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Select demographic questions included for context before labor force series
ID
Variable Screen
introducti
0
0
on
A
HHRESP
B
AGE

C

MARITL

D

AFEVER

E

EDUCA

F

CERT1

G

HSPNON

H

RACE

uestions included for context before labor force series
Question
<RTI Intro/Consent>
What is your name?
What is your age?

What is your marital status?

Did you ever serve on active duty in the U. S. Armed Forces?

What is the highest level of school you have completed or the highest degree you have received?
^DODOES ^TNAME have a currently active professional certification or a state or industry license? Do not
include business licenses, such as a liquor license or vending license.

Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? Please select all that apply.

What is your race? Please select all that apply.

Responses and Skips

open-ended
open-ended
1. Married
2. Widowed
3. Divorced
4. Separated
5. Never married
Yes
No
Less than 1st grade
1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade
5th or 6th grade
7th or 8th grade
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade NO DIPLOMA
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE- high school DIPLOMA or the equivalent (For example: GED)
Some college but no degree
Associate degree in college- Occupational/vocational program
Associate degree in college – Academic program
Bachelor’s degree (For example: BA, AB, BS)
Master’s degree (For example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)
Professional School Degree (For example: MD,DDS,DVM,LLB,JD)
Doctorate degree (For example: PhD, EdD)
Yes
No
01 No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
02 Yes, Mexican, Mexican American., Chicano
03 Yes, Puerto Rican
04 Yes, Cuban
05 Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin – Enter origin, for example, Salvadoran,
Dominican, Colombian, Guatemalan, Spaniard, Ecuadorian, and so on:
01 White
02 Black or African American
03 American Indian or Alaska Native
04 Asian
05 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

Instrument Notes

Analysis Notes

Notes

ID

Variable

Screen

BUS

1

BUS_OWNER

1

LABFOR

2

WORK

2

D_ANYWORK

3

BUS1

4

BUS2

4

ABSNT

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

LAY

6

ABSRSN1

7

ABSPD1

8

MJ

9

MJNUM

9

HRUSL1_1

10

HRUSL1_2

11

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

HRFTPT

12

HRWANT

13

HRRSN1

14

HRRSN2

15

HROFF1

16

HROFF2

16

16

16

17

18

19

20

HROT1

17

HROT2

17

HRACT1

18

HRACT2

18

ABSRSN2

19

21

22

23

24

25

HRRSN3

20

HRAVL

21

LAYDT_6M

22

LAY6M

23

LAYAVL

24

LAYAVR

25

LAYLK

26

LAYDR1

27

LAYDR2

28

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

LAYDR3

29

LAYFT

30

LK

31

LKM

32

D_LKACTIVE

33

LKAVL

34

LKAVR

35

LKLL1

36

LKLL2

37

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

LKLW

38

LKDATY

39

LKDR1

40

LKDR2

41

LKDR3

42

LKFT

43

DWWNT

44

DWRSN

45

DWLK

46

DWWK

47

44

45

46

47

48

50

51

52

53

54

DW4WK

48

DWLKWK

49

DWAVL

50

DWAVR

51

JHWANT

52

IO1INT

53

IO1GVT

54

IO1INC

55

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

PDEMP1

56

NMEMP1

57

IO1IND

58

IO1OCC

59

IO1DT1

60

IOPRO1

61

IO2INT

61

IO2GVT

62

IO2INC

63

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

IO2IND

64

IO2OCC

65

IO2DT1

66

NLFACT

67

SCHENR

68

SCHLVL

69

SCHFT

70

72

72

73

74

75

76

77

Question
Does anyone in this household have a business or a farm?

Whose business or farm is it? Select all that apply.

These questions ask about work-related activities from SUNDAY, <FILL MONTH/DAY>, to
SATURDAY, <FILL MONTH/DAY>.

If BUS=No then: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you
work at a job, or do ANY work for pay?
If BUS=Yes then: Last week,Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill
month/day> did you work at a job, or do ANY work for either pay or profit?
Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you do ANY work for
pay, even for as little as one hour?

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you do any unpaid
work in the family business or farm?

Do you receive any payments or profits from the business?

