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MEPS HC-203
2018 JOBS FILE CODEBOOK
DATE: February 10, 2020

Name
Start
End
Description
ANYINS
171   
172   
Health insurance offered to any employees
BONSAMT
256   
264   
How much are person?s bonuses
BONSUNIT
265   
266   
Period which bonuses are based on
BUSINC
129   
130   
Business incorporated
COMMAMT
267   
275   
How much are person?s commissions
COMMUNIT
276   
277   
Period which commissions are based on
DAYWAGE
193   
198   
Person's daily wage rate
DIFFPLNS
169   
170   
Choice of different health insurance plans
DIFFWAGE
86   
87   
Any change in wage amount
DUID
52   
58   
Panel # + encrypted DU identifier
DUPERSID
42   
51   
Person ID (DUID+PID)
EARNBONS
242   
243   
Person earns bonuses
EARNCOMM
244   
245   
Person earns commission
EARNTIPS
240   
241   
Person earns tips
EMPLINS
163   
164   
Has health insurance thru current main job
ESTBTHRU
100   
101   
Offered insurance, did not take (review)
ESTMATE1_M18
122   
123   
Categorical approximate establishment size
ESTMATE2
124   
126   
Constr categorical approx estb size
GROSSPAY
224   
232   
Person?s salary before taxes (gross)
GROSSPER
233   
234   
Period in which gross salary was earned
HHMEMBER_M18
177   
178   
Any other hh member wrk at this business
HIDISAVW
104   
107   
Capi q where emp/union health ins disvwd
HOWPAID
191   
192   
How is person paid
HRLYWAGE
212   
217   
How much person makes per hour
HRS35WK
142   
143   
Works at least 35 hours per week
HRSALBAS
237   
239   
Hours per week salary based on
HRSPRDY
199   
200   
Number of hours person worked in one day
HRSPRWK
139   
141   
Number of hours worked per week
INDCODEX
278   
279   
Condensed industry code
INSESTB
102   
103   
Insurance offered to any employees (review)
INUNION
173   
174   
Belongs to labor union
JOBHASHI
165   
166   
Has health insurance thru job
JOBIDX
26   
38   
Person?s unique job identifier
JOBNUM
39   
41   
Unique DU-job identifier
JOBSIDX
1   
14   
Job-round identifier
JOBSIDX_17
15   
25   
2017 Panel 22 Round 3 job-round identifier
JOBTYPE
115   
116   
Self-employed or works for someone else
JSTOPM
72   
73   
Job stop date ? month
JSTOPY
74   
77   
Job stop date ? year
JSTRTM
66   
67   
Job start date ? month
JSTRTY
68   
71   
Job start date ? year
MAIN_JOB
84   
85   
Still main job or business
MAKEAMT
201   
209   
How much money does person make
MORE10
218   
219   
Person makes more or less than $10/hour
MORE15
220   
221   
Person makes more or less than $15/hour
MORELOC
127   
128   
Employer has more than one location
MOREMINM
222   
223   
Person makes more or less than min. wage
NOWTAKEI
98   
99   
Now offered and take insurance
NUMEMPS
117   
121   
Establishment size at not self-employed job
OCCCODEX
280   
281   
Condensed occupation code
OFFRDINS
167   
168   
Offered insurance but chose not to take
OFFTAKEI
96   
97   
Offered insurance and now take
OrigRnd
63   
63   
Round job reported
PANEL
64   
65   
Panel
PAYDRVST
150   
151   
Has paid sick leave for doc visit thru job
PAYVACTN
152   
153   
Has paid vacation leave thru job
PERUNIT_M18
210   
211   
Period for which person is paid
PID
59   
61   
Person number
PROPRIET
131   
132   
Proprietorship or partnership
PROVDINS
175   
176   
Employer, union, both provides health ins
RETIRJOB
78   
78   
Person retired from this job
RETIRPLN
154   
155   
Has pension/retirement plan thru job
RN
62   
62   
Round
RvwTotNumEmp
108   
112   
Establishment size at continuing self-employed job
SALARIED
189   
190   
Person salaried, paid by hour, some other way
SALRYWKS
235   
236   
Number of weeks per year salary is based
SESNLJOB
146   
147   
Job available certain time of year
SICKPAY
148   
149   
Has paid sick leave thru job
STILLAT
80   
81   
Still works at main job establishment
STILLWRK
94   
95   
Still works at misc job establishment
SUBTYPE
79   
79   
Job sub-type
StillWorkFTPT
88   
89   
Still works full or part time
TEMPJOB
144   
145   
Job at employer is temporary
TIPSAMT
246   
253   
How much are person?s tips
TIPSUNIT_M18
254   
255   
Period which tip earnings are based on
TOTLEMP_M18
179   
183   
Current establishment size at self-employed job
TYPECHGD
82   
83   
Job sub-type changed between rounds
TYPEEMPL
133   
134   
Employee type
TotNumEmp
184   
188   
Establishment size at new self-employed job
WHY_LEFT_M18
113   
114   
Reason why no longer at job now
WKLYAMT
156   
162   
Usual weekly gross income at misc job
WhyChngFTToPT
92   
93   
Why change full to part time
WhyChngPTToFT
90   
91   
Why change part to full time
YLEFT_M18
135   
136   
Reason why no longer at job
YNOBUSN_M18
137   
138   
Reason why no longer has business
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