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CWTEMPEV
Ever worked as a temporary worker for current employer
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
CWTEMPEV indicates whether respondents who did not report doing temporary work, contacting, consulting, free-lance, day labor, or on-call work (CWTEMP, CWCONTRACT, CWCONTRACTIC, CWDAYLAB, CWONCALL) have ever done those types of work for their current employer.
This variable is part of the Contingent Work Supplement.
Universe
- 1995-1999: Civilians age 16+ who were employed, but not self-employed, were not in temporary jobs, not paid by a temporary help agency, and in the past week were not on-call, not day laborers, not doing independent contract work, and did not work for a company that contracts out the respondent or their services.
- 2001-2005: Civilians in month-in-sample 1-3 or 5-7 age 16+ who were employed, but not self-employed, were not in temporary jobs, not paid by a temporary help agency, and in the past week were not on-call, not day laborers, not doing independent contract work, and did not work for a company that contracts out the respondent or their services.
- 2017: Civilians age 16+ who were employed, but not self-employed, were not in temporary jobs, not paid by a temporary help agency, and in the past week were not on-call, not day laborers, not doing independent contract work, and did not work for a company that contracts out the respondent or their services.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
