July 11, 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR Aileen Bennett

CPSPB

From: Francia McDaniel

CPS

Subject: February 1997 Supplement Weighting Procedures (REVISED*)

Use the following procedures for weighting the February 1997 Contingent Work Supplement file:

I. Set interview status using the following criteria:

HRINTSTA = 1 CPS basic interview

and

PEAGE = 16+ Person at least 16 years old

and

PRPERTYP = 2 Current civilian household member

II. Set the values for the supplement flag (SUPTYP) as follows:

1 = Eligible Met criteria for supplement interview

2 = Not eligible Did not meet criteria for supplement interview

III. The reweighting matrix is defined as follows:

EM: 1 = Employed (PEMLR=1, 2) and (COW=1-7)

2 = Unemployed (PEMLR=4)

3 = Unemployed (PEMLR=3) and (LAYLK=1)

4 = Disabled (PEMLR=5,6,7) and (WNTJOB=1) and (DISC=1,2)

Exceptions: If EM = 3, then EM = 2

AGE: 1 = <25

2 = 25 - 54

3 = 55+

Exceptions: If (RACE = 1) and (EM = 2) and (AGE = 3) then AGE = 2

If (RACE = 1) and (EM = 4) then AGE = 1

SEX: 1 = Male

2 = Female

RACE: 1 = Black

2 = Nonblack

Use edited values for the demographic variables.

IV. Steps to follow:

1. Tally all eligible records (SUPTYP=1) into the matrix using the final CPS weight divided by 10,000.

Display unit and weighted tallies for each cell.

2. Tally control numbers from external file (CONTROLS.DAT) into the matrix.

Display tallies for each cell.

3. Divide the weighted values in each cell in (2) by the weighted value in the corresponding cell in (1).

Display the resulting factor (round to four places) for each cell.

4. Apply the appropriate factor (as determined by the cell definition) to the final CPS weight of each supplement eligible record (SUPTYP=1). The resulting weight (PWSUPWGT) should be rounded to four implied decimal places.

Display the unit and weighted tallies for each cell using PWSUPWGT.

cc:

L. Flores (DSD)

F. McDaniel

February 1997 Supplement File

NOTE: REVISIONS TO THE ORIGINAL SPECS ARE IN BOLD -- THEY WERE NOTED BY THE PROGRAMMER AS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN THE PROGRAM FOR 1997.

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