The July 2026 monthly data are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
DICJDIFF
Facing challenges making current job difficult to perform
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For adults age 16 to 75 who are currently employed (EMPSTAT), DICJDIFF states whether the respondent is facing challenges making it more difficult for them to perform their current job.
This variable is part of the Disability Supplement.
Related Variables
Respondents who answered that they faced challenges making it difficult for them to do their current job were then asked follow-up questions to specify which challenge(s) they face, as denoted in the following variables:
- DICJDIFFHEALTH: health condition or difficulty
- DICJDIFFEDUC: limited education or training
- DICJDIFFGAP: gap in work history
- DICJDIFFWEB: inaccessible websites
- DICJDIFFTRANS: lack of transportation
- DICJDIFFKIDCP: lack of child care
- DICJDIFFSERV: lack of in-home care services
- DICJDIFFWELFR: loss of public assistance
- DICJDIFFATT: employer and co-worker attitudes
- DICJDIFFDISC: discrimination
- DICJDIFFOT: other
Universe
- Adults age 16 to 75 who are currently employed (EMPSTAT).
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
