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MEPS HC-025: 1998 Jobs File
October 2001
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Center for Cost and Financing Studies
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 427-1406


Table of Contents

A. Data Use Agreement
B. Background
1.0 Household Component
2.0 Medical Provider Component
3.0 Insurance Component
4.0 Survey Management
C. Technical and Programming Information
1.0 General Information
2.0 Data File Description
2.1 Codebook Structure
2.2 Reserved Codes
2.3 Codebook Format
2.4 Variable Source and Naming Conventions
D. Variable-Source Crosswalk
Appendix 1: Sample SAS Program

A. Data Use Agreement

Individual identifiers have been removed from the micro-data contained in the files on this CD-ROM. Nevertheless, under sections 308 (d) and 903 (c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m and 42 U.S.C. 299 a-1), data collected by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and/or the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may not be used for any purpose other than for the purpose for which they were supplied; any effort to determine the identity of any reported cases is prohibited by law.

Therefore in accordance with the above referenced Federal Statute, it is understood that:

1. No one is to use the data in this data set in any way except for statistical reporting and analysis; and
2. If the identity of any person or establishment should be discovered inadvertently, then (a) no use will be made of this knowledge, (b) the Director Office of Management AHRQ will be advised of this incident, (c) the information that would identify any individual or establishment will be safeguarded or destroyed, as requested by AHRQ, and (d) no one else will be informed of the discovered identity; and
3. No one will attempt to link this data set with individually identifiable records from any data sets other than the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey or the National Health Interview Survey.

By using this data you signify your agreement to comply with the above stated statutorily based requirements with the knowledge that deliberately making a false statement in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the Federal Government violates 18 U.S.C. 1001 and is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or up to 5 years in prison.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality requests that users cite AHRQ and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey as the data source in any publications or research based upon these data.

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B. Background 

This documentation describes one in a series of public use files from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The survey provides a new and extensive data set on the use of health services and health care in the United States.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is conducted to provide nationally representative estimates of health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, and insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population. MEPS also includes a nationally representative survey of nursing homes and their residents. MEPS is cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

MEPS comprises four component surveys: the Household Component (HC), the Medical Provider Component (MPC), the Insurance Component (IC), and the Nursing Home Component (NHC). The HC is the core survey, and it forms the basis for the MPC sample and part of the IC sample. The separate NHC sample supplements the other MEPS components. Together these surveys yield comprehensive data that provide national estimates of the level and distribution of health care use and expenditures, support health services research, and can be used to assess health care policy implications.

MEPS is the third in a series of national probability surveys conducted by AHRQ on the financing and use of medical care in the United States. The National Medical Care Expenditure Survey (NMCES, also known as NMES-1) was conducted in 1977, the National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES-2) in 1987. Beginning in 1996, MEPS continues this series with design enhancements and efficiencies that provide a more current data resource to capture the changing dynamics of the health care delivery and insurance system.

The design efficiencies incorporated into MEPS are in accordance with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Survey Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing respondent burden, and enhancing analytical capacities. To accommodate these goals, new MEPS design features include linkage with the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), from which the sampling frame for the MEPS HC is drawn, and continuous longitudinal data collection for core survey components. The MEPS HC augments NHIS by selecting a sample of NHIS respondents, collecting additional data on their health care expenditures, and linking these data with additional information collected from the respondents’ medical providers, employers, and insurance providers.

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1.0 Household Component

The MEPS HC, a nationally representative survey of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, collects medical expenditure data at both the person and household levels. The HC collects detailed data on demographic characteristics, health conditions, health status, use of medical care services, charges and payments, access to care, satisfaction with care, health insurance coverage, income, and employment.

The HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data are collected through a preliminary contact followed by a series of five rounds of interviews over a 2 ½-year period. Using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) technology, data on medical expenditures and use for 2 calendar years are collected from each household. This series of data collection rounds is launched each subsequent year on a new sample of households to provide overlapping panels of survey data and, when combined with other ongoing panels, will provide continuous and current estimates of health care expenditures.

The sampling frame for the MEPS HC is drawn from respondents to NHIS, conducted by NCHS. NHIS provides a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, with oversampling of Hispanics and blacks.

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2.0 Medical Provider Component 

The MEPS MPC supplements and validates information on medical care events reported in the MEPS HC by contacting medical providers and pharmacies identified by household respondents. The MPC sample includes all hospitals, hospital physicians, home health agencies, and pharmacies reported in the HC. Also included in the MPC are all office-based physicians:

    • Providing care for HC respondents receiving Medicaid.
    • Associated with a 75-percent sample of HC households receiving care through an HMO (health maintenance organization) or managed care plan.
    • Associated with a 25-percent sample of the remaining HC households.

