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([age at interview date] >= 15); /* IS YOUTH 15 YEARS OR OLDER AS OF INTERVIEW DATE? */
Next, we need to ask you some work-related questions. This section is made up of the same questions that are used to determine the national unemployment rate. The information gathered here will be compared to the national data.
([age at interview date] >= 17); /* IS YOUTH 17 YEARS OR OLDER AS OF INTERVIEW DATE? */
Are you now in the active Armed Forces?
I am going to ask a few questions about work-related activities LAST WEEK. By last week I mean the week beginning on the Sunday before (this/this past) Sunday and (this/this past) Saturday.
Does anyone in this household have a business or a farm?
Is the business or farm owned by you ALONE, does someone else in your household own it WITHOUT YOU, or do you own it with someone else in your household?
LAST WEEK, did you do ANY work for pay?
LAST WEEK, did you do ANY work for either pay or profit?
([anyone in the household owns a farm or business] =1); /* R REPORTED HOUSEHOLD OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS OR FARM */
LAST WEEK, did you do any unpaid work in the family business or farm?
([who owns business] = 1) or ([who owns business] = 2); /* HAS THE R INDICATED OWNER SHIP IN A BUSINESS OR FARM? */
Do you receive any payments or profits from the business?
([R's labor force status] = 2); /* WAS R UNABLE TO WORK AT DLI? */
([YCPS-3600] = 1) and ([YCPS-3700] = 1); /* SOMEONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD OWNS A BUSINESS OR FARM AND DID R NOT DO ANY WORK FOR PAY OR PROFIT LAST WEEK. (R WAS UNABLE TO WORK AT DATE OF LAST INTERVIEW) */
([YCPS-3600] = 0) and ([YCPS-3700] = 1); /* NOONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD OWNS A BUSINESS OR FARM, BUT DID R NOT DO ANY WORK FOR PAY OR PROFIT LAST WEEK. (R WAS UNABLE TO WORK AT DATE OF LAST INTERVIEW) */
([YCPS-3600] = 1) and ([YCPS-3700] = 0); /* SOMEONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD OWNS A BUSINESS OR FARM, BUT R DID WORK FOR PAY OR PROFIT LAST WEEK. (R UNABLE TO WORK AT DATE OF LAST INTERVIEW) */
[R worked last week]; /* WHAT WAS R'S WORK STATUS REPORTED IN YCPS-2800 OR YCPS-2900? */
At [date of last interview], you reported that you were unable to work. Does your disability continue to prevent you from doing any kind of work for the next 6 months, including work in the family business or farm?
At [date of last interview], you reported that you were unable to work. Does your disability continue to prevent you from doing any kind of work for the next 6 months?
Does your disability continue to prevent you from doing any kind of work for the next 6 months, including work in the family business or farm?
Does your disability continue to prevent you from doing any kind of work for the next 6 months?
([R worked last week] = 2); /* IS R RETIRED? */
Do you currently want a job, either full or part time?
[loop number 1]; /* IS THIS THE FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD TIME THROUGH THE LOOP? */
[R worked last week]; /* SKIP BASED UPON WHETHER R REPORTED ANY WORK LAST WEEK */
([business profits] != 99); /* DID R ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PROFITS FROM BUSINESS? */
([R worked last week] = (-1)) or ([R worked last week] = (-2)); /* DID R NOT KNOW, OR REFUSED TO REPORT WHETHER R WORKED FOR PAY OR PROFIT LAST WEEK? */
([R worked last week] = 1); /* DID R WORK FOR PAY OR PROFIT LAST WEEK? */
([business profits] = 0) or ([business profits] = 1) or ([business profits] = (-1)) or ([business profits] = (-2)); /* DID R RECEIVE PAYMENTS OR PROFITS FROM BUSINESS? */
([R worked last week] = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
([R worked last week] = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
[R wants a job]; /* R WANT A JOB (EITHER FULL OR PART TIME)? */
([R disabled and unable to work]1 = 3) or ([R disabled and unable to work]1 = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
([R disabled and unable to work]1 = 4) or ([R disabled and unable to work]1 = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
INPATH ([YCPS-16800(1)]); /* WAS YCPS-16800(1) HIT? */
([R has looked for work in last 4 weeks]1 = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
INPATH ([YCPS-25900(1)]); /* WAS YCPS-25900(1) HIT? */
([YCPS-25900(1)] = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
([R has looked for work in last 4 weeks]1 = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
([YCPS-25900(1)] = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
([R disabled and unable to work]2 = 3) or ([R disabled and unable to work]2 = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
([R disabled and unable to work]2 = 4) or ([R disabled and unable to work]2 = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
INPATH ([YCPS-16800(2)]); /* WAS YCPS-16800(2) HIT? */
([R has looked for work in last 4 weeks]2 = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
INPATH ([YCPS-25900(2)]); /* WAS YCPS-25900(2) HIT? */
([YCPS-25900(2)] = 3); /* R DISABLED? */
([R has looked for work in last 4 weeks]2 = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
INPATH ([YCPS-25900(2)]); /* WAS YCPS-25900(2)? */
([YCPS-25900(2)] = 4); /* R UNABLE TO WORK? */
Does your disability prevent you from accepting any kind of work during the next six months?
