LWS - United States 1998 : person file Codebook generated: 2016-06-24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 53390 1 4327 2145.56 1246.74 pid person identifier 53390 1 9 2.12 1.26 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 225 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 "us98" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 "United States" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 "us" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 1998 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 53390 5 Wave V ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 53390 0 2.7 0.94 0.65 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 53390 4.2 66552.23 23113.7 16149 inum implicate number 53390 1 5 3 1.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 21525 1000 head 12790 2100 spouse 1190 2200 cohabiting partner 16415 3000 child 150 4100 other relative 500 4120 grandchild or greatgrandchild (incl in-laws) 360 4130 parent/grandparent/ascenda nt (incl in-laws) 145 4140 siblings (incl in-laws) 65 4160 nephew/niece 215 4200 other non-relative 35 4210 housemate/roommate partner partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 350 100 has partner 27960 110 living with partner 80 120 not living with partner 25000 200 does not have partner parents living with parents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2785 110 living with one parent 13630 120 living with two parents 36975 . children living with own children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6020 110 living with own children aged 0-5 4235 120 living with own children 6-12 2945 130 living with own children 13-17 2190 140 living with own children 18+ 20115 200 not living with own children 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Mixed categories: code 110 refers to youngest own child living in the household who is 0-6 years old. Code 120 refers to youngest own child living in the household who is 7-12 years old. nchildren number of own children living in household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20115 0 not living with own children 5845 1 living with 1 own child 5865 2 living with 2 own children 2680 3 living with 3 own children 670 4 living with 4 own children 265 5 living with 5 own children 30 6 living with 6 own children 35 7 living with 7 own children 17885 . NOTES: ageyoch: 1. [us98] Mixed categories: interval data for (ageyoch <=3), (ageyoch > 3 & ageyoch <=6), (ageyoch > 6 & ageyoch <=12), (ageyoch > 12 & ageyoch <=17), and (ageyoch > 17 & ageyoch <=25); values in this variable refer to the upper boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ageyoch age of youngest own child living in household 15390 1 55 9.93 7.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- age age in years 53390 1 95 36.73 22.37 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 26055 1 male 27335 2 female marital marital status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 25940 110 married 2445 120 in consensual union 5465 210 never married/not in union 755 221 separated 2460 222 divorced 1850 223 widowed 14475 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMIGRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ethnic_c race/ethnicity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 17490 1 white (include middle eastern/arab with white); caucasian 2069 2 black/african-american 1253 3 hispanic/latino 713 4 other: asian, american indian/alaska native, native hawaiian/pacific islander 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for one person in the household, either respondent or spouse/partner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ disabled disabled (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 34300 0 not disabled 1205 1 disabled 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. 2. [us98] Mixed categories: category disabled includes those who are on sick or maternity leave. disabl_c disability status (respondent & spouse/partner) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 34300 0 not disabled 1205 1 disabled 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. 2. [us98] Mixed categories: category disabled includes those who are on sick or maternity leave. health_c Subjective health status (respondent & spouse/partner) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13211 1 excellent 16003 2 good 5041 3 fair 1250 4 poor 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ educ highest completed education level (3-category recode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3736 1 low 15913 2 medium 15856 3 high 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. educ_c highest grade/degree of education completed and attended -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10 0 no education 101 1 1st grade 31 2 2nd grade 110 3 3rd grade 85 4 4th grade 65 5 5th grade 348 6 6th grade 176 7 7th grade 523 8 8th grade 488 9 9th grade 722 10 10th grade 835 11 11th grade 242 12 12th grade, no high school diploma 9503 13 high school diploma or pass a high school equivalency test 2322 14 1 year of college, no degree 2765 15 2 years of college, no degree 942 16 3 years of college, no degree 381 17 4 years of college, no degree 1964 21 Associate's and other junior college degree 7784 22 Bachelor's degree 3564 23 MBA, Master of Arts/Science 2372 24 Ph.D., MD/DO, DDS/DMD, Law/JD, DVM, other doctorate 172 25 Nursing(RN, LPN), Chiropractic, Naprapathy, Homeopathy, Pharmacology, other certificate 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11637 0 not employed 23868 1 employed 17885 . unemp unemployed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 34860 0 not unemployed 645 1 unemployed 17885 . retired retired (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 30300 0 not retired 4995 1 retired 18095 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Definitional deviation: The retired dummy is based on the labour force status in current period. clfs current labour force status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 23738 110 employed, at work 130 120 employed, not at work 645 210 unemployed 210 220 not in labour force 4995 221 retired, pensioner or rentier 265 222 in education 4526 223 homemaker 996 224 disabled 17885 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: hours: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. Refers to the main job. weeks: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours weekly hours worked, any information 23868 1 99 41.99 14.62 weeks annual weeks worked, any information 35505 0 52 33.44 24.