Work & Other Outside Commitments To learn more about the variables in this section, consult the Guide to the Constructs section on Work and Other Outside Commitments. |
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| Description | Variable | Value | Value Label | Type | Explanation |
| Student status (Phases 1-4) | (H,W)STUDNT(1-4) | 0 1 2 |
not a student full time part time |
discrete | |
| Current Occupation and Work Activities Each Spouse | |||||
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed from home | (H,W) EMPHOM (4) | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | |
| Employed outside of home | (H,W) EMPOUT (4) | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | |
| Number of full-time jobs since married | (H,W) TOTFUL (4) | interval | |||
| Number of part-time jobs since married | (H,W) TOTPRT (4) | interval | |||
| Total number of jobs | (H,W) TOTJOB (4) | interval | |||
| Level of satisfaction with all employment | (H,W)ALLJOB(1-3) | 1 8 |
low satisfaction high satisfaction |
interval | |
| Average number of hours worked on a weekday | (H,W) MIDWRK (4) | 0 | no time worked | interval | |
| Average number of minutes worked on a weekend | (H,W) ENDWRK (4) | 0 | no time worked | interval | |
| For each job: | |||||
| Average number of hours per week per job | (H,W)WHRS(A-C)(4) | interval | |||
| Average number of hours per week, all jobs | (H,W)WORKHR(1-4) | interval | |||
| Number of months employed at job | (H,W)LENEM(A-C)(4) | interval | |||
| Nights traveled in job | (H,W)TRAVL(A-C)(4) | interval | |||
| Job satisfaction | |||||
| Primary job | (H,W) JOBSAT (1-4) | 1 4 7 |
completely satisfied neutral completely dissatisfied |
interval | Single item was embedded in job opinion questionnaire for phases 1-3, but was asked singly in phase 4. |
| Second, third jobs | (H,W) JOBST (B,C) (4) | 1 4 7 |
completely satisfied neutral completely dissatisfied |
interval | |
| Employment problems | |||||
| Trouble at work | (H,W) TRBWRK (4) | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | Unstable work history |
| Cut in wages | (H,W) CUTWAG (4) | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | Unstable work history |
| Laid off | (H,W) LAIDOF (4) | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | Unstable work history |
| Unemployment history | |||||
| Number of times out of work | (H,W) OUTWRK (4) | interval | |||
| For each period of unemployment: | |||||
| Reason for unemployment | |||||
| Husband | (H) RSN (1-9) OT (4) | 0 1 2 |
choice laid off terminated |
discrete | |
| Wife | (W) RSN (1-6) OT (4) | 0 1 2 |
choice laid off terminated |
discrete | |
| Length of time unemployed | |||||
| Husband | (H) LEN (1-9) OT (4) | interval | |||
| Wife | (W) LEN (1-6) OT (4) | interval | |||
