCARE Medicare coverage 469 NOEMP Persons who work for employer, total number of 226 NWLKWK Weeks looking for work on layoff 168 NWLOOK Looking for work 167 OCCUP Occupation of longest job 193 OED-TYP1 Educational assistance, government 405 OED-TYP2 Educational assistance, scholarships, grants etc. 406 OED-TYP3 Educational assistance, other 407 OI-OFF Income sources, other 432 OI-VAL Income, other 435 OI-YN Income received, other 434 P-STAT Status of person identifier 26 PARENT Parent(s) present 39 PAW-MON Social Security payments, months received 303 PAW-TYP AFDC or some other type of assistance received 302 PAW-VAL Public assistance or welfare value received 305 PAW-YN Public assistance received 301 PEABSPDO Wages or salary received during week 86 PEABSRSN Reason absent from work 714 PEAFWHEN Veteran 21 PEAGE Age 15 PEARNVAL Earnings, total value 448 PEEDUCA Highest grade attended 22 PEERNCOV Union or employee association contract 140 PEERNHRY Hourly wages 130 PEERNLAB Labor union or of an employee association member 139 PEFNTVTY Father's country of birth 728 PEHRACTT Hours worked last week at all jobs 76 PEHRUSL1 Hours per week usually worked at job 128 PEHRUSLT Hours usually worked at main job 719 PEI01COW Individual class of worker on first job 716 PEI01ICD Industry 103 PEI01OCD Occupation 106 PEINUSYR Year of entry to the U.S. 731 PELKLWO Last time worked at a full/part-time job 102 PEMLR Monthly labor force recode 705 PEMNTVTY Mother's country of birth 725 PENATVTY Country of brith 722 PENINCL Pension plan participant 483 PENLFJH Last full/part-time job 112 PENPLAN Pension plan provided by employer or union 482 PEPARENT Parent's line number 11 PERACE Race 25 PERLIS Low-income level of persons recode 468 PERRP Expanded relationship categories 742 PESCHENR Attending or enrolled in high school, college, or university 142 PESCHFT School enrollment, full-time or part-time 144 PESCHLVL Attending or enrolled in high school, college, or university 143 PESEX Sex 20 PESPOUSE Spouse's line number 18 PF-SEQ Sequence number pointer to family record 46 PH-SEQ Household sequence number 2 PHF-SEQ Sequence number pointer to own family record in household 44 PHMEMPRS Number of employers 180 POCCU2 Occupation of longest job 204 POTHVAL Income, other persons total value 457 PPPOS Record type and sequence indicator 7 PPPOSOLD Record type and sequence indicator 110 PRCITSHP Citizenship 733 PRCIVLF Civilian labor force status 152 PRCOW1 Class of worker recode-job 1 712 PRDISC Discouraged worker recode 711 PRDTIND1 Detailed industry code 157 PRDTOCC1 Detailed occupation code 161 PRECORD Person record 1 PRERNHLY Earnings per hour 131 PRERNWA Earnings per week at job before deductions 135 PREXPLF Experienced labor force employment status 150 PRFAMNUM Family number 29 PRFAMREL Family relationship 32 PRFAMTYP Family type 31 PRFTLF Full-time labor force 153 PRMARSTA Marital status 17 PRMJIND1 Major industry code 155 PRMJOCC1 Major occupation code 159 PRNLFSCH NLF activity in school or not in school 718 PRNT-PTR Sequence number of parent in household 48 PRORIGIN Origin 27 PRPERTYP Type of person record recode 713 PRPTREA Detailed reason for part-time 709 PRUNEDUR Length of time looking for work 96 PRUNTYPE Reason for unemployment 706 PRWKSCH Employment status, time worked or lost 151 PRWKSTAT Full/part-time work status 707 PRWNTJOB Regular job wanted, either full/part-time 114 PTHR Weekly pay 642 PTOT-R Person income, total 466 PTOTVAL Person income, total 440 PTRSN Worked less than 35 hours per week, reason 187 PTWEEKS Weeks worked less than 35 hours 185 PTWK Current earnings, hourly pay 641 PTYN Worked less than 35 hours 184 PULINENO Line number 9 PXFNTVTY Allocation flag for PEFNTVTY 738 PXINUSYR Allocation flag for PEINUSYR 740 PXMNTVTY Allocation flag for PEMNTVTY 736 PXNATVTY Allocation flag for PENATVTY 734 PYRSN Not looking for work reason 179 RET-SC1 Retirement income source, type 1 367 RET-SC2 Retirement income, other, type 2 368 RET-VAL1 Retirement income, type 1 369 RET-VAL2 Retirement income, type 2 374 RET-YN Pension or retirement income other than Social Sec. or Veterans benefits 366 RNT-VAL Rent income 399 RNT-YN Rent income received 398 RSNNOTW Reason for not working 170 RTM-VAL Retirement income received, total 379 SE-VAL Own business self-employment earnings, other work 250 SEMP-VAL Own business self-employment earnings, total value 256 SEMP-YN Own business self-employment 255 SEOTR Own business self-employment, other work 249 SRVS-VAL Survivor's income received, total 337 SS-VAL Social Security payments received, value 291 SS-YN Social Security payments received 290 SSI-VAL Supplemental Security income 297 SSI-YN Supplemental Security income received 296 STATETAX State income tax liability 669 STRKUC Union unemployment or strike benefits received 277 SUBUC Supplemental unemployment benefits received 276 SUR-SC1 Survivor's income, source 1 323 SUR-SC2 Survivor's income, source 2 325 SUR-VAL1 Survivor's income, source 1 327 SUR-VAL2 Survivor's income, source 2 332 SUR-YN Survivor's benefits other than Social Security or Veterans benefits 322 TAX-INC Taxable income amount 698 TCERNVAL Earnings from employer or self-employment, value 637 TCFFMVAL Farm self-employment income 640 TCSEVAL Nonfarm self employment income 639 TCWSVAL Wage and salary income 638 UC-VAL Unemployment compensation benefits value 278 UC-YN Unemployment compensation benefits 275 VET-QVA VA annual income questionnaire requirement 316 VET-TYP1 Veterans payments, type 1 311 VET-TYP2 Veterans payments, type 2 312 VET-TYP3 Veterans payments, type 3 313 VET-TYP4 Veterans payments, type 4 314 VET-TYP5 Veterans payments, type 5 315 VET-VAL Veterans payments income 317 VET-YN Veterans payments received 310 WAGEOTR Other wage and salary earnings 236 WC-TYPE Worker's compensation payments, type 284 WC-VAL Worker's compensation payments, value 285 WC-YN Worker's compensation payments received 283 WECLW Longest job class of worker 203 WEIND Industry of longest job by detailed groups 208 WELKNW Weeks nonworker looked for job 199 WEMIND Industry of longest job by major industry group 210 WEMOCG Occupation of longest job by major groups 206 WEUEMP Weeks looking for job 200 WEWKRS Weeks worked last year 198 WEXP Full/part-time worker 196 WKCHECK Interviewer check item 173 WKSWORK Weeks worked 171 WORKYN Work at job or business during year 165 WRK-CK Interviewer check item 481 WS-VAL Wage and salary earnings, other, value 237 WSAL-VAL Total wage and salary earnings value 243 WSAL-YN Wage and salary earnings in ERN-YN or WAGEOTR 242 WTEMP Temporary, part-time, or seasonal work 166
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