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Stata SAS
Variable Name occ_cat_W
Top Access Level released
Label Occupation Category for Primary Job in Wave W
Codebook SIPP Synthetic Beta v7
Concept
Type numeric

Files

ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.sas7bdat   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( SAS )
ssb_v7_0_syntheticK_M.dta   http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html  ( Stata )

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 ]

Groups

Economic Variables

Values (24 total)

1 Management
2 Business and financial operations
3 Business and financial operations
4 Architecture and engineering
5 Life, physical, and social science
6 Community and social service
7 Legal
8 Education, training, and libraries
9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
10 Healthcare practitioner and technical
11 Healthcare support
12 Protective service
13 Food prep and service
14 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
15 Personal care and service
16 Sales
17 Office and administrative support
18 Farming, fishing, and forestry
19 Construction and extraction
20 Installation, maintenance, and repairs
21 Production
22 Transportation
23 Material moving
24 Military