Data are collected on medical and financial characteristics of medical and pharmacy events reported by HC respondents, including:

    • Diagnoses coded according to ICD-9-CM (9th Revision, International Classification of Diseases) and DSM-IV (Fourth Edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
    • Physician procedure codes classified by CPT-4 (Common Procedure Terminology, Version 4).
    • Inpatient stay codes classified by DRGs (diagnosis-related groups).
    • Prescriptions coded by national drug code (NDC), medication names, strength, and quantity dispensed.
    • Charges, payments, and the reasons for any difference between charges and payments.

The MPC is conducted through telephone interviews and mailed survey materials.

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3.0 Insurance Component

The MEPS IC collects data on health insurance plans obtained through employers, unions, and other sources of private health insurance. Data obtained in the IC include the number and types of private insurance plans offered, benefits associated with these plans, premiums, contributions by employers and employees, eligibility requirements, and employer characteristics.

Establishments participating in the MEPS IC are selected through four sampling frames:

    • A list of employers or other insurance providers identified by MEPS HC respondents who report having private health insurance at the Round 1 interview.
    • A Bureau of the Census list frame of private sector business establishments.
    • The Census of Governments from Bureau of the Census.
    • An Internal Revenue Service list of the self-employed.

To provide an integrated picture of health insurance, data collected from the first sampling frame (employers and insurance providers) are linked back to data provided by the MEPS HC respondents. Data from the other three sampling frames are collected to provide annual national and State estimates of the supply of private health insurance available to American workers and to evaluate policy issues pertaining to health insurance.

The MEPS IC is an annual panel survey. Data are collected from the selected organizations through a prescreening telephone interview, a mailed questionnaire, and a telephone followup for nonrespondents.

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4.0 Survey Management

MEPS data are collected under the authority of the Public Health Service Act. They are edited and published in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of this act and the Privacy Act. NCHS provides consultation and technical assistance.

As soon as data collection and editing are completed, the MEPS survey data are released to the public in staged releases of summary reports, microdata files, and compendiums of tables. Data are also released through MEPSnet, an online interactive tool developed to give users the ability to statistically analyze MEPS data in real time. Summary reports and compendiums of tables are released as printed documents and electronic files. Microdata files are released on CD-ROM and/or as electronic files.

Printed documents and selected public use file data on CD-ROMs are available through the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse. Write or call:

AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse
Attn: (publication number)
P.O. Box 8547
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800/358-9295
410/381-3150 (callers outside the United States only)
888/586-6340 (toll free TDD service; hearing impaired only)
Be sure to specify the AHRQ number of the document or CD-ROM you are requesting. Selected electronic files are available through the Internet on the MEPS Web site: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/

Additional information on MEPS is available from the MEPS project manager or the MEPS public use data manager at the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850 (301/427-1406).

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C. Technical and Programming Information

Section C of this document offers a brief overview of the data provided in MEPS public use release HC-025, as well as the content and structure of the codebook, reserved code values and variable name conventions. It is followed by Section D containing the Variable-Source Crosswalk, and Appendix 1 containing sample SAS program code. A copy of the survey instrument used to collect the information on this file is available on the MEPS web site: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov.

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1.0 General Information

The Jobs file provided in this release, MEPS HC-025, contains job level information collected in Rounds 3-5 for the second Panel and Rounds 1-3 for the third Panel of the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), as illustrated below.

301 Moved Permanently

301 Moved Permanently



It is being released as a research file and has not undergone the standard quality control procedures usually performed on MEPS public use data files. The file includes a total of 41,406 records, with each record representing a unique job for a person by round. For this file, only information for jobs starting on or before 12/31/1998 is presented. Information on jobs starting in 1999 will be contained in the 1999 MEPS Jobs file release.

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2.0 Data File Description

The unique record identifier is the variable JOBSIDX which is comprised of a person identifier (DUID + PID), a round identifier (RN), and a job number (JOBSN). A panel indicator (PANEL) is included on the files to distinguish Round 3 jobs held by Panel 2 persons from Round 3 jobs held by those in Panel 3.