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 16631 100 dependent employed 7237 200 self-employed 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. inda1 industry (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 530 1 agriculture 5311 2 industry 18027 3 services 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. ind1_c industry, derived from census 1998 code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 530 1 agriculture, forestry and fisheries 1744 2 mining and construction 3567 3 manufacturing 3381 4 wholesale and retail trade 4177 5 finance, insurance and real estate, business and repair services 9439 6 transport, communic. and other public utilities, entertainment, personal, professional & related services 1030 7 public administration and defence 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. occa1 occupation (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11083 1 managers and professionals (ISCO 1 & 2) 10425 2 other skilled workers (ISCO 3-8, 10) 2360 3 labourers/elementary (ISCO 9) 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. occ1_c occupation, derived from 1998 Census code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11083 1 managerial and professional occupations 5674 2 technical, sales, and administrative support occupations 2143 3 service occupations (including armed forces) 2086 4 precision production, craft, and repair occupations 2360 5 operators, fabricators, and laborers 522 6 farming, forestry, and fishing occupations 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. ptime1 part-time employment (dummy), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20268 0 full-time 3600 1 part-time 29522 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. NOTES: hours1: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. tenyr1: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. gross1: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours1 weekly hours worked, job 1 23868 1 99 41.99 14.62 tenyr1 job tenure in years, job 1 23868 1 50 10.74 10.5 gross1 gross hourly wage, job 1 19898 0.1 9062.5 39.5 196.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: wexptl: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner who are working full-time or part-time. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wexptl years of total work experience 23678 0 85 19.79 12.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pile: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. pils: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. piatdis: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. piatsur: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. piapprvo: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. piappub: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. 2. [us98] the amounts refer only to earnings-related public pensions. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pi total income, person 35505 -338000 5e+07 99909.6 824771 pil labour income, person 35505 -338000 5e+07 96628.8 824695 pile paid employment income, person 35505 0 6e+06 24718.7 114790 pils self-employment income, person 35505 -338000 5e+07 71910 818841 pilsn non-farm self-employment income, person 35505 -338000 5e+07 71910 818841 pit transfer income, person 35505 0 4e+05 3280.86 13122.6 pits social security transfers, person 35505 0 4e+05 3280.86 13122.6 pitsi work-related insurance transfers, person 35505 0 4e+05 3280.86 13122.6 piatdis disability transfers, person 35505 0 45600 216.95 1546.57 piatsur survivors transfers, person 35505 0 72000 254.44 2214.5 piapprvo occupational pensions, person 35505 0 4e+05 1716.52 12007 piappub public pensions, person 35505 0 24000 1564.34 3931.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pxvc: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pxvc voluntary contributions, person 35505 0 3e+06 3166.41 26359.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- currency currency units 53390 840 840 840 0 deflator deflation factor -------------------------------------------------- N value 53390 1 Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grossnet gross/net income information 53390 120 120 120 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pasip: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. pasodc: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: available only for respondent and spouse/partner. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pasip individual voluntary pension accounts 35505 0 3e+07 80276.5 564871 pasodc occupational pensions (DC schemes) 35505 0 7e+06 17110.3 169964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTIDUTES TOWARD HOUSEHOLD FINANCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ basb savings behaviour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2481 11 does not save: expenses exceed income 5262 12 does not save: expenses about the same as income 13782 20 saves 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp1 savings purpose: home purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20010 0 not saving for home purchase 1515 1 saving for home purchase 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp2 savings purpose: other major purchases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 19826 0 not saving for other major purchases 1699 1 saving for other major purchases 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp3 savings purpose: financial investments (including business) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20628 0 not saving for financial investments (including business) 897 1 saving for financial investments (including business) 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp4 savings purpose: old-age provisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10981 0 not saving for old-age provisions 10544 1 saving for old-age provisions 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp5 savings purpose: paying debts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 21325 0 not saving for paying debts 200 1 saving for paying debts 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp6 savings purpose: unexpected events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 12809 0 not saving for unexpected events 8716 1 saving for unexpected events 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp7 