Documentation

Documentation

Codebook Supplements

Variable creation procedures and supplemental coding information are provided within each cohort's Codebook Supplement. There are separate codebook supplements for the Older Men and Young Men.

Older Men Codebook Supplement

Appendix 1: Table Used for Determining Cutoff Points for Poverty Status Variables

Appendix 2: Additional Instructions to Interviewers for the 1969 Survey

Appendix 3: State Name and State Codes by Census Division

Appendix 4: Explanation for Census Processing of Weeks on Layoff (R737. in 1967 and R1248. in 1969)

Appendix 5: New Geographic and Environmental Variables 1966-1976

Appendix 18: Union Categories--Copy of Coding Instructions for Name of Union or Employee Association

Appendix 19: Derivations for 1981 *KEY* Variables

Appendix 27: Procedures for Calculating the 1990 Weights--R6013.10., R6013.20., R7113.10., R7113.20., R7113.30.

Appendix 28: Derivations for 1990 *KEY* Variables

Appendix 29: Summary of Major Differences Between the 1990 & Earlier Surveys

Appendix 30: Explanation for the 1990 Created Social Security Variables--R6743.10.-R6743.30.

Appendix 31: Derivations for Collapsed Occupation and Industry Variables--R7092.-R7098.

Appendix 32: Procedures for Coding Cause of Death--Supplemental Death Certificates

Young Men Codebook Supplement

Appendix 1: Fields of Study in College--Instructions for the Coding Scheme

Appendix 2: State Names and State Codes by Census Division

Appendix 3: Codes for Enlisted Men and Officers in the Military

Appendix 4: Listing of Median Education for Different Occupations

Appendix 5: Listing of Corrections to Employment Status Recode for 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969

Appendix 6: Listing of the Method Used to Create R's Father and Mother 1966 Variables

Appendix 7: Derivatives for Creation of Dropped Variable Used to Create R2958.

Appendix 8: Derivations Used to Create Enrollment Pattern 1966-1969

Appendix 9: Determinants of Early Labor Market Success: Appendix A

Appendix 10: Determinants of Early Labor Market Success: Appendix B

Appendix 11: Determinants of Early Labor Market Success: Appendix C

Appendix 12: Determinants of Early Labor Market Success: Method for Variable Construction

Appendix 13: Dual Labor Market Theory: Appendix A (Primary and Secondary Jobs)

Appendix 14: Edits for R2997.

Appendix 15: Decision Criteria for Construction of Variables for Dates Last Attended School

Appendix 16: Listing of Corrections Made for 21 Variables (R2315.-R2317., R2320.-R2322., R2611.-R2622.)

Appendix 17: Work Experience Variables: Time Reference for the 1970 Work History Section

Appendix 18: Union Categories--Coding Instructions for Name of Union or Employee Association

Appendix 19: GED/SVP/Job-Level/Job-Family & 3 Digit Occupation Code

Appendix 20: Derivation for R3836. and Number of Weeks *KEY* Variables between 1975 and 1976

Appendix 21: New Geographic and Environmental Variables 1966-1976

Appendix 22: Source for the Job Characteristics Index

Appendix 23: Source for the Job Satisfaction Measures

Appendix 24: Derivations for R3035., R3829., R3833.

Appendix 25: Reason for Preference in Union Certification Elections

Appendix 26: Derivations for R8114.-R8118.