Appendices

This appendix summarizes some key pieces of information regarding documentation products for the NLSY97, the NLS surveys, and the NLS data sets. It also provides an index to the created variables discussed in this guide and concludes with information about how to find additional help when necessary.

A.1 Guide to NLS Documentation

The User's Guide provides in-depth information about the NLSY97 data. Users requiring general information about the history, administration, or other cohorts of the NLS project, or technical information about topics such as sampling, should consult Table 1 for the most appropriate document.

NLS Web Homepage www.bls.gov/nls	This internet site offers an overview of the NLS programs.
NLS Internet Bibliography www.nlsbibliography.org	This on-line searchable database provides citations for research using NLS data.
*NLS News* www.bls.gov/nls/nlsnews.htm	NLS News, a quarterly newsletter, contains informative articles about the NLS data, announces the release of new data, and reports significant errors discovered in the data or documentation. NLS News is available on the NLS internet site.
*NLS User's Guides* www.bls.gov/nls, follow link for cohort of interest	These cohort-specific guides help researchers understand NLS variables, survey instruments, documentation techniques, and other technical issues.
Questionnaires available for download online at www.bls.gov/nls/nlsorder.htm	The complete set of survey instruments used with the cohort in each survey year allows researchers to view questions, supplemental information, and household interview forms.
*Codebook Supplements* available for download online at www.bls.gov/nls/nlsorder.htm	Supplementary attachments and appendices contain variable creation, description, and coding information not present in the questionnaire.
*Technical Sampling Reports*	These manuals and addenda describe the sampling procedure used to select the initial survey participants, including information about weights and standard errors.
Error updates via the internet www.bls.gov/nls, follow link for cohort of interest	Information about data errors and ways to obtain corrected data is available for each cohort.

A.2 How to Get Help

Users can access most NLS documentation through www.bls.gov/nls. For questions not answered in the documentation, contact NLS User Services:

Appendix B: Selected NLSY97 Variables by Survey Round

For a table of NLSY97 variables by survey round (rounds 1-10), access the PDF file below.

Appendix C: NLSY97 Glossary of Terms

This glossary is provided to aid researchers in understanding the terms used in the NLSY97 questionnaires and User's Guide. The glossary is divided into two sections. The first defines terms used by survey staff in processing the data and providing information to researchers--the "jargon" of the NLS program. Section C.2 includes terms used during the interview that relate to specific questions. The definitions in this section are available to interviewers and respondents during survey administration.

C.1 NLS Survey Terms

This section defines terms related to survey management and data dissemination that researchers should understand when working with the NLS cohorts.

Any word search
This search function allows users to select any word or words and to view all variables that contain those words in their titles.

Area of interest
Variables are grouped by common topical areas. The data set includes a search function so that users can view variables in an area of interest.

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
This test measures the applicant's knowledge and skills in a number of topical areas and is used by the military to produce a general standard of trainability and enlistment eligibility for the Armed Forces. The computer adaptive form of the test, the CAT-ASVAB, was administered to NLSY97 respondents during round 1. This test was sponsored by the Department of Defense.

Audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI)
Self-administered portions of NLSY97 instruments use an ACASI system that allows the respondent to listen to the questions and response categories being read over headphones. ACASI sections can be heard in either English or Spanish.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
This agency of the U.S. Department of Labor sponsors and oversees the National Longitudinal Surveys project.

Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR)
A research unit at The Ohio State University, CHRR is responsible for NLSY97 variable creation, documentation and dissemination of the data, and user services.

Check item
Check questions are used during the course of the interview to identify the sample universe and denote the skip pattern for a particular set of questions. These questions are answered based on previous responses or direct observations, without asking the respondent.

Children of the NLSY79
This survey group comprises all children born to female NLSY79 respondents. The group was first surveyed in 1986 and has been reinterviewed biennially. Since 1994, a separate survey has been administered to children age 15 and older, referred to as the "Young Adults."

Codeblock
Information about each variable is presented in a consistent form called a codeblock. Most codeblocks provide users with the variable title, reference number, question number, survey year, coding information, and a frequency distribution.

Codebook
In the NLS Investigator software, the codebook contains complete information about all the variables in a data set. It comprises a number of codeblocks presenting information about each variable.