If BUS_OWNER=You: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, in
addition to the business, did you have a job either full or part time? Include any job from
which you were temporarily absent.
If BUS_OWNER=Someone else/Blank: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill
month/day>, did you have a job either full or part time? Include any job from which you were
temporarily absent.

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, were you on layoff from a
job, including short-term or temporary layoff?

What was the main reason you were absent from work between Sunday, <fill month/day>
and Saturday, <fill month/day>?

Are you being paid by your employer for any of the time off between Sunday, <fill
month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>?

If BUS=Yes: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you have
more than one job or business, including part-time, evening, or weekend work?
If BUS=No/Blank: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you
have more than one job, including part-time, evening, or weekend work?
If you do similar work across multiple clients or apps, count those as one (job/job or
business).
If BUS=Yes: Altogether, how many jobs or businesses did you have?
If BUS=No/Blank: Altogether, how many jobs did you have?
If MJ=No/Blank: How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your job?
• Estimate the USUAL number of hours worked per week, not the actual hours worked
• Consider the LAST 4 MONTHS
• If hours vary from week to week, give the number of hours worked in a typical week
• If you do not know your usual hours, give your best guess

If MJ=Yes: How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your MAIN job? By main job
we mean the one at which you USUALLY work the most hours.
• Estimate the USUAL number of hours worked per week, not the actual hours worked
• Consider the LAST 4 MONTHS
• If hours vary from week to week, give the number of hours worked in a typical week
• If you do not know your usual hours, give your best guess
If MJNUM>2/Blank: How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your OTHER jobs?
If MJNUM=2: How many hours per week do you USUALLY work at your OTHER job?

If MJ=Yes and BUS_OWNER=YOU: Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more per week at all
your jobs combined?
If MJ=No/Blank and BUS_OWNER=YOU: Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more per week at
your job in the family business or farm?
If MJ=Yes and BUS_OWNER=Someone else/Blank: Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or more
per week at all your jobs combined?
If MJ=No/Blank and BUS_OWNER=Someone else/Blank: Do you USUALLY work 35 hours or
more per week at your job?
Do you want to work 35 hours or more per week?

What is your MAIN reason for working part time instead of full time?

What is the main reason you do not want to work full time?

If MJ=Yes: Next are some questions about the exact number of hours you worked last week.
Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you lose or take off
any hours from your MAIN job, for ANY reason such as illness, vacation, personal obligation,
or because usiness was slow?
If MJ=No: Next are some questions about the exact number of hours you worked last week.
Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you lose or take off
any hours from work, for ANY reason such as illness, vacation personal obligation, or because
usiness was slow?

How many hours did you lose or take off?

If MJ=Yes: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you work
any overtime or EXTRA hours that you do not USUALLY work?
If MJ=No: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, did you work
any overtime or EXTRA hours at your MAIN job that you do not USUALLY work?

How many ADDITIONAL hours did you work?

If MJ=Yes: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, how many
hours did you ACTUALLY work at your MAIN job?
[BLANK IF HROFF1=No/You reported you lost or took off <FILL HROFF2>.]
[BLANK IF HROT1=No/You reported you worked <FILLHROT2> extra hours.]
If MJ=No: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, how many
hours did you ACTUALLY work at your job?
[BLANK IF HROFF1=No/You reported you lost or took off <FILL HROFF2>.]
[BLANK IF HROT1=No/You reported you worked <FILLHROT2> extra hours.]
If MJNUM =2: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, how many
hours did you ACTUALLY work at your other job?
If MJNUM>2: Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, how many
hours did you ACTUALLY work at your other jobs?

HRACT1_1, or HRACT1_2 = 0: What was the main reason, you were absent from work
between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>?

If HRUSL1_1 =>35 and HRACT1_1, or HRUSL1_2 =>35 and HRACT1_2 = <35:
What is the main reason you worked less than 35 hours between Sunday, <fill month/day>
and Saturday, <fill month/day>?

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, could you have worked
full time if the hours had been available?

Have you been informed that you will be recalled to work within the next 6 months OR been
given a date to return to work?

REMOVED
Could you have returned to work between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill
month/day> if you had been recalled?

Why couldn't you have returned to work if recalled between Sunday, <fill month/day> and
Saturday, <fill month/day>?

Even though you expect to be called back to work, have you been looking for work during the
last 4 weeks?