Each job record contains original variables related to the employment section of the 1998 MEPS household survey. All persons aged 16 and older in the MEPS can report any number of jobs held within a round. Persons who held more than one job at the round’s interview date (a current job) were asked to identify the main job. This job was classified as the current main job and all other simultaneously held jobs were classified as miscellaneous. The MEPS also obtained some information on prior jobs held in the reference period and, for those persons not currently working and having no job in the reference period, some information on the last job the person held. Additionally, for those persons age 55 and older who indicated that they retired from a job, the MEPS obtained some job-level data on the retirement job. The variable SUBTYPE indicates the type of job record - current main, current miscellaneous, former main, former miscellaneous, last job outside reference period, or retirement job. It is important to note that the retirement job classification in the variable SUBTYPE is independent of the retirement response in the variable relating to the question why a person left a previous job (YLEFT). The MEPS asked for detailed information about any job classified as current main or current miscellaneous and basic information about any other job types. Refer to the questionnaire to see which information was asked for each job type.

The MEPS used dependent interviewing in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 for Panel 2 and in Rounds 2 and 3 for Panel 3. In these rounds, the MEPS asked persons who held current main and current miscellaneous jobs at the previous round interview date whether they were still working at these jobs (see section RJ in the employment section). If a person still held a current main job from the previous round, the MEPS asked whether the job was still the main job. Most persons reported that they still worked at the same job and it was still their main job. If job status remained the same, the MEPS asked only a subset of the employment questions. Because the MEPS asked only this subset of questions if job status for a person did not change in later rounds, many job level variables on the subsequent round job records are coded as inapplicable; the complete information is on the jobs record for the job in a previous round. Thus it is important to determine whether a job in a subsequent round continues from the previous round when working with the job records. In rounds where this applies, the variables STILLAT (for jobs that were current main in the previous round) and STILLWRK (for jobs that were current miscellaneous in the previous round) indicate whether a person still holds the job at the subsequent round interview date. The variable SUBTYPE on the subsequent round job record indicates whether the job is main or miscellaneous in that subsequent round. Note that if a Panel 2 Round 3-5 job is continued from a Round 1 or 2 job, much of the information will be contained in the 1997 MEPS Jobs file (HC-019). Use that file to obtain the desired job characteristics. A sample SAS program showing how to do this is provided in Appendix 1. Variables that relate only to the review of a job reported in a previous round (Y_CHANGE, OFFTAKEI, NOWTAKEI, WHY_LEFT, STILLAT, STILLWRK, DIFFWAGE, WHY_DIFF, WORKSTAT, and SHFTCHNG) were not asked in Round 1 and these variables are coded as inapplicable.

There are two variables on the file which, while skipped over as inapplicable during the actual interview process in rounds subsequent to the one in which the job was initially reported, have their original value carried forward on the database from round to round. The variables are MORELOC and NUMEMPS. This treatment is due to special internal processing needs. Unlike the situation for many other variables, as explained above, values other than inapplicable for MORELOC and NUMEMPS do not necessarily mean that a job is newly reported, as they may be carried forward from an earlier round.

In the review section (RJ), the MEPS attempted to obtain information regarding changes in wages for the same job from round to round; however in many cases, but not all, wage changes of less than $.50 per hour on the same job were not recorded. This caution applies only to individual jobs that did not change. For every new job reported for a person, the MEPS attempted to obtain up-to-date wage information.

For reasons of confidentiality, the hourly wage variable (HRLYWAGE) was topcoded. A value of -10 indicates that the hourly wage rate was greater than or equal to $76.00. Additionally, the value of any other earnings on a job (BONSAMT, COMMAMT, TIPSAMT, DAYWAGE, WKLYAMT, GROSSPAY, MAKEAMT, OTHRWAGE) with a calculated hourly wage greater than or equal to $76.00 was also capped. To calculate the hourly wage for these other types of compensation, the number of hours per week worked and in some cases the number of weeks worked were used in conjunction with the various amounts. (These calculated hourly wages do not appear on the file.) Compensation variables were not reconciled with income data collected elsewhere in the MEPS. Additionally, for confidentiality, establishment size variables (NUMEMPS - jobs held by wage earners, ESTMATE1 - estimate of establishment size for jobs held by wage earners, and TOTLEMP - self-employed jobs) were topcoded as -10 for sizes greater than or equal to 10,000.

Due to many skip patterns in the instrument, it is recommended that users of these data become familiar with the employment section in the MEPS questionnaire. To aid users, a crosswalk between variables and MEPS questionnaire numbers is provided in this release. The following examples of variables involved in skip patterns are presented to be illustrative; these examples do not represent the full range of variables affected by questionnaire skip patterns. In one example of a skip pattern, the MEPS did not obtain job-related benefits such as vacation, sick leave and pension information for self-employed jobs, so those variables are coded as inapplicable (-1) for those types of jobs. Nor did the MEPS attempt to obtain wage, salary, and information regarding whether the job was in the private sector, federal or local government (TYPEEMPL) for the self-employed. So again, due to the skip pattern, TYPEEMPL is coded as inapplicable for self-employed jobs. Conversely, the questions relating to business organization type (BUSINC, PROPRIET) were asked only of the self-employed, so the skip pattern results in those variables being coded inapplicable for jobs performed by wage earners.

