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