What is the easiest way for you to tell us how long you had been on layoff?

As of the end of last week, how many [fill from LAYDR1] have you been on layoff?

We would like to have that in weeks, if possible. Exactly how many weeks had you been on
layoff?

Is the job from which you are on layoff a full-time job of 35 hours or more per week?

Have you been doing anything to find work during the last 4 weeks?

What are all of the things you have done to find work during the last 4 weeks?

During the last 4 weeks, would you say you have actively been looking for work?

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, could you have started a
job if one had been offered?

Why were you unable to start a job between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill
month/day>?

BEFORE you started looking for work, what were you doing?

Did you lose or quit that job, or was it a temporary job that ended?

If LKLL2 ne Blank: When did you last work at that job or business? Was it...
Else: When did you last work at a job or business? Was it…

What was the month and year that you last worked?

What is the easiest way for you to tell us how long you had been looking for work?

As of the end of last week, how many [fill from LAYDR1] have you been looking for work?

We would like to have that in weeks, if possible. Exactly how many weeks had you been
looking for work?

Have you been looking for full-time work of 35 hours or more per week?

Do you currently want a job, either full or part time?

What is the main reason you were not looking for work during the LAST 4 WEEKS?

Did you look for work at any time during the last 12 months?

Have you worked at a job or business at any time during the past 12 months?

Did you do any of this work during the last 4 weeks?

Since you LEFT that job or business have you looked for work?

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, could you have started a
job IF one had been offered?

Why would you have been unable to start a job if one had been offered between Sunday, <fill
month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>?

Do you intend to look for work during the next 12 months?

ABSNT=1: The next few questions are about the (main) job from which you were absent
between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>. Are you employed by the
government, by a private company, a non-profit organization, or are you (self-employed)?
WORK=1: The next few questions are about the (main) job at which you worked between
Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>. Are you employed by the
government, by a private company, a non-profit organization, or are you( self-employed)?
LAYFT=1: The next few questions are about the (main) job from which you are on layoff. Are
you employed by the government, by a private company, a non-profit organization, or are
you (self-employed)?
Else: The next few questions are about the (main) job at which you last worked. Were you
employed by the government, by a private company, a non-profit organization, or are you
(self-employed)?
If MJ=1 then "main" else empty
If BUS=1 then "self-employed or working in a family business" else "self-employed"

Would that be the federal, state, or local government?

Is this business incorporated?

Do you usually have any paid employees?

Excluding all owners, how many paid employees does your business usually have?

What kind of business or industry is this?
Include the main activity, product, or service provided where employed.
If (WORK=1) or (WORK=2 and BUS1=1 and BUS2=1) or (WORK=2 and ABSNT=1): What kind of
work do you do, that is, what is your occupation?
Else: What kind of work did you do, that is, what was your occupation?
For example: 4th grade teacher, plumber
If (WORK=1) or (WORK=2 and BUS1=1 and BUS2=1) or (WORK=2 and ABSNT=1): Describe
your usual activities or duties at this job.
For example: instruct and evaluate students and create lesson plans, assemble and install
pipe section and review building plans for work details.
Now I have a few questions about your second job.

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day> at your second job, were
you employed by government, by a private company, a non-profit organization, or were you
(self-employed)?
If BUS=1 then "self-employed or working in a family business" else "self-employed"

Would that be the federal, state or local government?

Is this business incorporated?

What kind of business or industry is this?
Include the main activity, product, or service provided where employed.
If (WORK=1) or (WORK=2 and BUS1=1 and BUS2=1) or (WORK=2 and ABSNT=1): What kind of
work do you do at your SECOND job, that is, what is your occupation?
For example: 4th grade teacher, plumber
If (WORK=1) or (WORK=2 and BUS1=1 and BUS2=1) or (WORK=2 and ABSNT=1): Describe
your usual activities or duties at your SECOND job?
For example: instruct and evaluate students and create lesson plans, assemble and install
pipe section and review building plans for work details.
What best describes your situation at this time? For example, are you disabled, ill, in school,
taking care of house or family, or something else?

Between Sunday, <fill month/day> and Saturday, <fill month/day>, were you enrolled in a
high school, college, or university?

Would that be high school, college, or university?

Are you enrolled in school as a full-time or part-time student?