It is important to note that the establishment size variable for the self-employed is TOTLEMP while the establishment size for wage earners can be found in NUMEMPS and ESTMATE1. The variable ESTMATE1 is derived from a question that allowed wage earners who did not know the actual establishment size (NUMEMPS) to choose from a number of size ranges. Industry codes (INDTCODX) and occupation codes (OCCPCODX) were coded by professional coders from verbatim responses.

This file does not include any weights. To make person level estimates, link to any of the 1998 files and use the person level weight for the appropriate panel. The link should be made through the variable DUPERSID. Note that not all persons in the MEPS have positive weights.

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2.1 Codebook Structure

For each variable on the file, an unweighted frequency is provided in the codebook, file H25CB.PDF, on the MEPS web site: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov.

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2.2 Reserved Codes

The following reserved code values are used:

Value  Definition

-1         INAPPLICABLE Question was not asked due to skip pattern.

-7         REFUSED Question was asked and respondent refused to answer question.

-8         DK Question was asked and respondent did not know answer.

-9         NOT ASCERTAINED Interviewer did not record the data.

-10       TOP-CODED VALUE Value was top-coded for confidentiality, as described above.

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2.3 Codebook Format

The codebook describes an ASCII data set (although the data are also being provided in a SAS transport file.) The following codebook items are provided for each variable:

IDENTIFIER  DESCRIPTION
Name  Variable name (maximum of 8 characters)
Description  Variable descriptor (maximum 40 characters)
Format  Number of bytes
Type  Type of data: numeric (indicated by NUM) or character (indicated by CHAR)
Start  Beginning column position of variable in record
End  Ending column position of variable in record

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2.4 Variable Source and Naming Conventions

In general, variable names reflect the content of the variable, with an 8-character limitation.

Variables contained on this file were derived from the questionnaire itself or from the CAPI. The source of each variable is identified in Section D, "Variable - Source Crosswalk". Sources for each variable are indicated in one of two ways:

1. variables which are derived from CAPI or assigned in sampling are so indicated as "CAPI derived" or "Assigned in sampling," respectively;

2. variables which come from one or more specific questions have those questionnaire sections and question numbers indicated in the "Source" column.

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D. Variable Source Crosswalk

FOR MEPS PUBLIC USE RELEASE HC-025

SURVEY ADMINISTRATION VARIABLES B PUBLIC USE

VARIABLE

LABEL

SOURCE

JOBSIDX

JOB ID Number

CAPI Derived

DUPERSID

Sample Person ID (DUID+PID)

Assigned in Sampling

PANEL

Panel

Assigned in Sampling

DUID

Dwelling Unit ID

Assigned in Sampling

PID

Person Number

Assigned in Sampling

RN

Round

CAPI Derived

JOBSN

JOB Number

CAPI Derived

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EMPLOYMENT VARIABLES B PUBLIC USE