Cohort
A cohort is a group of people who share similar characteristics at a particular point in time.

Computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI)
These interviews are administered using a survey instrument on a laptop computer. CAPI allows for more complex questionnaire programming, bounded interviewing, and faster data dissemination than with PAPI interviews.

Created variables
Created by survey staff after the interview, this type of variable may be based on information provided by the respondents or obtained from other outside sources. These variables can be found under the "Created Variables" area of interest in the data set.

Current Population Survey (CPS)
Conducted by the Census Bureau, these monthly interviews collect up-to-date information about the number of persons in the country who are employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force in a specific survey week. Labor force status questions included in rounds 1 and 4 of the NLSY97 were the same as the CPS questions used to determine employment status and were administered as closely as possible to the method used by the Census Bureau so that findings are comparable.

Date of Last Interview (DLI)
DLI, which stands for "date of last [most recent] interview," is a common abbreviation found in NLS question titles. Because an NLSY respondent may not be able to interview each survey year, many questions are designed to pick up information all the back to the respondent's previous interview. Similar abbreviations include SDLI (since date of last interview), LINT (last interview), and PDLI (prior to date of last interview).

Employment Status Recode (ESR)
Available in round 1 and round 4, ESR is a variable created from information collected on employment status in the week before the survey. It provides a standardized employment status code for each member of the sample.

Geocode
Geographic codes, published by the National Bureau of Standards as the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), are assigned to NLSY97 respondents' residences. They can be used to match NLS data with other data (e.g., City and County Data Books). To preserve respondent confidentiality, geocode data are available only to researchers who satisfactorily complete a BLS accessing agreement.

Household Income Update
This one-page paper instrument, administered to a parent of respondents still living at home, collects information about the income of the parent and his or her spouse or partner.

Household unit
A single room, or group of rooms, that is intended as separate living quarters for a family, a group of unrelated persons living together, or for a person living alone.

Independent youth
A respondent with at least one of the following characteristics: is age 18 or older, has had a child, is enrolled in a 4-year college, has ever been married or is in a marriage-like relationship at the time of the survey, is no longer enrolled in school, or is living outside his or her parent-figure's home.

Industry Census code
A 3-digit numeric code from the 1990 Industrial Classification System used by the Census Bureau to assign codes to industries (Census Bureau. 1990 Census of Population Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991).

Longitudinal study
A longitudinal study follows the same group of individuals over an extended period of time.

Mature Women cohort
This group of 5,083 respondents born in April of 1922 through March of 1937 (ages 30-44 on March 31, 1967) was first interviewed in 1967 and was surveyed 21 times before its discontinuation in 2003. The Mature Women cohort is one of the four NLS Original Cohorts.

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79)
This group of 12,686 male and female respondents was first interviewed in 1979 and has been reinterviewed 21 times through 2004. Respondents in this cohort were born in 1957 through 1964 (ages 14-21 as of December 31, 1978).

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)
Respondents born in 1980-1984 (ages 12-16 as of December 31, 1996), were selected for inclusion in the newest NLS cohort. The NLSY97 numbers 8,984 respondents.

National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Associated with the University of Chicago, NORC is responsible for the management of the NLSY97 cohort and collection of the data.

Occupation Census code
A 3-digit numeric code from the 1990 Occupational Classification System used by the Census Bureau to assign codes to occupations (Census Bureau. 1990 Census of Population Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991).

Older Men cohort
This group of 5,020 respondents born in April of 1906 through March of 1921 (ages 45-59 on March 31, 1966) was first interviewed in 1966 and was subsequently surveyed 12 additional times before its discontinuation in 1990. The Older Men cohort is one of the four NLS Original Cohorts.

Original Cohorts
The four cohorts (Older Men, Mature Women, Young Men, and Young Women) selected in 1966 and first surveyed between 1966 and 1968.

Paper-and-pencil interview (PAPI)
Although the NLSY97 surveys have been almost entirely administered using computerized instruments, traditional paper-and-pencil instruments were used for some screening interviews and for the administration of the Household Income Update.

