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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC063
File Type  Other PUF
Title  HC-063: 2002 Job Files
Description  This public use data file contains jobs-level data from the 2002 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 2002. The file contains job-level information collected in Rounds 3-5 for the sixth Panel and Rounds 1-3 for the seventh Panel of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2002); it includes variables pertaining to household-reported jobs, including wages, hours, industry, and occupation.
Data Year(s)  2002
Records  67028
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-063


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Name Position Label Category
ANYINS 173 IS INSURANCE OFFERED TO ANY EMPLOYEES? Employment
APXHRDAY 214 APPROXIMATE # OF HOURS WORKED PER DAY Employment
BONSAMT 64 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S BONUSES Employment
BONSUNIT 297 PERIOD WHICH BONUSES ARE BASED ON Employment
BUSINC 190 BUSINESS INCORPORATED Employment
COMMAMT 72 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S COMMISSIONS Employment
COMMUNIT 300 PERIOD WHICH COMMISSIONS ARE BASED ON Employment
DAYWAGE 16 PERSON'S DAILY WAGE RATE Employment
DIFFPLNS 235 CHOICE OF DIFFERENT HEALTH INS PLANS Employment
DIFFWAGE 149 ANY CHANGE IN WAGE AMOUNT Employment
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 99 SAMPLE PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EARNBONS 288 DOES PERSON EARN BONUSES Employment
EARNCOMM 291 DOES PERSON EARN COMMISSION Employment
EARNTIPS 285 DOES PERSON EARN TIPS Employment
ELIGINSR 170 REASON NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INSURANCE Employment
EMPLINS 229 HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE THRU THIS JOB Employment
ESTBTHRU 309 OFFERED INSURANCE, DID NOT TAKE (REVIEW) Employment
ESTMATE1 184 CATEGORICAL APPROX. ESTAB SIZE Employment
GROSSPAY 40 PERSON'S SALARY BEFORE TAXES (GROSS) Employment
GROSSPER 276 PERIOD IN WHICH GROSS SALARY WAS EARNED Employment
HHMEMBER 244 ANY OTHER HH MEMBER WRK AT THIS BUSINESS Employment
HOWPAID 258 HOW IS PERSON PAID Employment
HRLYWAGE 80 HOW MUCH PERSON MAKES PER HOUR Employment
HRS35WK 211 WORK AT LEAST 35 HOURS PER WEEK Employment
HRSALBAS 324 HOURS SALARY BASED ON Employment
HRSPRDY 261 NUMBER OF HOURS PERSON WORKED IN ONE DAY Employment
HRSPRWK 208 NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK Employment
INDCODEX 327 CONDENSED INDUSTRY CODE Employment
INSESTB 318 INSUR OFFERED ANY EMPLOYEES (REVIEW)? Employment
INUNION 238 BELONG TO LABOR UNION Employment
JOBHASHI 303 DOES PERSON HAVE HEALTH INS AT THIS JOB Employment
JOBSIDX 88 JOB ID NUMBER Identifiers
JOBSN 113 JOB NUMBER Identifiers
JOBTYPE 119 SELF-EMPLOYED OR WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE Employment
JSTOPD 134 JOB STOP DATE - DAY Employment
JSTOPM 131 JOB STOP DATE - MONTH Employment
JSTOPY 137 JOB STOP DATE - YEAR Employment
JSTRTD 125 JOB START DATE - DAY Employment
JSTRTM 122 JOB START DATE - MONTH Employment
JSTRTY 128 JOB START DATE - YEAR Employment
MAIN_JOB 146 STILL MAIN JOB OR BUSINESS Employment
MAKEAMT 24 HOW MUCH MONEY DOES PERSON MAKE Employment
MORE10 267 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN $10/HOUR Employment
MORE15 270 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN $15/HOUR Employment
MORELOC 187 MORE THAN ONE LOCATION Employment
MOREMINM 273 PERSON MAKES MORE OR LESS THAN MIN. WAGE Employment
NELIGINS 321 REASON NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INSUR (REVIEW) Employment
NOWTAKEI 167 NOW OFFERED AND TAKE INSURANCE Employment
NUMEMPS 179 ESTABLISHMENT SIZE-NONSELF-EMPLOYED JOB Employment
NUMFMEMB 247 HOW MANY HH MEMBERS WORK THERE Employment
OCCCODEX 330 CONDENSED OCCUPATION CODE Employment
OFFRDINS 232 OFFERED INSURANCE BUT CHOSE NOT TO TAKE Employment
OFFTAKEI 164 OFFERED INSURANCE AND NOW TAKE Employment
OTHRTYPE 282 TYPE OF OVERTIME PAY Employment
OTHRWAGE 48 OVERTIME PAY RATE PER HOUR Employment
OVRTIMHR 32 OVERTIME PAY RATE PER HOUR Employment
PANEL 116 PANEL Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PAYDRVST 220 IS THERE PAID SICK LEAVE FOR DR'S VISITS Employment
PAYVACTN 223 DOES PERSON GET PAID VACATION Employment
PERUNIT 264 PERIOD FOR WHICH PERSON IS PAID Employment
PID 107 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PROPRIET 193 PROPRIETORSHIP OR PARTNERSHIP Employment
PROVDINS 241 WHO PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE Employment
RECALL 205 RECALL WITHIN 30 DAYS Employment
RETIRJOB 140 PERSON RETIRED FROM THIS JOB Employment
RETIRPLN 226 DOES PERSON HAVE PENSION/RETIREMENT PLAN Employment
RN 110 ROUND Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
SALARIED 255 IS PERSON SALARIED, PAID BY THE HR, ETC. Employment
SALRYWKS 279 NUMBER OF WEEKS PER YEAR SALARY IS BASED ON Employment
SESNLJOB 312 IS JOB SEASONAL? Employment
SICKPAY 217 DOES PERSON HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE Employment
STILLAT 306 STILL WORK AT ESTABLISHMENT/MAIN JOB Employment
STILLWRK 161 STILL WORK AT ESTABLISHMENT/MISC JOB Employment
SUBTYPE 143 JOB SUB-TYPE Employment
TEMPJOB 315 IS JOB TEMPORARY? Employment
TIPSAMT 56 HOW MUCH ARE PERSON'S TIPS Employment
TIPSUNIT 294 PERIOD WHICH TIP EARNINGS ARE BASED ON Employment
TOTLEMP 250 ESTABLISHMENT SIZE-SELF-EMPLOYED JOB Employment
TYPEEMPL 196 EMPLOYEE TYPE Employment
WHY_DIFF 152 WHY WAGES CHANGED Employment
WHY_LEFT 176 REASON WHY NOT AT JOB NOW Employment
WKLYAMT 8 USUAL WEEKLY GROSS INCOME Employment
WORKSTAT 155 FULL OR PART TIME Employment
YLEFT 199 NO JOB REASON Employment
YNOBUSN 202 WHY NO BUSINESS Employment
Y_CHANGE 158 WHY CHANGE IN FULL/PART TIME STATUS Employment

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