LIS - Japan 2008 : person file Codebook generated: 2015-09-26 DATASET NOTES: 1. [jp08] Flow variables : Scope limitation -- all income variables are available only for head and spouse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 14575 1 4022 1956.44 1144.14 pid person identifier 14575 1 10 2.66 1.55 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 14575 245 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 14575 "jp08" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 14575 "Japan" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 14575 "jp" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 14575 2008 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14575 7 Wave VII ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 14575 0.69 0.69 0.69 0 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 14575 8761.87 8761.87 8761.87 0 hhmem household member (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14575 1 household member ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4022 1000 head 2898 2100 spouse 4072 3100 own child (incl adopted) 3 4100 other relative 230 4110 spouse/partner of child 418 4120 grandchild or greatgrandchild (incl in-laws) 1845 4131 parent/grandparent/ascenda nt 312 4132 parent/grandparent/ascenda nt-in-law 702 4140 siblings (incl in-laws) 50 4200 other non-relative 23 . partner partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2416 100 has partner 5796 110 living with partner 6212 200 does not have partner 151 . parents living with parents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 309 110 living with one parent 3763 120 living with two parents 10503 . children living with own children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 34 100 living with own children 968 110 living with own children aged 0-5 777 120 living with own children 6-12 522 130 living with own children 13-17 2082 140 living with own children 18+ 2537 200 not living with own children 7655 . nchildren number of own children living in household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2537 0 not living with own children 1744 1 living with 1 own child 1950 2 living with 2 own children 593 3 living with 3 own children 80 4 living with 4 own children 10 5 living with 5 own children 2 6 living with 6 own children 2 7 living with 7 own children 2 8 living with 8 own children 7655 . Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ageyoch age of youngest own child living in household 4349 0 66 18.53 13.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- age age in years 14422 0 107 41.62 22.59 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7203 1 male 7347 2 female 25 . marital marital status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 8201 100 married/in union 6212 200 not married/not in union 162 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMIGRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ disabl_c member of the family needs nursing care -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 31 1 head of household needs nursing care 44 2 spouse of head needs nursing care 60 3 father of head needs nursing care 144 4 mother of head needs nursing care 13 5 grandfather of head needs nursing care 46 6 grandmother of head needs nursing care 6 7 sibling of head needs nursing care 26 8 other relative of head needs nursing care 10 9 other non-relative of head needs nursing care 14195 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: answered only by the head of household. illness_c chronic physical illness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 5176 0 does not have chronic physical illness 1686 1 has chronic physical illness 7713 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. health_c subjective health condition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1909 1 good 1550 2 fairly good 2579 3 sometimes good, sometimes bad 698 4 fairly bad 143 5 bad 7696 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ educ highest completed education level (3-category recode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 720 1 low 3162 2 medium 2556 3 high 370 9 indistinguishable 7767 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. 2. [jp08] Mixed categories: code 9 (indistinguishable) refers to other types of schools completed/attended. educ_c highest level of education completed/attended -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2185 0 still in education 706 11 Completed Junior High School (prewar elementary school/higher elementary school) 14 12 Attended Junior High School (prewar elementary school/higher elementary school) 3025 21 Completed High School (prewar junior high school/girl's high school) 122 22 Attended High School (prewar junior high school/girl's high school) 925 31 Completed Junior College or a specialized school (prewar high school/business college/normal school) 15 32 Attended Junior College or a specialized school (prewar high school/business college/normal school) 1452 41 Completed Four-year university (prewar university) 67 42 Attended Four-year university (prewar university) 106 51 Completed Graduate School 6 52 Attended Graduate School 352 61 Completed other school 18 62 Attended other school 5582 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: highest level of education completed/attended available only for head and spouse. enroll currently enrolled in education -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2314 