Peabody Individual Achievement Test Math Assessment (PIAT Math)
The Peabody Individual Achievement Test Math Assessment, which was given to a subset of the NLSY97 cohort, measures the respondent's ability in mathematics. The math assessment is one subtest in the full PIAT battery.

Primary Sampling Unit (PSU)
A primary sampling unit (PSU), as defined by NORC, is composed of either a single county (or the equivalent), a group of counties, or an SMSA and is based on population and area constraints. PSUs are the basic unit of sample selection for the NLSY97.

Profiles of American Youth (PAY97)
The name given to describe the ASVAB tests taken by the NLSY97 respondents from summer 1997 to spring 1998. The ASVAB, a military enlistment test, was administered to NLSY97 respondents and to other youths selected during the same screening process by the Department of Defense in an effort to establish new norms for the recruits entering the Armed Forces.

Reference number
A reference number is a unique identifying number, originally beginning with "R," which is assigned to each variable in the data set. Reference numbers never change after they are assigned to the variables from an interview even as additional information is added to the data set from later surveys. Users should not that, because available "R" numbers were exhausted, beginning in round 6 new reference numbers start with "S."

Sampling weights
A numeric value calculated on the basis of each respondent's characteristics (gender, ethnicity, year of birth, sample type, and location). The value, which is adjusted for differential probabilities of selection into the sample and for attrition, allows for population estimates.

School surveys
Supplemental surveys of the high schools in the NLSY97 primary sampling units, conducted in 1996 and 2000-01. The school surveys XE "School surveys" collected information about school characteristics (enrollment, library size, vocational programs, ethnic diversity of students and teachers, etc.) and school-based learning programs.

Screener, Household Roster, and Nonresident Roster Questionnaire
The simple and extended screener sections were administered in round 1 to the initial sample of households to locate respondents eligible for the NLSY97. NORC interviewers screened 75,291 households to identify eligible respondents based on age, race, and ethnicity. If an eligible youth resided in the household, the remainder of the questionnaire (household roster and nonresident roster) was administered to collect basic demographic information about other household residents and key nonresident relatives.

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)
An SMSA, defined by the Census Bureau, consists of one or more entire counties containing at least one city (or twin cities) having a population of 50,000 or more plus adjacent metropolitan counties that are economically and socially integrated with the central city. In New England, towns and cities rather than counties are the basis for defining an SMSA. SMSA boundaries may cross state lines.

Transcript survey
At two separate points in time, survey staff collected high school transcripts from respondents' high schools after respondents were no longer enrolled as high school students and coded information from these transcripts for use by researchers. The NLSY97 transcript survey processed high school transcripts from 1,417 respondents in 1999-2000 (Wave 1) and from 4,815 respondents in 2004 (Wave 2) for a combined total of 6,232 respondents.

Young Men cohort
This group of 5,225 respondents born in April 1941 though March 1952 (ages 14-24 on March 31, 1966) was first interviewed in 1966 and was subsequently surveyed 11 additional times before its discontinuation in 1981. The Young Men cohort is one of the four NLS Original Cohorts.

Young Women cohort
This group of 5,159 respondents born in 1943 though 1953 (ages 14-24 on December 31, 1967) was first interviewed in 1968 and was surveyed a total of 22 times through 2003, when it was discontinued. The Young Women cohort is one of the four NLS Original Cohorts.

C.2 Terms Used in NLSY97 Interviews

Most of the terms in this section are defined for interviewers and respondents in "help screens"-screens that may be referred to during an interview if a respondent or an interviewer needs further clarification of a term or concept. A few terms are defined within the text of the applicable question. These terms may be found in the Youth Questionnaire, the round 1 Parent Questionnaire, or the round 1 Screener, Household Roster, and Nonresident Roster Questionnaire.

Active forces
An umbrella term used to refer to the regular branches of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force) as a group. The Reserve and Guard components of these branches are not included.

Active job search
An active job search is one that could have resulted in a job offer without further action on the part of the job seeker. Methods include:

Adult basic education
This is remedial education, such as basic literacy or math skills, which does not include work directed toward passing the GED test.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)
Commonly referred to as welfare, these two federal programs help families with dependent children by providing financial assistance each month. Eligible children are from low-income households and lack support of one or both parents. Since the implementation of welfare reform, these programs have been replaced by the TANF program on the state or county level.