Responses and Skips
Yes
No
[blank]

You
Someone else in your household
[blank]

Instrument Notes

Ask All

Show if BUS = Yes

Ask All

Yes goto MJ
No If BUS=No/Blank show D_ANYWORK ; If BUS=Yes
and BUS_OWNER = Someone else goto BUS1
[blank] goto D_ANYWORK

Displayed on same screen as
LABFOR

Yes goto MJ
No If BUS=No/Blank goto ABSNT ; If BUS=Yes and
BUS_OWNER = Someone else goto BUS1
[blank] goto ABSNT

Show if WORK = No

Yes goto BUS2
No goto ABSNT
[blank] goto ABSNT
Yes goto HRUSL1
No goto HRUSL1
[blank] goto HRUSL1

Ask if BUS=Yes and
BUS_OWNER - Someone else
and WORK = No

Displayed on same screen as
BUS1

Yes goto ABSRSN1
No If BUS_OWNER = YOU goto ABSRSN1; else goto LAY
[blank] If BUS_OWNER = YOU goto ABSRSN1; else goto
LAY
Ask if WORK = No, or WORK =
No and BUS1 = No or [blank]

Yes goto LAYDT
No goto LK
[blank] goto LK

Ask if ABSNT = No and
BUS_OWNER NE YOU

If BUS = Yes and BUS_OWNER ne YOU then display first
three response options AND last option 'Does not work
Ask if ABSNT = Yes
in the business'; else do not display.
[On layoff or furlough] goto LAYDT
[Business was slow] goto LAYDT
Yes
No
Ask if ABSNT = Yes
[blank]
Yes goto MJNUM
No goto HRUSL1
[blank] goto HRUSL1
Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes

2
3
4+
[blank]

Show if MJ = Yes

[0,168] If <35 goto HRWANT; ELSE goto HROFF1
[blank] goto HRFTPT
Ask if MJ = No

[0,168] if SUM <35 goto HRWANT; ELSE goto HROFF1
[blank] goto HRFTPT

Ask if MJ = Yes

Yes goto HROFF1
No goto HRWANT
[blank] goto HRWANT

Yes goto HRRSN1
No goto HRRSN2
Regular hours are full-time goto HRACT1
[blank] goto HRACT1
Business was slow
Could only find part-time work
Seasonal work
Child care problems
Caring for family or personal obligation
Health/medical limitations
School/training
Retired/Social Security limit on earnings
Full-time workweek is less than 35 hours
Other - specify
Child care problems
Caring for family or personal obligation
Health/medical limitations
School/training
Retired/Social Security limit on earnings
Yes goto HROFF2
No HROT1
[blank] goto HROT1

Ask if HRUSL1_1 or HRUSL1_2
= blank

Ask if HRUSL1_1 or HRUSL1_2
= <35; or HRFTPT = No

Ask if HRWANT = Yes

Ask if HRWANT = No

Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes

[0,168]
[blank]

Show if HROFF1 = Yes

Yes goto HROT2
No goto HRACT1
[blank] goto HRACT1
Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes

[0,168]
[blank]
If MJ=Yes goto HRACT1_2; ELSE if MJ=No go to
HRACT1_1

Show if HROT1 = Yes

[0,168]
[blank]

Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes
and MJ = No

[0,168]
[blank]

Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes
and MJ = Yes

If BUS = Yes and BUS_OWNER ne YOU then display last
Ask if WORK = Yes or BUS = Yes
option 'Does not work in the business'; else do not
and HRACT1_1 or HRACT1_2 =
display.
0
On layoff or furlough
Lack of work/business was slow

Business was slow
Seasonal work
Job started or ended during week
Vacation or personal time off
Sick, injured, or had other medical reason, including
being pregnant
Holiday (legal or religious)
Child care problems
Yes
No
If BUS2=Yes goto IO1INT
Else goto LK
Yes goto LAYAVL
No goto LAYAVL
[blank] goto LAYAVL

Yes goto LAYLK
No goto LAYAVR
[blank] goto LAYLK
Own temporary illness
Going to school
Other
[blank]

