IPUMS CPS: descr: UH_OCC

IPUMS CPS

November 2025 monthly data are now available via IPUMS CPS. Note that October data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.

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UH_OCC_B3

Occupation of job last week, 1992-2002

Codes

UH_OCC_B3 is a 4-digit numeric variable.
Codes found here.

Description

Occupation of job last week - 1992-2002

These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:

blank => -999 : Missing

UH_OCC_B3 is comparable across all available samples.

1992-1993: Those in the labor force.
1994-2002: Those who were employed or on layoff last week or unemployed/looking and ever worked or retired and worked within last 12 months or disabled and worked within last 12 months or otherwise not in the labor force and worked within last 12 months.

Years	Jan	Feb	ASEC	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992 – 2002	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X