Description
For persons aged 16 and older who are in scope and have a current main job, and are NOT self-employed, WAGEHRSRCRD reports the source of the information about the person's hourly wage in WAGEHRRD. Persons could report their wage in any format, and it was modified to reflect an hourly wage or imputed if missing.
Codes and Frequencies
Comparability
See WAGEHRRD for information on changes to hourly wage top-codes. Despite changes in hourly wage top-codes, persons could continue to report wages in any format for all years of WAGEHRSRCRD.
Additionally, in 1996 WAGEHRSRCRD only includes persons aged 16 and older who have a current main job and are not self employed, and are eligible in rounds 1 and 2 of data collection; in subsequent years, RUSIZERD is available for persons aged 16 and older who have a current main job and are not self employed, and are inscope. Otherwise, this variable is completely comparable across time.
Universe
- 1996: Persons aged 16 and older who have a current main job and are NOT self employed, and who are eligible (ELIGRD = 4) and in rounds 1 or 2 of data collection.
- 1997-2021: Persons aged 16 and older who are in scope and have a current main job, and are NOT self-employed.
Availability
- 1996-2021
Weights
- 1996-2021 : PERWEIGHT
