Current Population Survey (March 2009) Labor Force Characteristics Dataset

Labor force characteristics for full-time employed U.S. civilians. The sample includes individuals who worked at least 36 hours per week for at least 48 weeks in the past year, excluding military personnel. The dataset contains 50,742 observations and 12 variables.

Usage

cps09mar

Format

A data frame with 50,742 observations and 12 variables.

age: Age in years, capped at 85
female: Indicator variable for female
female_num: Female indicator as numeric variable
hisp: Indicator variable for Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino
hisp_num: Hispanic indicator as numeric variable
education: Educational attainment
education_num: Education level as numeric variable
earnings: Total annual wage and salary earnings
hours: Number of hours worked per week
week: Number of weeks worked per year
union: 1 if a member of a labor union, 0 otherwise
uncov: 1 if covered by a union or employee association contract, 0 otherwise
region: Region of residence
region_num: Region of residence as numeric variable
race: Race
race_num: Race as numeric variable
marital: Marital status, coded as follows
marital_num: Marital status as numeric variable

Source

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau. March 2009 Current Population Survey. More information available at https://www.census.gov/cps and https://dataferrett.census.gov.

Examples

# Explore the categorical variables codification
levels(cps09mar$female)
#> [1] "No"  "Yes"
levels(cps09mar$hisp)
#> [1] "No"  "Yes"
levels(cps09mar$education)
#>  [1] "Less than 1st grade"                                          
#>  [2] "1st to 4th grade"                                             
#>  [3] "5th or 6th grade"                                             
#>  [4] "7th or 8th grade"                                             
#>  [5] "9th grade"                                                    
#>  [6] "10th grade"                                                   
#>  [7] "11th grade or 12th grade without diploma"                     
#>  [8] "High school graduate or equivalent"                           
#>  [9] "Some college, no degree"                                      
#> [10] "Associate degree (occupational/vocational programs included)" 
#> [11] "Bachelor's degree (BA, AB, BS)"                               
#> [12] "Master's degree (MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)"                
#> [13] "Professional or Doctorate degree (MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PhD, EdD)"
levels(cps09mar$region)
#> [1] "Northeast" "Midwest"   "South"     "West"     
levels(cps09mar$race)
#>  [1] "White only"                               
#>  [2] "Black only"                               
#>  [3] "American Indian, Alaskan Native (AI) only"
#>  [4] "Asian only"                               
#>  [5] "Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (HP) only"      
#>  [6] "White-Black"                              
#>  [7] "White-AI"                                 
#>  [8] "White-Asian"                              
#>  [9] "White-HP"                                 
#> [10] "Black-AI"                                 
#> [11] "Black-Asian"                              
#> [12] "Black-HP"                                 
#> [13] "AI-Asian"                                 
#> [14] "Asian-HP"                                 
#> [15] "White-Black-AI"                           
#> [16] "White-Black-Asian"                        
#> [17] "White-AI-Asian"                           
#> [18] "White-Asian-HP"                           
#> [19] "White-Black-AI-Asian"                     
#> [20] "2 or 3 races"                             
#> [21] "4 or 5 races"                             
levels(cps09mar$marital)
#> [1] "Married - civilian spouse present"         
#> [2] "Married - Armed Forces spouse present"     
#> [3] "Married - spouse absent (except separated)"
#> [4] "Widowed"                                   
#> [5] "Divorced"                                  
#> [6] "Separated"                                 
#> [7] "Never married"