100 currently enrolled 9961 200 currently not enrolled 2300 . enrlev_c level of education currently attending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 9961 0 not currently attending 834 1 Elementry school 455 2 Junior High School (elementry school/higher elementry school 376 3 High School (junior high school/girl's high school) 38 4 Junior College or a specialized school (high school/business college/normal school) 405 5 Four-year university 32 6 Graduate School 92 7 other school 2382 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3883 0 not employed 7789 1 employed 2903 . mainemp mainly employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2219 0 not mainly employed 4570 1 mainly employed 7786 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. unemp unemployed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6738 0 not unemployed 151 1 unemployed 7686 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. clfs current labour force status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3108 100 ILO employed 4575 110 employed, at work 106 120 employed, not at work 1676 200 not employed 151 212 other unemployed 2010 220 not in labour force 46 222 in education 2903 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Definitional deviation: refers to the labour force status during last month. umas usual activity status in income reference period -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4570 100 usually employed 2219 200 not mainly employed 7786 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. 2. [jp08] Definitional deviation: those who worked less than 6 months in previous year are considered as not mainly employed. empwant employment situation desired -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 19 100 working, wants different employment situation 246 110 working, wants more hours 80 120 working, wants fewer hours 177 140 working, wants different employment conditions other than hours 148 150 wants to stop working 151 210 unemployed 3840 300 working, does not want different employment situation 2056 400 inactive, does not want to work 7858 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for employed head and spouse. 2. [jp08] Mixed categories: 400 "inactive, does not want to work" includes as well inactives that would like to work, since the question about willingness to work was not asked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: hours: 1. [jp08] Definitional deviation: refers to main job only. 2. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for employed head and spouse. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours weekly hours worked, any information 4329 1 99 39.41 18.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 5661 110 regular employee 336 120 non regular employee 144 121 temporary or occasional worker 950 200 self-employed 389 240 contributing family worker 7095 . inda1 industry (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1005 1 agriculture 2891 2 industry 591 3 services 94 9 indistinguishable 9994 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Mixed categories: Code 9 includes not elsewhere classified types of industry. 2. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. indb1 industry (9-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 149 1 agriculture, forestry and fishing 856 2 mining and quarrying; manufacturing; utilities 389 3 construction 962 4 wholesale and retail trade, repair; hotels and restaurants 322 5 transport, storage and communications 161 6 financial intermediation 158 7 real estate, renting and business activities 899 8 public administration; education; health and social work 591 9 other community, social/personal services; activities of households; extra-territorial 94 90 indistinguishable 9994 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Mixed categories: Code 90 includes not elsewhere classified types of industry. 2. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. indc1 industry (17-category ISIC 3.1 recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 126 1 A-agriculture, hunting and forestry 23 2 B-fishing 16 3 C-mining and quarrying 755 4 D-manufacturing 85 5 E-electricity, gas and water supply 389 6 F-construction 680 7 G-wholesale and retail trade; repair 282 8 H-hotels and restaurants 322 9 I-transport, storage and communications 161 10 J-financial intermediation 158 11 K-real estate, renting and business activities 217 12 L-public administration and defence; compulsory social security 239 13 M-education 443 14 N-health and social work 591 15 O-other community, social and personal service activities 94 90 indistinguishable 9994 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Mixed categories: code 2 also includes forestry (which in fact belongs to code 1). Code 90 includes not elsewhere classified types of industry. 2. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. ind1_c industry for job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 126 1 agriculture 23 2 fishery/forestry/marine products industry 16 3 mining industry 389 4 construction industry 755 5 manufacturing industry (including publication and print) 680 6 wholesale/retail trade (including a departmental store, supermarket) 282 7 hospitality/hotel industry 161 8 finance/insurance industry 82 9 real estate industry 229 10 transportation industry 76 11 information/research service industry 93 12 communications and information industry other than information/research industry (including telephone and other communications, broadcasting station, and internet service) 85 13 electricity/gas/waterservice /heat supply industry 443 14 health and social care industry 239 15 education/learning industry 591 16 other service sector 217 17 government affairs 94 18 other 9994 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. sector1 sector of employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3777 110 for profit 433 120 not for profit 342 200 public sector 10023 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. nemp1_c number of employees in the firm, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 983 1 1-4 employees 938 2 5-29 employees 637 3 30-99 employees 773 4 100-499 employees 955 5 500 employees or more 10289 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. occ1_c ccupation for job1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 132 1 agriculture, forestry, fisheries 2 2 mine worker 643 3 sales worker (a retail storekeeper, storkeeper, sales clerk, salesperson, real estate broker) 733 4 service worker (beautician, barber, employee in a restaurant or hotel, dustman 224 5 administrator (congressman in the national or local government, manager whose position is higher than the chief in a company/group/government office) 785 6 office worker (general officer, accountancy, operator, sales officer) 200 7 transportation and communication worker (railroad worker, car driver, ship driver, pilot, conductor, cabel operator, broadcasting and radio communication worker 819 8 manufacturing/construction/se curity/moving worker 90 9 information processing engineer (such as system engineer and programmer 736 10 professional or technological worker (such as researcher/engineer in a company, healthcare worker, legal affairs worker, teacher or artist, excluding information processing engineer) 70 11 preservation and guards worker (such as member of self-defense force, police officer, firefighter, guard) 86 12 other 10055 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. superv1 level of supervisory influence over others, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 866 100 supervises 2547 200 does not supervise 11162 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse who are working in a company or a group. perm1 permanent employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2727 100 permanent employment 572 200 not permanent employment 11276 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse who are working in a company or a group. ptime1 part-time employment (dummy), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3000 0 full-time 1329 1 part-time 10246 . NOTES: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours1 weekly hours worked, job 1 4329 1 99 39.41 18.71 ten5yr1 job tenure 5+ years (dummy), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1378 0 no job tenure 5+ years 2998 1 job tenure 5+ years 10199 . NOTES: tenyr1: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. gross1: 1. [jp08] Scope limitation: available only for head and spouse. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tenyr1 job tenure in years, job 1 4376 0 67 13.96 12.68 gross1 gross hourly wage, job 1 4002 48.1 164962.1 1886.82 3449.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pmitsilo: 1. [jp08] Mixed categories: includes also personal pensions. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pi total income, person 6920 0 92070000 2800000 3600000 pmi total income, person, monetary 6920 0 92070000 2800000 3600000 pil labour income, person 6920 0 92070000 2300000 3300000 pmil labour income, person, monetary 6920 0 92070000 2300000 3300000 pile paid employment income, person 6920 0 92070000 2e+06 3200000 pmile paid employment income, person, monetary 6920 0 92070000 2e+06 3200000 pils self-employment income, person 6920 0 3.1e+07 255212 1400000 pmils self-employment income, person, monetary 6920 0 3.1e+07 255212 1400000 pic capital income, person 6920 0 21700000 93007.2 758832 pmic capital income, person, monetary 6920 0 21700000 93007.2 758832 pit transfer income, person 6920 0 3.5e+07 412893 998726 pmit transfer income, person, monetary 6920 0 3.5e+07 412893 998726 pits social security transfers, person 6920 0 7680000 403679 906884 pmits social security transfers, person, monetary 6920 0 7680000 403679 906884 pitsilo occupational pensions, person 6920 0 4620000 51346.8 289776 pmitsilo occupational pensions, person, monetary 6920 0 4620000 51346.8 289776 pitsis short-term insurance transfers, person 6920 0 3e+06 5416.18 73252.2 pmitsis short-term insurance transfers, person, monetary 6920 0 3e+06 5416.18 73252.2 pitp private transfers, person 6920 0 3.5e+07 9213.87 425409 pmitp private transfers, person, monetary 6920 0 3.5e+07 9213.87 425409 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAJOR AGGREGATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ppension individual total pension income 6920 0 7680000 398263 905752 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ currency currency units -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14575 392 JPY - Yen Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deflator deflation factor 14575 1 1 1 0 grossnet gross/net income information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14575 120 gross, taxes and contributions imputed