Ask if HRUSL1_1 =>35 and
HRACT1_1, or HRUSL1_2 =>35
and HRACT1_2 = <35

Ask if HRWANT = Yes, and
HRACT1_1 or HRACT1_2 <35

Ask if Lay = Yes or ABSRSN1 or
ABSRN2 = On layoff; or Slack
work/business conditions

Ask if LAYDT = Yes

Ask if LAYAVL = No

Yes
No
[blank]

Ask if LAYAVL = Yes or blank

Weeks goto LAYDR2
Months goto LAYDR2
Years goto LAYDR2
[blank] goto LAYFT

Ask if LAY = Yes or ABSRSN1 or
ABSRN2 = On layoff; or Slack
work/business conditions

[1,260]
[blank]
If LAYDR1=Months and LAYDR2<5 goto LAYDR3
Else goto LAYFT

Follow-up to LAYDR1

[1,20] weeks
[blank]

Yes goto IO1INT
No goto IO1INT
[blank] goto IO1INT
Yes goto LKM
No
[blank]

Ask if LAYDR1 = 1-4 Months

Ask if Lay = Yes or ABSRSN1 or
ABSRN2 = On layoff; or Slack
work/business conditions

Ask if LAY6M = No or blank

If No/Blank Interviewed for a job
Applied for a job or answered a job ad
Checked a union/professional register
Posted a resume or an ad/listing
Contacted employment agency/school employment
center
Ask if LK = Yes
Asked friends, relatives, network about job leads
Looked at job ads
Participated in a job training course or other activity to
improve job skills
Worked on resume
Other (please specify)
Yes
No
[blank]
Yes
No goto LKAVR
[blank] goto LKLL1
Waiting for new job to begin
Temporary illness
Going to school
Other (specify)
Working goto LKLL2
School goto LKLW
Military service goto LKLW
Something else (please specify) goto LKLW
[blank] goto LKLW
Lost job
Quit job
Temporary job ended
[blank]

Ask if asked LKM

Ask if LK = Yes and LKM =
Active method
Or ask if D_LKMOFFER or
D_LKMLEAD = Yes

Ask if LKAVL = No

Ask if LKAVL = Yes or if LKAVR =
Temporary illness, or Going to
school

Ask if LKLL1 = Working

within the last 12 months, goto LKDATY
more than 12 months ago, or goto LKDR1
never worked? goto LKDR1
[blank] goto LKDR1

Ask if LKLL1 ne Working

[combobox for month] [combobox for 2021 or 2020]
Show if LKLW = Within the last
12 months
Weeks goto LKDR2
Months goto LKDR2
Years goto LKDR2
[blank] goto LKFT

Ask if LK = Yes

[1,260]
[blank]
If LKDR1=Months and LKDR2<5 goto LKDR3
Else goto LKFT
[1,20] weeks
[blank]

Yes
No
[blank]

Ask if LKDR2 = 1-4 Months

Ask if LK = Yes

Goto SCHENR
Yes, want a job
Maybe, it depends
No, do not want a job
No jobs/work available in line of work or area
Does not have necessary education, training, or skills
Employers think too young or too old
Employers discriminated for other reasons
Cannot arrange child care
Yes goto DWWK
No goto NLFACT
[blank] goto NLFACT
Yes goto DW4WK
No goto DWAVL
[blank] goto DWAVL

Ask if LKM = Passive
Or if D_LKMOFFER or
D_LKMLEAD = No

Ask if LK = No, or DWWNT = No

Ask if DWWNT = Yes or maybe

Ask if DWWNT = Yes or maybe

Yes if DWWK=No/Blank goto JHWANT; else goto
NLFACT
No goto DWLKWK
[blank] goto DWLKWK

Ask if DWWK = Yes

Yes goto DWAVL
No If DWWK = No/Blank goto JHWANT
[blank] If DWWK = No/Blank goto JHWANT; Else goto
NLFACT

Ask if DW4WK = No or blank

Yes If DWWK = No/Blank goto JHWANT; Else goto
NLFACT
No goto DWAVR
[blank] If DWWK = No/Blank goto JHWANT; Else goto
NLFACT
Own temporary illness
Going to school
Other (please specify)
[blank]
Yes, or it depends
No
[blank]

