Codebook for CPS (Large Dataset for Economics 128)

Variable	Description
mis		month or rotation in sample
year		year of survey (2020)
month		month of survey
age		age of person in years
female 		female indicator
black		black race indicator
latinx		Latinx ethnicity indicator
asian		Asian race indicator
othrace		Other race indicator
white		white, non-Latinx race/ethnicity indicator
immigrant	born outside of U.S.
natvty		country of birth (see data dictionary for codes, PENATVTY)

employed	employed
unemploy	unemployed
unempdur	unemployment duration (see data dictionary for codes, PRUNEDUR)
NILF		not in the labor force
mlr		monthly labor force code (see data dictionary for codes, PEMLR)
hours1		hours worked in main job last week
hours		total hours worked in all jobs last week
ernwk		earnings per week (note only for mis=4 or 8 and class=1-5)
busowner	business owner
class		class of worker (see data dictionary for codes, PEIO1COW)
indmaj		person's industry (see data dictionary for codes, PRMJIND1)
ind		detailed industry (see data dictionary for codes, at the end)
occmaj		person's occupation (see data dictionary for codes, PRMJOCC1)
occ		detailed occupation (see data dictionary for codes, at the end)

schenroll	enrolled in school or college (note only for ages 18-24)
schyears	number of years of completed education
grdatn		detailed education code (see data dictionary for codes, PEEDUCA)

state		state code (see data dictionary for codes, GESTFIPS)
northeast	Northeast region
midwest		Midwest region
south		South region
west		West region
msastat		metro area status (see data dictionary for codes, GTCBSAST)

married		married
marstat		detailed marital status (see data dictionary for codes, PRMARSTA)
PRNMCHLD 	number of own children <18
PRCHLD		children age groups (see data dictionary for codes, PRCHLD)
faminc		family income categorical (see data dictionary for codes, HEFAMINC)                

wgt		person sampling weight
pid		person id number