Codebook for American Community Survey Data Created for Economics 128

Codebook for American Community Survey Data Created for Economics 128 Large Dataset

Variable Description agep age of person in years female female indicator whitenh white, non-Hispanic race indicator latino Latino ethnicity indicator black black race indicator asian Asian race indicator othrace other race indicator multraces multiple races measure immigrant born outside of U.S. pobp place of birth, state or country (see data dictionary for codes) yoep year of entry for immigrants eng English language ability (see data dictionary for codes) othlang language other than English spoken at home married married indicator hht household/family type (see data dictionary for codes) np number of persons living in household nrc number of children living in household schyears number of years of completed education schl educational degree earned (see data dictionary for codes) schenroll currently enrolled in school fod1p field of college degree (see data dictionary for codes) state state code (see data dictionary for codes) northeast Northeast region midwest Midwest region south South region west West region homeowner home owner valp house value (missing if house is not owned) hfl house heating fuel including solar (see data dictionary for codes) hincp total household income pincp person’s total income from all sources pernp person’s total earnings from all jobs/businesses poverty indicator for whether person is below the poverty line povpip percent of poverty threshold fdstamps food stamp recipient healthins health insurance coverage indicator medicare Medicare medicaid Medicaid ssip amount of supplementary security income received ssp amount of social security income received employed employed unemployed unemployed wkhp usual hours worked per week past year wkw categories for weeks worked past year (see data dictionary for codes) busowner business owner cow class of worker (see data dictionary for codes) occp person’s occupation (see data dictionary for codes) jwtr means of transportation to work (see data dictionary for codes) vps veteran period of service (see data dictionary for codes) disable disability indicator