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MEPS HC-227
2021 JOBS FILE CODEBOOK
DATE: February 10, 2023

Name
Start
End
Description
ANYINS
170   
171   
Health insurance offered to any employees
BONSAMT
258   
266   
How much are person's bonuses
BONSUNIT
267   
268   
Period which bonuses are based on
BUSINC
128   
129   
Business incorporated
COMMAMT
269   
277   
How much are person's commissions
COMMUNIT
278   
279   
Period which commissions are based on
DAYWAGE
194   
200   
Person's daily wage rate
DIFFPLNS
168   
169   
Choice of different health insurance plans
DIFFWAGE
86   
87   
Any change in wage amount
DUID
52   
58   
Panel # + encrypted DU identifier
DUPERSID
42   
51   
Person ID (DUID+PID)
EARNBONS
244   
245   
Person earns bonuses
EARNCOMM
246   
247   
Person earns commission
EARNTIPS
242   
243   
Person earns tips
EMPLINS
162   
163   
Has health insurance thru current main job
ESTBIDX
31   
41   
Establishment identifier
ESTBTHRU
102   
103   
Offered insurance, did not take (review)
ESTMATE1_M19
124   
125   
Categorical approximate establishment size
EmplUnionProv
176   
177   
Employer or union is primary health insurer
GROSSPAY
226   
234   
Person's salary before taxes (gross)
GROSSPER
235   
236   
Period in which gross salary was earned
HHMEMBER_M18
178   
179   
Any other hh member wrk at this business
HIDISAVW
106   
109   
Capi q where health insur thru emp/union disavowed
HOWPAID
192   
193   
How is person paid
HRLYWAGE
214   
219   
How much person makes per hour
HRS35WK
141   
142   
Works at least 35 hours per week
HRSALBAS
239   
241   
Hours per week salary based on
HRSPRDY
201   
202   
Number of hours person worked in one day
HRSPRWK
138   
140   
Number of hours worked per week
INDCODEX
280   
281   
Condensed industry code
INSESTB
104   
105   
Insurance offered to any employees (review)
INUNION
172   
173   
Belongs to labor union
JOBHASHI
164   
165   
Has health insurance thru job
JOBIDX
15   
27   
Person's unique job identifier
JOBNUM
28   
30   
Unique DU-job identifier
JOBSIDX
1   
14   
Job-round identifier
JOBTYPE
117   
118   
Self-employed or works for someone else
JSTOPM
72   
73   
Job stop date - month
JSTOPY
74   
77   
Job stop date - year
JSTRTM
66   
67   
Job start date - month
JSTRTY
68   
71   
Job start date - year
MAIN_JOB
84   
85   
Still main job or business
MAKEAMT
203   
211   
How much money does person make
MORE10
220   
221   
Person makes more or less than $10/hour
MORE15
222   
223   
Person makes more or less than $15/hour
MORELOC
126   
127   
Employer has more than one location
MOREMINM
224   
225   
Person makes more or less than min. wage
NOWTAKEI
98   
99   
Now offered and take insurance
NOWTAKEI_M22
100   
101   
Now has health insurance through employer
NUMEMPS
119   
123   
Establishment size at not self-employed job
OCCCODEX
282   
283   
Condensed occupation code
OFFRDINS
166   
167   
Offered insurance but chose not to take
OFFTAKEI
96   
97   
Offered insurance and now take
OrigRnd
63   
63   
Round job first reported
PANEL
64   
65   
Panel to which jobholder belongs
PAYDRVST
149   
150   
Has paid sick leave for doc visit thru job
PAYVACTN
151   
152   
Has paid vacation leave thru job
PERUNIT_M18
212   
213   
Period for which person is paid
PID
59   
61   
Person number
PROPRIET
130   
131   
Proprietorship or partnership
PROVDINS
174   
175   
Is health ins provided by employer, union or both
RETIRJOB
78   
78   
Person retired from this job
RETIRPLN
153   
154   
Has pension/retirement plan thru job
RN
62   
62   
Round
RvwTotNumEmp
110   
114   
Establishment size at continuing self-employed job
SALARIED
190   
191   
Person salaried, paid by hour, some other way
SALRYWKS
237   
238   
Number of weeks per year salary is based
SESNLJOB
145   
146   
Job is available certain time of year
SICKPAY
147   
148   
Has paid sick leave thru job
STILLAT
80   
81   
Still works at main job establishment
STILLWRK
94   
95   
Still works at misc job establishment
SUBTYPE
79   
79   
Job sub-type
StillWorkFTPT
88   
89   
Still works full or part time
TEMPJOB
143   
144   
Job at employer is temporary
TIPSAMT
248   
255   
How much are person's tips
TIPSUNIT_M18
256   
257   
Period which tip earnings are based on
TOTLEMP_M18
180   
184   
Current establishment size at self-employed job
TYPECHGD
82   
83   
Job sub-type changed between rounds
TYPEEMPL
132   
133   
Employee type
TotNumEmp
185   
189   
Establishment size at new self-employed job
WHY_LEFT_M18
115   
116   
Reason why no longer at job now
WKLYAMT
155   
161   
Usual weekly gross income at misc job
WhyChngFTToPT
92   
93   
Why change full to part time
WhyChngPTToFT
90   
91   
Why change part to full time
YLEFT_M18
134   
135   
Reason why no longer at job
YNOBUSN_M18
136   
137   
Reason why no longer has business
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