savings purpose: recreation and travel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 19662 0 not saving for recreation and travel 1863 1 saving for recreation and travel 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp8 savings purpose: education -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 16668 0 not saving for education 4857 1 saving for education 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. basp9 savings purpose: other -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 21025 0 not saving for other purposes 500 1 saving for other purposes 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward savings. bafr_c Amount of financial risk willing to take whensavingormakinginvestments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1310 1 take substantial financial risks expecting to earn substantial returns 5024 2 take above average financial risks expecting to earn above average returns 8666 3 take average financial risks expecting to earn average returns 6525 4 not willing to take any financial risks 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward financial risk. bafp_c Most important time-frame for financial planning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3487 1 next few months 2526 2 next year 5870 3 next few years 5659 4 next 5-10 years 3983 5 longer than 10 years 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about family attitude toward financial planning. bafi1_c Professional source of information used forinvestingand/orborrowingdecisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7547 0 doesn't use professional sources of information for borrowing and investing decisions 8000 1 for borrowing and investing decisions 3731 2 only for investing decisions 2247 3 only for borrowing decisions 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about the sources of information that are used by family for investing/borrowing decisions. bafi2_c Mass media source of information used for investingand/orborrowingdecisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14166 0 doesn't use mass media sources of information for borrowing and investing decisions 2500 1 for borrowing and investing decisions 1954 2 only for investing decisions 2905 3 only for borrowing decisions 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about the sources of information that are used by family for investing/borrowing decisions. bafi3_c Internet source of information used for investingand/orborrowingdecisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 18249 0 doesn't use internet sources of information for borrowing and investing decisions 1245 1 for borrowing and investing decisions 802 2 only for investing decisions 1229 3 only for borrowing decisions 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about the sources of information that are used by family for investing/borrowing decisions. bafi4_c Advertisement source of information used forinvestingand/orborrowingdecision -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13383 0 doesn't use advertisement sources of information for borrowing and investing decisions 2663 1 for borrowing and investing decisions 1439 2 only for investing decisions 4040 3 only for borrowing decisions 31865 . NOTES: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about the sources of information that are used by family for investing/borrowing decisions. . label values hid . label values pid . label values pwgt . label values ppopwgt . label values pwgta . label values inum . label values ageyoch . label values age . label values yrsresid . label values hours . label values weeks . label values njobs . label values hours1 . label values tenyr1 . label values gross1 . label values net1 . label values wexptl . label values empsta . label values pi . label values pil . label values pile . label values pils . label values pilsf . label values pilsn . label values pic . label values picvip . label values picroy . label values pit . label values pits . label values pitsi . label values pitsu . label values pitsa . label values pitp . label values pitped . label values piatold . label values piatdis . label values piatsur . label values piatfam . label values piatune . label values piathou . label values piap . label values piapprv . label values piapprvi . label values piapprvo . label values piappub . label values pwl . label values pwc . label values pwcg . label values pwcic . label values pwt . label values pwtin . label values pwtlo . label values pwtrc . label values pxit . label values pxiti . label values pxits . label values pxvc . label values pts . label values ptsr . label values ptsf . label values ptso . label values ptil . label values ptilm . label values ptilo . label values ptilr . label values ptp . label values ptpr . label values ptpf . label values ptpo . label values ptol . label values ptolm . label values ptolo . label values currency . label values grossnet . label values pas . label values pasi . label values pasil . label values pasip . label values paso . label values pasodb . label values pasodc . label values pass . label values passdb . label values passdc . label values bafi5_c . label values ssyc . codebook hid pid pwgt ppopwgt pwgta inum ageyoch age yrsresid hours weeks njob > s hours1 tenyr1 gross1 net1 wexptl empsta pi pil pile pils pilsf pilsn pic pic > vip picroy pit pits pitsi pitsu pitsa pitp pitped piatold piatdis piatsur piat > fam piatune piathou piap piapprv piapprvi piapprvo piappub pwl pwc pwcg pwcic > pwt pwtin pwtlo pwtrc pxit pxiti pxits pxvc pts ptsr ptsf ptso ptil ptilm ptil > o ptilr ptp ptpr ptpf ptpo ptol ptolm ptolo currency grossnet pas pasi pasil p > asip paso pasodb pasodc pass passdb passdc bafi5_c ssyc , tabulate(0) all Dataset: J:/apps/harm/origin/us98wp.dta Last saved: 17 Jun 2016 18:14 Label: us98: version 7.0 17 Jun 2016 11:34 Number of variables: 152 Number of observations: 53,390 Size: 12,600,040 bytes ignoring labels, etc. NOTES: bafi5_c: 1. [us98] Scope limitation: asked only to respondent. The respondent was asked about the sources of information that are used by family for investing/borrowing decisions. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD informationusedforinvestingand/or borrowing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bafi5_c Friends/relative/work source of 21525 0 3 0.9 1.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (WEALTH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------