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- Availability
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- Questionnaire Text
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Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
ASEC
24 |
ASEC
23 |
ASEC
22 |
ASEC
21 |
ASEC
20 |
ASEC
19 |
ASEC
18 |
ASEC
17 |
ASEC
16 |
ASEC
15 |
ASEC
14 |
ASEC
13 |
ASEC
12 |
ASEC
11 |
ASEC
10 |
ASEC
09 |
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00 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
10 | Self-employed | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
13 | Self-employed, not incorporated | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
14 | Self-employed, incorporated | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
20 | Works for wages or salary | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
22 | Wage/salary, private | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
24 | Wage/salary, government | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
25 | Federal government employee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
27 | State government employee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
28 | Local government employee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
29 | Unpaid family worker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
99 | Missing/Unknown | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
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Description
CLASSWLY specifies whether a person who worked during the previous calendar year was self-employed, an employee in private industry or the public sector, in the armed forces, or worked without pay in a family business or farm. Respondents were classified by the job that they held for the longest time during the previous year. More specific information about an individual's job during this period is given in OCCLY, OCC50LY, INDLY, and IND50LY.
CLASSWKR relates to the respondent's job during the previous week, rather than the previous year. CLASSWKR also reports the most recent job for respondents who were not employed in the week prior to the survey.
Comparability
Along with universe shifts, the degree of detail included in CLASSWLY changes over time. Information is consistently available on five main classifications: self-employed, wage or salary worker in private industry, government employee, member of the armed forces, and unpaid worker in a family business. Beginning in 1988, the self-employed category distinguishes between those in incorporated and non-incorporated businesses, and the government category specifies whether the employer was the federal, state, or local government.
Universe
- 1962-1967: Civilians age 14+ coded as "match" on the FEBMAR variable and who worked last year (pre-1968 samples do not include persons under age 14).
- 1968-1979: Civilians age 14+ who worked last year.
- 1980-1987: Civilians age 15+ who worked last year.
- 1988+: Persons age 15+ who worked last year.
Availability
Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 – 2024 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Flags
QCLASSWLQuestionnaire Text
ASEC 2024 | ASEC 2020 | ASEC 2016 | ASEC 2012 |
ASEC 2023 | ASEC 2019 | ASEC 2015 | ASEC 2011 |
ASEC 2022 | ASEC 2018 | ASEC 2014 | ASEC 2010 |
ASEC 2021 | ASEC 2017 | ASEC 2013 | ASEC 2009 |
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ STATE
GOVERNMENT/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN
FAMILY BUS./ SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/ SELF EMPLOYED--
UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
(Were/Was) (you/he/she) employed by government, by a PRIVATE company, a
nonprofit organization, or (was/were) (you/he/she) self-employed or working in a
family business?
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/STATE GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
2 Different job
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
Was it:
(IO1NAM:) (name of employer)
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/STATE
GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
2 Different job
2 Private for profit company
3 Non profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self employed
5 Working in family business
(IO1NAM:) (name of employer)
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/STATE GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/SELF EMPLOYED-- UNINCORPORATED)
1 Same as listed
2 Different job
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
(2) Different job
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/STATE GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
(2) Different job
Was it:
(IO1IND:) (kind of business or industry)
(IO1OCC:) (occupation)
(IO1DT:) (duties)
CLASS OF WORKER: (PRIVATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/STATE GOVERNMENT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT/WORKING WITHOUT PAY IN FAMILY BUS./SELF EMPLOYED--INCORPORATED/SELF EMPLOYED--UNINCORPORATED)
(2) Different job