Annuity
A type of asset that provides a fixed payment each month or year until a person dies. Most pensions are annuities; annuities can also be purchased directly from insurance companies. Types of annuities include the following: deferred annuities, fixed annuities, variable annuities, immediate annuities, and annuity certains.

Apprenticeship program
A formal program in which a person agrees to work in a skilled trade or art in return for wages and training for a prescribed period of time.

Armed Forces
This includes the active forces, the reserves, and the guard. Please note that civilian employees of the Armed Forces are considered federal employees.

Bonus
A bonus is a sum of money or an equivalent (stocks, company shares) given in addition to usual compensation, normally for outstanding performance and service. See also Commission and Tips.

Business
A business exists when one or more of the following conditions is met: (1) machinery or equipment of substantial value is used in conducting the business; (2) an office, store, or other place of business is maintained; or (3) the business is advertised by listing in the classified section of the phone book, displaying a sign, distributing cards or leaflets, or otherwise publicizing that the work or service is offered to the general public.

Business school
A training program that provides the trainee with business skills, not to be confused with business classes in college or graduate school. This type of program does not contribute to an undergraduate or professional degree.

Certificate of deposit (CD)
A certificate of deposit or a savings certificate is issued for a specific deposited amount at a fixed rate of interest for a given time period. Certificates can be issued by a bank, credit union, or savings & loan association. There is usually a required minimum deposit; the maturity period can vary from a few weeks to several years; there is a penalty for early withdrawal; and deposits are usually insured.

Collateral
Collateral includes property, goods, or other assets which must be pledged as part of a loan. If the borrower defaults on the loan, the lender has the right to "foreclose on" (take) the collateral.

College or university
A college or university is an educational institution that gives credit toward an academic degree at the post-secondary and/or post-graduate levels. A college or university offers candidates an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in a specific academic concentration.

Commission
A commission is an amount or percentage of money that is given in addition to one's regular salary. In some jobs, usually sales, the base pay may be quite low, with most of a person's earnings in the form of commissions. See also Bonus and Tips.

Community or junior college
These colleges provide courses that may result in a 2-year or associate's degree; these courses are considered regular school. If the courses are taken to improve job skills and do not count toward an academic degree, these courses are considered training rather than regular schooling.

Dividends
Dividend payments, usually in the form of money or stock, are paid to shareholders of a corporation or some other cooperative society or membership club. The dividend amount is decided by the board of directors and is usually paid on a quarterly basis. Dividends must be declared as income in the year they are received.

Employee-type job
An employee-type job is one in which an individual is working as an employee; that is, he or she has an on-going relationship with a particular employer. See also Freelance Job.

Estate
The assets, debts, and property left by someone at the time of his or her death. Life insurance proceeds are generally added to the estate.

Even Start
Federally funded program that provides families with early childhood education for their young children, adult education for parents, and parenting education and support.

Expelled
Expulsion occurs when a student is permanently prohibited from attending a learning institution, usually due to misconduct or breaking the school's rules. See also Suspended.

Freelance job
A type of employment where the individual does not have long-term commitments to any one employer. The individual can act independently without regard or deference to authority. The freelancer may work on one or more tasks for several people and does not have a "boss" (for example, baby-sitting or mowing lawns), or the freelancer may work for himself or herself (for example, running a business). See also Employee-type job.

Futures contract
A purchase of the right to buy or sell commodities, such as wheat, corn, and cocoa, at a specific point in the future. These contracts are traded on futures exchanges like the Chicago Board of Trade. (Not included in survey help screens; listed here for user reference.)

General Educational Development Diploma (GED)
A certificate, considered by some to be an equivalent to a high school diploma, which is obtained as a result of taking the General Educational Development Test or GED. The test provides a valid means of measuring the educational proficiency of individuals taking the test in comparison with high school graduates. (Also known as a general equivalency diploma.)

Government employee
A government employee can be one of three types: federal, state, or local. Respondents are classified according to the following definitions:

Government training
Training sponsored by the government for the general public (e.g., JTPA, Job Corps). Note that training sponsored by the government for its employees (e.g., Police Academy, computer courses) is considered company training.

