VAR CF0114 INCOME

VAR CF0114    INCOME
              COLUMNS 114-114
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        1952,1956-1960:  About what do you think your total income will be
        this year for yourself and your immediate family?

        1962:  Would you tell me how much income you and your family will be
        making during this calendar year, 1962.  I mean, before taxes.

        1964,1968:  About what do you think your total income will be this
        year for yourself and your immediate family.  Just give me the
        (number/ letter) of the right income category.

        1966,1970:  Many people don't know their exact (1966/1970) income yet;
        but would you tell me as best you can what you expect your (1966/1970)
        income to be--before taxes?  You may just tell me the letter of the
        group on this card into which your family income will probably fall.

        1972-1990, 1992 long-form,1994-later:  Please look at this card/page
        and tell me the letter of the income group that includes the income of
        all members of your family living here in <previous year> before
        taxes.  This figure should include salaries, wages, pensions,
        dividends, interest, and all other income.  (IF UNCERTAIN:)  What
        would be your best guess?

        1992 short form:  Can you give us an estimate of your total family
        income in 1991 before taxes?  This figure should include salaries,
        wages, pensions, dividends, interest and all other income for every
        member of your family living in your house in 1991.  First could you
        tell me if that was above or below $24,999? (IF UNCERTAIN: what would
        be your best guess?) (IF ABOVE/BELOW $24,999:) I will read you some
        income categories, could you please stop me when I reach the category
        that corresponds to your family situation?

        2000 FTF:
        Please look at page 18 of the booklet.
        Please look at the booklet and tell me the letter of the
        income group that includes the income of all
        members of your family living here in 1999 before taxes.
        This figure should include salaries, wages, pensions,
        dividends, interest, and all other income.

        2000 TELEPHONE:
        I am going to read you a list of income categories.
        Please tell me which category best describes the.
        total income of all members of your family living in
        your house in 1999 before taxes.  This figure
        should include salaries, wages, pensions, dividends,
        interest, and all other income.  Please stop me
        when I get to your family's income.

        FAMILY INCOME
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        Question wording in 1948 is undocumented.

        For each study year, the original coding of the income variable was
        approximated as closely as possible to fit within this percentage
        group version.  Prior to 1972, an estimate of the CURRENT year's
        income was given  by the respondent.  Since 1972, the PREVIOUS year's
        income of R's family has been ascertained.  Note that in all years
        beginning 1976 this question was not actually asked if R was the only
        household member age 14 or over: in such cases, data from question
        asking individual (R's own) income was duplicated in the family income
        variable.  (Prior to 1976 R's individual income was not determined.)

        For 14 cases in 1996, interviewers entered responses where individual
        income was higher than family income.  In some of these cases, the
        response for family income and R income may have been provided or
        entered in the incorrect order.
        In 1998, it was discovered after interviewing had concluded that, for
        at least a portion of their interviews, some interviewers coded the
        lowest income category when the respondent stated that he or she did
        not know what the household income was.  Study staff has reviewed all
        interviewer comment material available to identify cases coded in the
        lowest category where comment notes clearly indicate Don't Know; such
        cases have been recoded to DK.  However, it is not known whether there
        are additional cases (without recorded comments) in which the lowest
        category had been incorrectly coded.

        Beginning in 1964, R was shown a respondent card or booklet from which
        to choose income ranges.

        Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases in 1960: data from
        these forms were incorporated in the (pre) income var listed here for
        1960.

        The percentiles appearing here correspond to the following:
                 0-16         17-33        34-67        68-95         96-100
        YEAR  PERCENTILE   PERCENTILE    PERCENTILE    PERCENTILE   PERCENTILE
        1948  none-$999    $1000-1999    $2000-2999    $3000-4999     $5000+
        1952  none-$1999   $2000-2999    $3000-3999    $4000-9999     $10000 +
        1954  none-$1999   $2000-2999    $4000-5999    $4000-9999     $10000 +
        1956  none-$1999   $2000-3999    $4000-5999    $6000-9999     $10000 +
        1958  none-$1999   $2000-3999    $4000-5999    $6000-14999   $15000 +
        1960  none-$1999   $2000-3999    $4000-5999    $6000-14999   $15000 +
        1962  none-$2999   $3000-3999    $4000-7499    $7500-14999   $15000 +
        1964  none-$2999   $3000-4999    $5000-7499    $7500-14999   $15000 +
        1966  none-$2999   $3000-3999    $4000-7499    $7500-14999   $15000 +
        1968  none-$2999   $3000-5999    $6000-9999    $10000-19999  $20000 +
        1970  none-$2999   $3000-4999    $5000-9999    $10000-24999  $25000 +
        1972  none-$3999   $4000-5999    $6000-11999   $12000-24999  $25000 +
        1974  none-$3999   $4000-6999    $7000-14999   $15000-34999  $35000 +
        1976  none-$3999   $4000-7999    $8000-14999   $15000-34999  $35000 +
        1978  none-$5999   $6000-10999  $11000-19999   $20000-34999  $35000 +
        1980  none-$6999   $7000-11999  $12000-24999  $25000-49999   $50000 +
        1982  none-$6999   $7000-12999  $13000-24999  $25000-49999   $50000 +
        1984  none-$6999   $7000-12999  $13000-29999  $30000-59999   $60000 +
        1986  none-$8999   $9000-14999  $15000-34999  $35000-74999   $75000 +
        1988  none-$9999  $10000-14999  $15000-34999  $35000-89999   $90000 +
        1990  none-$9999  $10000-16999  $17000-34999  $35000-89999   $90000 +
        1992  none-$9999  $10000-19999  $20000-39999  $40000-89999   $90000 +
        1994  none-$11999 $12000-21999  $22000-44999  $45000-104999 $105000 +
        1996  none-$11999 $12000-21999  $22000-49999  $50000-104999 $105000 +
        1998  none-$8999   $9999-21999  $22000-49999  $50000-104999 $105000 +
        2000  none-$14999 $15000-34999  $35000-64999  $65000-124999 $125000 +

               1.  0 to 16 percentile
               2.  17 to 33 percentile
               3.  34 to 67 percentile
               4.  68 to 95 percentile
               5.  96 to 100 percentile

               0.  DK; NA; refused to answer; INAP, no pre IW (1948,1952)

        1948:  480049       1952:  520160         1954:  540023
        1956:  560190       1958:  580203         1960:  600189
        1962:  620075       1964:  640269         1966:  660235
        1968:  680261       1970:  700388(type 0) 1972:  720420
        1974:  742549       1976:  763507         1978:  780598
        1980:  800686       1982:  820725         1984:  840680
        1986:  860733       1988:  880520         1990:  900663
        1992:  924104       1994:  941404         1996:  960701
        1998:  980652       2000:  000994


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