Ask if DWLKWK = Yes

Ask if DWAVL = No or blank

Ask if DWWK = No or blank or
DWLKWK = No or blank

All goto NLFACT
Government - goto IO1GVT
Private for profit company
Non-profit organization including tax exempt and
charitable organizations
Self employed
(Working in family business)
[blank]
If BUS=1 then fill "Working in family business"

Federal
State
Local (county, city, township)
[blank]
Yes
No
[blank]

Ask if WORK = 1, or ABSNT = 1,
or LAY = 1, or DWWK = 1

Ask if IO1INT = Government
If IO1INT = Government
Cannot collect IO1NMG/B
because PII
Ask if IO1INT = Self-employed
or Family business

Yes goto NMEMP1
No If MJ=1 goto IOPRO1; else goto SCHENR
[blank] If MJ=1 goto IOPRO1; else goto SCHENR
Number
[blank]

Text
[blank]

Text
[blank]

Text
[blank]
If MJ=Yes goto IOPRO1
Else goto SCHENR

Ask if IO1INT = Self-employed

Ask if IO1INT = Self-employed
Note: Cannot ask about
potentially PII, so skipping
IO1NMB (name of business)
Ask if WORK = 1, or ABSNT = 1,
or LAY = 1, or DWWK = 1

Ask if WORK = 1, or ABSNT = 1,
or LAY = 1, or DWWK = 1

Ask if WORK = 1, or ABSNT = 1,
or LAY = 1, or DWWK = 1

Ask if MJ = Yes
Government goto IO2GVT
Private for profit company goto IO2IND
Non-profit organization including tax exempt and
charitable organizations goto IO2IND
Self employed goto IO2INC
(Working in family business) goto IO2INC
[blank] goto IO2IND
If BUS=1 then fill "Working in family business"
Federal
State
Local (county, city, township)
[blank]
Yes
No
[blank]

Ask if MJ = Yes

Ask if IO2INT = Government
Cannot collect IO2NMG
because PII
Ask if IO2INT = Self employed
or Family business
Note: Cannot ask about
potentially PII, so skipping
IO2NMB (name of business)

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Ask if MJ = Yes

Ask if MJ = Yes

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Ask if MJ = Yes

Disabled
Ill
In school goto SCHENR
Taking care of house or family
In retirement
Something else (please specify)
[blank]
Yes goto SCHLVL
No goto D_INTRO
[blank] goto D_INTRO
High school
College or university
[blank]
Full-time
Part-time
[blank]

Ask if WORK = No

Ask if NLFACT = In school

Ask if SCHENR = Yes
Ask if WORK = 1, or ABSNT = 1,
or LAY = 1, or DWWK = 1
Or WORK = No and NLFACT ne
In school

Analysis Notes

Notes
Previously BUS (and BUS_OWNER) quesitons were after
LABFOR - moved for testing.
Consider intro "Before we get started with the survey,
…" or; "Before we ask you about any work-related
activities, …"

Adding this question to determine whether
Response options are slightly different from CPS since a
the respondent is the business owner,
household roster will not be included in this test.
because we do not have a roster like in CAPI
This quesiton moved to after BUS to bring reference
period closer to where it is referenced.
Reference period is fixed at last week; dates may need
to fill based on when interviews are conducted.
Using program office alternative

Question not part of CPS

Modified wording adding layoff period based on BLS
testing.

Using categories recommended from BLS testing, while
keeping the following (Labor dispute, Schooling,
Civic/Military duty)

Added instruction recommended from BLS testing

Included recommended instructions from BLS testing

Included recommended instructions from BLS testing
HRUSL1 and HRUSL2 were combined to be on same
screen for multiple job holders

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative
CPS CAPI/CATI includes an intro paragraph that was
deleted:
Some people work part time because they cannot find
full-time work or because business is poor. Others work
part time because of family obligations or other
personal reasons.

Updated examples from BLS testing, did not incldue
instruction on paid and unpaid hours.

Using program office alternative

Updated response categories to match
recommendations used in ABSRSN1

Updated response categories to match
recommendations used in ABSRSN1

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative
'Nothing' removed as an option. Consider showing
alternative Yes/No list version in debriefing?

Question not part of CPS

Wording changed from CPS
"Why did you stop working?"

Using program office alternative
Wording changed from CPS
"When did you last work"?

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative

Using program office alternative