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An "X" indicates the variable is available for the listed sample.
Technical Variables -- PERSON [top] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variable
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Variable Label
|
Type |
Aug 25 |
Jul 25 |
Jun 25 |
May 25 |
Apr 25 |
ASEC 25 |
Mar 25 |
Feb 25 |
Jan 25 |
Dec 24 |
Nov 24 |
Oct 24 |
Sep 24 |
Aug 24 |
Jul 24 |
Jun 24 |
May 24 |
Apr 24 |
ASEC 24 |
Mar 24 |
Feb 24 |
Jan 24 |
Dec 23 |
Nov 23 |
Oct 23 |
Sep 23 |
Aug 23 |
Jul 23 |
Jun 23 |
May 23 |
Apr 23 |
ASEC 23 |
Mar 23 |
Feb 23 |
Jan 23 |
Dec 22 |
Nov 22 |
Oct 22 |
Sep 22 |
Aug 22 |
Jul 22 |
Jun 22 |
May 22 |
Apr 22 |
ASEC 22 |
Mar 22 |
Feb 22 |
Jan 22 |
ASEC 20 |
ASEC 19 |
Variable
|
ASEC 18 |
ASEC 17 |
ASEC 16 |
ASEC 15 |
ASEC 14 |
ASEC 13 |
ASEC 12 |
ASEC 11 |
ASEC 10 |
ASEC 09 |
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PERNUM | Person number in sample unit [preselected] | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | PERNUM | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
WTFINL | Final Basic Weight [preselected] | P | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | WTFINL | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
ASECWT | Annual Social and Economic Supplement Weight [preselected] | P | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | X | X | ASECWT | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
ASECWTCVD | ASEC weight adjusted for pandemic-related nonresponse. | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | X | ASECWTCVD | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
REPORTYR | Reported survey year | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | REPORTYR | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
ROTATE | Rotation group, person level | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ROTATE | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
FEBMAR | February-March match | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | FEBMAR | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
SDAWT | Supplement Weight | P | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | X | X | SDAWT | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
ASECWT04 | Person weight 2004 | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ASECWT04 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
EARNWT | Earnings weight | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | EARNWT | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
LINENO | Line number on original form | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | LINENO | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
REPWTP | Person replicate weights [multiple variables] | P | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | X | X | REPWTP | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
WTVET | Veterans weight | P | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | WTVET | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
LFPROXY | Labor force information collected by self or proxy response | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | LFPROXY | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
COMPWT | Composite Weight for replicating BLS labor force estimates | P | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | COMPWT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
LNKFW1MWT | Longitudinal weight for two adjacent months (BMS only) | P | . | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | LNKFW1MWT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
LNKFW1YWT | Longitudinal weight for two adjacent years | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | LNKFW1YWT | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
LNKFW8WT | Longitudinal weight for a full 8-month panel (BMS only) | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | LNKFW8WT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
LNKFWMIS45WT | Longitudinal weight for linking across the 8-month survey break (MISH 4 to MISH 5) (BMS only) | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | LNKFWMIS45WT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
LNKFWMIS14WT | Longitudinal weight for a the first four months of the panel rotation (MISH 1-4) (BMS only) | P | . | . | . | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | LNKFWMIS14WT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
Variable
|
Variable Label
|
Type |
Aug 25 |
Jul 25 |
Jun 25 |
May 25 |
Apr 25 |
ASEC 25 |
Mar 25 |
Feb 25 |
Jan 25 |
Dec 24 |
Nov 24 |
Oct 24 |
Sep 24 |
Aug 24 |
Jul 24 |
Jun 24 |
May 24 |
Apr 24 |
ASEC 24 |
Mar 24 |
Feb 24 |
Jan 24 |
Dec 23 |
Nov 23 |
Oct 23 |
Sep 23 |
Aug 23 |
Jul 23 |
Jun 23 |
May 23 |
Apr 23 |
ASEC 23 |
Mar 23 |
Feb 23 |
Jan 23 |
Dec 22 |
Nov 22 |
Oct 22 |
Sep 22 |
Aug 22 |
Jul 22 |
Jun 22 |
May 22 |
Apr 22 |
ASEC 22 |
Mar 22 |
Feb 22 |
Jan 22 |
ASEC 20 |
ASEC 19 |
Variable
|
ASEC 18 |
ASEC 17 |
ASEC 16 |
ASEC 15 |
ASEC 14 |
ASEC 13 |
ASEC 12 |
ASEC 11 |
ASEC 10 |
ASEC 09 |
|
LNKFWMIS58WT | Longitudinal weight for a the second four months of the panel rotation (MISH 5-8) (BMS only) | P | . | . | . | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | LNKFWMIS58WT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
PANLWT | Month-to-month panel weight | P | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | . | . | PANLWT | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
FAMID | Unique Family Identifier | P | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | X | X | FAMID | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
ASECFWT | ASEC Family weight | P | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | . | . | X | X | ASECFWT | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |