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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC083
File Type  Other PUF
Title  HC083: 2004 Job File
Description  This public use data file contains jobs-level data from the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States during the calendar year 2004. The file contains job-level information collected in Rounds 3-5 for the eightth Panel and Rounds 1-3 for the nineth Panel of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2004); it includes variables pertaining to household-reported jobs, including wages, hours, industry, and occupation.
Data Year(s)  2004
Records  57228
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-083


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Name Position Label Category
ANYINS 154 IS INSURANCE OFFERED TO ANY EMPLOYEES? Employment
APXHRDAY 195 APPROXIMATE # OF HOURS WORKED PER DAY Employment
BONSAMT 64 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S BONUSES Employment
BONSUNIT 278 PERIOD WHICH BONUSES ARE BASED ON Employment
BUSINC 171 BUSINESS INCORPORATED Employment
COMMAMT 72 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S COMMISSIONS Employment
COMMUNIT 281 PERIOD WHICH COMMISSIONS ARE BASED ON Employment
DAYWAGE 16 PERSON'S DAILY WAGE RATE Employment
DIFFPLNS 216 CHOICE OF DIFFERENT HEALTH INS PLANS Employment
DIFFWAGE 130 ANY CHANGE IN WAGE AMOUNT Employment
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 325 SAMPLE PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EARNBONS 269 DOES PERSON EARN BONUSES Employment
EARNCOMM 272 DOES PERSON EARN COMMISSION Employment
EARNTIPS 266 DOES PERSON EARN TIPS Employment
ELIGINSR 151 REASON NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INSURANCE Employment
EMPLINS 210 HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE THRU THIS JOB Employment
ESTBTHRU 290 OFFERED INSURANCE, DID NOT TAKE (REVIEW) Employment
ESTMATE1 165 CATEGORICAL APPROX. ESTAB SIZE Employment
GROSSPAY 40 PERSON'S SALARY BEFORE TAXES (GROSS) Employment
GROSSPER 257 PERIOD IN WHICH GROSS SALARY WAS EARNED Employment
HHMEMBER 225 ANY OTHER HH MEMBER WRK AT THIS BUSINESS Employment
HOWPAID 239 HOW IS PERSON PAID Employment
HRLYWAGE 80 HOW MUCH PERSON MAKES PER HOUR Employment
HRS35WK 192 WORK AT LEAST 35 HOURS PER WEEK Employment
HRSALBAS 305 HOURS SALARY BASED ON Employment
HRSPRDY 242 NUMBER OF HOURS PERSON WORKED IN ONE DAY Employment
HRSPRWK 189 NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK Employment
INDCODEX 308 CONDENSED INDUSTRY CODE Employment
INSESTB 299 INSUR OFFERED ANY EMPLOYEES (REVIEW)? Employment
INUNION 219 BELONG TO LABOR UNION Employment
JOBHASHI 284 DOES PERSON HAVE HEALTH INS AT THIS JOB Employment
JOBSIDX 314 JOB ID NUMBER Identifiers
JOBSN 94 JOB NUMBER Identifiers
JOBTYPE 100 SELF-EMPLOYED OR WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE Employment
JSTOPD 115 JOB STOP DATE - DAY Employment
JSTOPM 112 JOB STOP DATE - MONTH Employment
JSTOPY 118 JOB STOP DATE - YEAR Employment
JSTRTD 106 JOB START DATE - DAY Employment
JSTRTM 103 JOB START DATE - MONTH Employment
JSTRTY 109 JOB START DATE - YEAR Employment
MAIN_JOB 127 STILL MAIN JOB OR BUSINESS Employment
MAKEAMT 24 HOW MUCH MONEY DOES PERSON MAKE Employment
MORE10 248 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN $10/HOUR Employment
MORE15 251 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN $15/HOUR Employment
MORELOC 168 MORE THAN ONE LOCATION Employment
MOREMINM 254 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN MIN. WAGE Employment
NELIGINS 302 REASON NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INSUR (REVIEW) Employment
NOWTAKEI 148 NOW OFFERED AND TAKE INSURANCE Employment
NUMEMPS 160 ESTABLISHMENT SIZE-NONSELF-EMPLOYED JOB Employment
NUMFMEMB 228 HOW MANY HH MEMBERS WORK THERE Employment
OCCCODEX 311 CONDENSED OCCUPATION CODE Employment
OFFRDINS 213 OFFERED INSURANCE BUT CHOSE NOT TO TAKE Employment
OFFTAKEI 145 OFFERED INSURANCE AND NOW TAKE Employment
OTHRTYPE 263 TYPE OF OVERTIME PAY Employment
OTHRWAGE 48 OVERTIME PAY RATE PER HOUR Employment
OVRTIMHR 32 OVERTIME PAY RATE PER HOUR Employment
PANEL 97 PANEL Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PAYDRVST 201 IS THERE PAID SICK LEAVE FOR DR'S VISITS Employment
PAYVACTN 204 DOES PERSON GET PAID VACATION Employment
PERUNIT 245 PERIOD FOR WHICH PERSON IS PAID Employment
PID 88 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PROPRIET 174 PROPRIETORSHIP OR PARTNERSHIP Employment
PROVDINS 222 WHO PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE Employment
RECALL 186 RECALL WITHIN 30 DAYS Employment
RETIRJOB 121 PERSON RETIRED FROM THIS JOB Employment
RETIRPLN 207 DOES PERSON HAVE PENSION/RETIREMENT PLAN Employment
RN 91 ROUND Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
SALARIED 236 IS PERSON SALARIED, PAID BY THE HR, ETC. Employment
SALRYWKS 260 NUMBER OF WEEKS PER YEAR SALARY IS BASED ON Employment
SESNLJOB 293 IS JOB SEASONAL? Employment
SICKPAY 198 DOES PERSON HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE Employment
STILLAT 287 STILL WORK AT ESTABLISHMENT/MAIN JOB Employment
STILLWRK 142 STILL WORK AT ESTABLISHMENT/MISC JOB Employment
SUBTYPE 124 JOB SUB-TYPE Employment
TEMPJOB 296 IS JOB TEMPORARY? Employment
TIPSAMT 56 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S TIPS Employment
TIPSUNIT 275 PERIOD WHICH TIP EARNINGS ARE BASED ON Employment
TOTLEMP 231 ESTABLISHMENT SIZE-SELF-EMPLOYED JOB Employment
TYPEEMPL 177 EMPLOYEE TYPE Employment
WHY_DIFF 133 WHY WAGES CHANGED Employment
WHY_LEFT 157 REASON WHY NOT AT JOB NOW Employment
WKLYAMT 8 USUAL WEEKLY GROSS INCOME Employment
WORKSTAT 136 FULL OR PART TIME Employment
YLEFT 180 NO JOB REASON Employment
YNOBUSN 183 WHY NO BUSINESS Employment
Y_CHANGE 139 WHY CHANGE IN FULL/PART TIME STATUS Employment

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