Monthly CPS data are not currently being released amidst the U.S. federal government shut down. Once the September 2025 monthly data are available, we will process and release them as quickly as possible via IPUMS.
Codes
This is a 5-digit numeric variable.
Description
Household ID (part 2) - 2004_05-2009
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
Matching (source May 2004 BLS data layout) - To match before May 2004, use hhid. To match forward in time from this point, concatenate hhid with hhid2. hhid2 is itself a concatenation of sampid, serial, and hhnum. hhid2 can be broken down as follows: columns 1-2 Numeric component of the sample number (HRSAMPLE/Unicon name sampid) columns 3-4 Serial suffix-converted to numerics (HRSERSUF/Unicon name serial) column 5 Household number (HUHHNUM/Unicon name hhnum)
Universe
- All households.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 2005 – 2009 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
