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| Variable Name | occ_3cat |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | SIPP-reported occupation - three categories |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v6 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v6_0_synthetic1_1.sas7bdat
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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SAS
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ssb_v6_0_synthetic1_1.dta
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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Stata
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Full Description
Occupation is a characteristic of an individual's job and hence varies over time.
There are occupation values reported for (potentially) two jobs in each wave of the
survey. Occupation is chosen by summing earnings associated with the array of variables
ws1occ1-ws1occ{max number of waves} and ws2occ1-ws2occ{max number of waves} in the
1984, 1990-1993 panels, and tjbocc1_1-tjbocc1_{max number of waves) and tjbocc2_1-tjbocc2_{max
number of waves} in the 1996-2008 panels and choosing the occupation associated with
the greatest total earnings. Thus occupation is the occupation from which greatest
earnings are derived in the survey.
Value Ranges
Value Range
Range: [ 1 , 3 ]
Values (4 total)
| 1 | Managerial and professional specialty occupations |
| 2 | Technical, sales, and administrative support occupations |
| 3 | Other |
| Sysmiss |