Head Start
Head Start is a federally funded program that provides comprehensive developmental services for disadvantaged, low-income children from birth until they reach school age.

Home equity loan
Any loan which uses the collateral of a person's home and which has a fixed number of payments and a fixed amount borrowed.

Incentive pay
In some jobs, employees receive extra money or other compensation for reaching or exceeding certain levels of performance, such as meeting established sales quotas in a given month or year.

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
An Individual Retirement Account is a personal, tax-deferred savings account to which any individual under 70½ years of age can transfer funds to save and invest for retirement. The earnings are tax deferred until drawn upon. One can begin withdrawing from his or her IRAs after age 59½. Withdrawals prior to this age are generally subject to a tax penalty.

Inheritance
Money or property that is legally transmissible to an heir is considered inheritance.

Job
A job exists when there is a definite arrangement for regular work every week, or every month, for pay or other compensation (e.g., profits; anticipated profits; or pay "in kind" such as meals, living quarters, or supplies received in lieu of cash from someone other than a family member). A formal, definite arrangement with one or more employers to work on a continuing basis for a specified number of hours per week or days per month, but on an irregular schedule during the week or month, is also a job. Generally speaking, any job that is usually 35 hours or more per week is considered full-time. In some occupations (for example, air traffic controllers), usual weekly schedules of less than 35 hours per week are considered to be full-time.

Job Corps
A program designed to assist economically disadvantaged young men and women who need and can benefit from an intensive educational and vocational training program. The intent is to help them become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens. The program is operated in a residential group setting.

Job search
To be considered as looking for work a person must have conducted an active search for a job within the four weeks prior to the interview week. See Active Job Search and Passive Job Search.

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
Legislation enacted in the fall of 1983 authorizing federal funds for employment and training. The emphasis is on private sector participation in training, without subsidies for the training participants.

Labor force and employment status
All civilian respondents who were either employed or unemployed during the survey week are defined as being in the labor force. Variables using these definitions are only available in rounds 1 and 4. Employed, unemployed, and out of the labor force are defined as follows:

Land contract
Also known as a conditional sale agreement. A contract between a property owner and a potential purchaser, where they agree on the price of the home and the purchaser moves into the property. However, the seller retains legal rights to the property. The buyer makes regular monthly payments, which in some cases complete the sale of the property. In other cases, there is a large balloon payment due which completes the sale. These are often used when the buyer does not have enough money for a down payment.

Layoff
Respondents are classified as on layoff if they are waiting to be recalled to a job from which they were temporarily separated for business-related reasons, such as temporary drops in demand, business downturns, plant remodeling, material shortages, and inventory taking. They must either have been given a date to report back to work or expect to be recalled to their job within six months.

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
This federal program assists low-income households in meeting their costs for home energy. The funds may be used for the cost of running energy utilities, low cost weatherization (preparing the home for harsh weather), or other energy-related home repairs.

Managed investment account
A portfolio of stocks and bonds which is managed by a professional agent, usually for a fee based on the value of the assets in the account.

Margin loans through a stock broker
These are stock purchases where the purchaser borrows part of the purchase price from a bank or brokerage firm. "Margin loan" refers to the amount borrowed for the purchase. Technically, any time stock is used as collateral for a loan, even if it is already owned, it is called a margin loan.

Medicaid
A federal health program which pays for health costs of eligible low-income families. Most families receiving welfare payments are eligible, as are certain institutionalized persons.

Medicare
A federal health insurance program which pays for most hospital expenses. Most persons age 65 and older are eligible for Medicare. Persons under age 65 with major kidney failure and those receiving Social Security Disability payments are also eligible for Medicare.

Money market account
An account that invests in commercial paper, banker's acceptances, repurchase agreements, government securities, certificates of deposit, and other liquid assets that pay money market rates of interest. The net asset value of a money market fund remains at $1 per share, with only the interest rate going up and down.

Mortgage
This is any loan that is collateralized by a home or other real estate. The lender files a lien with the court system, which gives them the right to foreclose on (take over) the property should the borrower default on the loan.

Non-profit
This type of organization is not maintained for the making of profit.