Do you have a disability that prevents you from accepting any kind of work during the next six months?
(([anyone in the household owns a farm or business] = 1) and ([who owns business] = 1 or [who owns business] = 2)); /* DOES R OWN A BUSINESS OR FARM (IN WHOLE OR IN PART)? */
LAST WEEK, in addition to the business, did you have a job either full or part time? Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.
LAST WEEK, did you have a job either full or part time? Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.
([R owns a business or farm] = 1); /* DOES R OWN A BUSINESS OR FARM (IN WHOLE OR IN PART)? */
([R has a disability] != 99); /* IS THERE AN ENTRY IN YCPS-7800? */
([R is disabled] != 99); /* IS THERE AN ENTRY IN YCPS-7900? */
[R had CPS job]; /* WHAT STATUS WAS REPORTED IN YCPS-8100 IF ANY. */
LAST WEEK, were you on layoff from a job?
[R was laid off]; /* WHAT STATUS WAS REPORTED IN YCPS-8700 IF ANY. */
([R owns a business or farm] = 1) and ([R had CPS job] = 0); /* DOES R OWN ALL OR PART OF A BUSINESS OR FARM AND DOES NOT HAVE A JOB IN ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS OR FARM? */
What was the main reason you were absent from work LAST WEEK?
([R owns a business or farm] = 1) and ([R had CPS job] = 0); /* HAS THE R INDICATED OWNERSHIP IN A BUSINESS OR FARM, AND R DID NOT HAVE A JOB ASIDE FROM THE BUSINESS OR FARM? */
Are you being paid by your employer for any of the time off last week?
([anyone in the household owns a farm or business] = 1); /* HAS THE R INDICATED OWNERSHIP IN A BUSINESS OR FARM WITHIN THE HH? */
LAST WEEK, did you have more than one job, including part-time, evening or weekend work?
Altogether, how many jobs did you have?
LAST WEEK, did you have more than one job or business, including part-time, evening or weekend work?
Altogether, how many jobs or businesses did you have?
([R had more than one job] = 1); /* HAS R REPORTED MORE THAN ONE JOB OR BUSINESS? */
How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your main job? By "main" job we mean the one at which you usually work the most hours.
(How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your main job? By "main" job we mean the one at which you usually work the most hours.) (ENTER NUMBER OF HOURS)
How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your job?
(How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your job?) (ENTER NUMBER OF HOURS)
([R had more than one job] = 1); /* DID R REPORT MORE THAN ONE JOB? */
([number of jobs] = 3) or ([number of jobs] = 4); /* DID R REPORT AT LEAST THREE OTHER JOBS? */
How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your other job?
(How many hours per week do you USUALLYwork at your other job?) (ENTER NUMBER OF HOURS)
How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your other jobs?
(How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your other jobs?) (ENTER NUMBER OF HOURS)
(([R had more than one job] = 1) and (((([usual working hours at main job] != 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 999)) or (([usual working hours at main job] = 1) and ([usual working hours] < 0))) and ((([ususal working hours at other job] != 1) and ([ususal working hours at other job] != 999)) or (([usual working hours] >= 0) and ([usual working hours] <= 34)) or ([usual working hours] < 0)))); /* R HAS MORE THAN 1 JOB, HAS VARIABLE/INDETERMINATE HOURS ON THE MAIN JOB, AND VARIABLE/INDETERMINATE/UNDER 34 HOURS ON THE OTHER JOBS */
(([R had more than one job] = 1) and (((([ususal working hours at other job] != 1) and ([ususal working hours at other job] != 999)) or (([ususal working hours at other job] = 1) and ([usual working hours] < 0))) and ((([usual working hours at main job] != 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 999)) or (([usual working hours] >= 0) and ([usual working hours] <= 34)) or ([usual working hours] < 0)))); /* R HAS MORE THAN 1 JOB, HAS VARIABLE/INDETERMINATE HOURS ON THE OTHER JOBS, AND VARIABLE/INDETERMINATE/UNDER 34 HOURS ON THE MAIN JOB. */
((([R had more than one job] != 1) and ([R had more than one job] != 99) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 999)) or (([R had more than one job] != 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] = 1) and ([usual working hours] < 0))); /* R HAS ONLY ONE JOB, HAS INVARIATE/INDETERMINATE HOURS ON THAT JOB. */
([R did unpaid work] = 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 1) and ([usual working hours at main job] != 999); /* R DID UNPAID WORK IN FAMILY FARM OR BUSINESS, BUT HAD INDETERMINANT OR VARIANT WORK HOURS. */
([number of jobs] != 99) and ([R did unpaid work] = 1); /* R HAS MORE THAN ONE JOB, AND DID UNPAID WORK IN FAMILY BUSINESS OR FARM LAST WEEK. */
([number of jobs] = 99) and ([R did unpaid work] = 1); /* R HAS ONLY ONE JOB, AND DID UNPAID WORK IN FAMILY BUSINESS OR FARM LAST WEEK. */
([R had more than one job] = 1) and ([R did unpaid work] != 1) and ([R did unpaid work] != 99); /* R HAS MORE THAN ONE JOB, AND DID NO UNPAID WORK IN FAMILY BUSINESS OR FARM LAST WEEK. */
Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more per week at all your jobs combined including in the family business or farm?
Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more per week at your job in the family business or farm?
Do you USUALLYwork 35 hours or more per week at all your jobs combined?
Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more per week at your job?
(([R had CPS job] = 1) or (([R had CPS job] = 0) and ([R owns a business or farm] = 1)) or ([R wants a job] = 2)); /* R HAS A JOB, OR R HAS A BUSINESS OR FARM (PART OR WHOLE), BUT DOES NOT HAVE A JOB IN ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS OR FARM. */
([business profits] != 99); /* DID R ANSWER THE QUESTIONS REFERING TO PROFIT FROM A BUSINESS OR FARM? */
([business profits] <= 0) and ([business profits] != 99); /* R HAS A JOB, OR R HAS A BUSINESS OR FARM (PART OR WHOLE), BUT DOES NOT HAVE A JOB IN ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS OR FARM. */
((([usual working hours] >= 0) and ([usual working hours] <= 34)) or ([R works 35+ hours] = 0)); /* R REPORTED 34 HOURS OR LESS USUALLY WORKED PER WEEK AT ALL JOBS. */
([usual working hours] >= 35) or (([R works 35+ hours] != 0) and ([R works 35+ hours] != 99)); /* R REPORTED 35 HOURS OR MORE USUALLY WORKED PER WEEK AT ALL JOBS. */
([R works 35+ hours] != 99); /* IS THERE AN ENTRY IN USUAL35? */
([R works 35+ hours] = 1) or ([R works 35+ hours] = 2) or ([R works 35+ hours] = (-1)) or ([R works 35+ hours] =(-2)); /* R REPORTED 35 HOURS OR MORE (OR DK/REF/HRS VARY) USUALLY WORKED PER WEEK AT ALL JOBS. */
([business profits] != 99); /* IS THERE AN ENTRY IN BUSPROFIT? */
([business profits] != 1) and ([business profits] != 99); /* R DID NOT RECEIVE PAYMENTS OR PROFIT FROM A BUSINESS OR FARM. */
([R does not work full-time] = 1); /* R REPORTED 34 HOURS OR LESS USUALLY WORKED PER WEEK AT ALL JOBS. */
Do you want to work a full-time work week of 35 hours or more per week?
Some people work part time because they cannot find full-time work or because business is poor. Others work part time because of family obligations or other personal reasons. What is your MAIN reason for working part time? (PROBE IF NECESSARY:) What is your MAIN reason for working PART TIME instead of FULL TIME?