VARIABLE

LABEL

SOURCE

JOBTYPE

Self-Employed or Work for Someone Else

EM05, EM11, EM18, EM27, EM40, EM53, EM70, EM82

JSTRTM

Job Start Date B Month

EM10OV1-2, EM16OV1-2, EM25OV1-2, EM34OV1-2, EM47OV1, EM60OV1-2

JSTRTD

Job Start Date B Day

EM10OV1, EM16OV1, EM25OV1, EM34OV1, EM47OV1, EM60OV1

JSTRTY

Job Start Date B Year

EM10, EM16, EM25, EM34, EM47, EM60

JSTOPM

Job Stop Date - Month

EM35OV1-2, EM48OV1-2, EM61OV1-2, EM66OV1-2, EM89OV1-2, RJ09

JSTOPD

Job Stop Date B Day

EMJ35OV1, EM48OV1, EM61OV1, EM89OV1, EM66OV1, RJ09

JSTOPY

Job Stop Date B Year

EM35, EM48, EM61, EM66, EM89, RJ09

RETIRJOB

Person Retired From This Job

EM80

SUBTYPE

Job Sub-Type

EM08, EM14, RJ01, RJ01A

MAIN_JOB

Still Main Job or Business

RJ01A

DIFFWAGE

Any Change in Wage Amount

RJ02

WHY_DIFF

Why Wages Changed

RJ03

WORKSTAT

Full or Part Time

RJ04

Y_CHANGE

Why Change in Full/Part Time Status

RJ05

STILLWRK

Still Work at Estab/Misc job

RJ01A, RJ06

OFFTAKEI

Offered Insurance and Now Take

RJ07

NOWTAKEI

Now Offered and Take Insurance

RJ08, RJ08A

WHY_LEFT

Reason Why Not at Job Now

RJ10

NUMEMPS

Employees Per Week

EM91

ESTIMATE1

Total Employees

EM92

MORELOC

More Than One Location

EM93

BUSINC

Business Incorporated

EM94

PROPRIET

Proprietorship or Partnership

EM95

TYPEEMPL

Employee Type

EM96

YLEFT

No Job Reason

EM101

YNOBUSN

Why No Business

EM102

RECALL

Recall Within 30 Days

EM103

HRSPRWK

Number of Hours Per Week

EM104, EM111

HRS35WK

Work 35 Hours

EM105

APXHRDAY

Approximate # of Hours Worked Per Day

EM106

SICKPAY

Does Person Have Paid Sick Leave

EM107

PAYDRVST

Is There Paid Sick Leave for Dr’s Visits

EM108

PAYVACTN

Does Person Get Paid Vacation

EM109

RETIRPLN

Does Person Have Pension/Retirement Plan

EM110

WKLYAMT

Usual Weekly Gross Income

EM112

EMPLINS

Have Health Insurance Through This Job

EM113

OFFRDINS

Offered Insurance But Chose Not to Take

EM114

DIFFPLNS

Choice of Different Health Ins Plans

EM115

INUNION

Belong to Labor Union

EM116

PROVDINS

Who Provides Health Insurance

EM117

HHMEMBER

Any Other HH Member Work at This Business

EM122

NUMFMEMB

How Many HH Members Work There

EM123

TOTLEMP

Total Number of Employees at That Business

EM124, RJ08B

SALARIED

Is Person Salaried, Paid by the Hour, etc.

EW01

HOWPAID

How Is Person Paid

EW02

DAYWAGE

Person’s Daily Wage Rate

EW03

HRSPRDY

Number of Hours Person Worked in One Day

EW04

MAKEAMT

How Much Money Does Person Make

EW05

PERUNIT

Period for Which Person is Paid

EW050V1

MORE10

Person Makes More or Less than $10/Hour

EW08, EW14, EW20

MORE15

Person Makes More or Less than $15/Hour

EW09, EW15, EW21

MOREMINM

Person Makes More or Less than Min. Wage

EW10, EW16, EW22

OVRTIMHR

Overtime Pay Rate Per Hour

EW06

GROSSPAY

Person’s Salary Before Takes (Gross)

EW11

GROSSPER

Period in Which Gross Salary was Earned

EW11OV1

SALRYWKS

Number of Weeks Per Year Salary is Based

EW12

OTHRTYPE

Type of Overtime Pay

EW19

EARNTIPS

Does Person Earn Tips

EW23_01

EARNBONS

Does Person Earn Bonuses

EW23_02

EARNCOMM

Does Person Earn Commission

EW23_03

OTHRWAGE

Overtime Pay Rate Per Hour

EW19OV1

TIPSUNIT

Period Which Tip Earnings are Based on

EW24AOV1

TIPSAMT

How Much Are Person’s Tips

EW24A

BONSUNIT

Period Which Bonuses are Based on

EW24BOV1

BONSAMT

How Much Are Person’s Bonuses

EW24B

COMMUNIT

Period Which Commissions are Based on

EW24COV1

COMMAMT

How Much Are Person’s Commissions

EW24C

HRLYWAGE

How Much Person Makes/Hr

EW07, EW13, EW18

JBEGHR

Job Begin Hour of Day

EM105A, EM111A

JENDHR

Job End Hour of Day

EM105OV, EM111AOV

JBEGMIN

Job Begin Minutes

EM105A, EM111A

JENDMIN

Job End Minutes

EM105OV, EM111AOV

JBEGAMPM

Job Begin AM/PM

EM105A, EM111A

JENDAMPM

Job End AM/PM

EM105OV, EM111AOV

SHIFTWK

Work Rotating Shifts

EM105B, EM111B

JOBHASHI

Does Person Have Health Ins at This Job

EM17, EM26, EM39, EM52, EM69, EM81

STILLAT

Still Work at Estab/Main job

RJ01, RJ01A

SHFTCHNG

Has a Change in Shift Occurred

RJ05A

HRSALBAS

Hours Salary Based On

EW17

INDTCODX

Industry Code

EM98

OCCPCODX

Occupation Code

EM99, EM100

Appendix 1: Sample SAS Program (link to separate file)


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