Passive job search
A passive job search is one that utilizes only methods which could not result in a job offer without any further action on the part of the job seeker. Methods include:

Present value
The amount of money that sale of an asset would bring if it were sold at the time of the interview.

Primary ratings
An alphanumeric jobs/skills classification system for the Navy, Naval Reserves, Coast Guard, and Coast Guard Reserves that describes the specific job for which a person in those branches of the military is trained or to which the person is assigned. (Not included in survey help screens; listed here for user reference.)

Private employee
A private employee works for wages, salary, commission, tips, piece-rates, or pay in kind; this applies regardless of the occupation. Respondents who work for settlement houses, churches, unions, and other private nonprofit organizations are also classified as private employees.

Public housing assistance
Includes rental certificates or vouchers provided by the government for low-income families.

Regular school
A school that provides credit toward an academic diploma or degree, such as an elementary school, junior high school, high school, college, or university, as contrasted with special schools that offer certificates rather than diplomas or degrees. Schools or programs (such as technical schools, nursing programs, etc.) that provide credits that can be applied toward a regular academic diploma or degree are also considered regular school. Courses taken to prepare for the GED are not included as regular school.

Summer vacation
Respondents on summer vacation are considered enrolled. In ambiguous cases, the respondent is considered to be enrolled if he or she intends to return to school (has not dropped out or formally left school).

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplemental Social Security is a form of public assistance paid to blind and disabled persons who are not covered under the Social Security program and to some people who are over age 65 whose income falls below a certain level. The program is administered through the Social Security Administration. This program should not be confused with state supplemental assistance or with regular Social Security benefits; checks are labeled "Supplemental Security Income Payment."

Suspended
Suspension is a temporary prohibition of a student from access to school grounds. It is used as a way of punishing the student for engaging in misconduct or breaking the school's rules. See also Expelled.

Talent search
A talent search is a program that focuses on educational advancement.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Commonly referred to as welfare, this program helps families with dependent children by providing financial assistance each month. States and territories operate the programs. There is a time limit on the cash assistance, and work is a major component of TANF. Work requirements under the program help recipients gain the experience need to find a job and become self-sufficient.

Tips
Payments given in addition to base wage or salary for a service performed or anticipated. See also Bonus and Commission.

Treasury notes, bills, or bonds
These long-term debt agents are issued by the U.S. government and can be owned directly or as part of a mutual fund. Bills mature in less than a year; notes mature in 1-5 years; and bonds generally have a maturity period of more than 5 years.

Trust
A trust is an arrangement whereby the right to financial assets or property is held by one party, the "trustee" (or manager), for the benefit of another, the "beneficiary." Trusts are often used as a way in which a parent or grandparent can distribute his or her assets to a child or grandchild at a particular point in that person's life. Trusts require the drafting of legal documents by an attorney.

Unemployment Compensation (or Unemployment Insurance) benefits
Payments made by state or local governments to help replace wages lost by a worker who was laid off or fired from her/his job. Benefits continue only for a set period of time and are taxable by the federal government.

Upward Bound
This program is designed to prepare youth for successful postsecondary studies.

Vocational or technical institute
This training program provides the trainee with vocational or technical skills and is not to be confused with technical classes in college. This type of program does not contribute to a college degree. Examples of vocational or technical institutes include beauty school, auto mechanics training, etc.

Vocational rehabilitation center
A facility offering specialized training to prepare disabled persons to enter or re-enter the work force.

Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC)
WIC is a federal assistance program designed to provide such supplemental dietary products as milk, butter, peanut butter, and orange juice to pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children.

Work
Work includes any activity for wages or salary; for profit or fees; or for payment "in kind" such as meals, living quarters, or supplies received in lieu of cash from someone other than a family member. One hour or more of such activity constitutes work. Work also includes unpaid activity of at least 15 hours a week on a family farm or business. Respondents working as civilian employees of the Armed Forces or the National Guard are classified as working.

Worker's Compensation or Worker's Comp
Money paid to workers who have been hurt or injured on the job. These benefits are not taxable. (Note: Worker's Compensation includes payments from insurance companies only when the employer, not the employee, paid the premiums.)

Youth Build
Program to help disadvantaged young adults who have dropped out of high school obtain the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency.