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Filename = FAM1968
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Number of Variables
Filename = FAM1968
Page 2 of 148
V1 "RELEASE NUMBER" NUM(1.0)
V2 "INTERVIEW NUMBER 68" NUM(5.0)
V3 "FAMILY NUMBER" NUM(4.0)
V4 "SUBFAMILY NUMBER 68" NUM(1.0)
V5 "HOUSE VALUE" NUM(5.0)
Release Number
Sequence number
Family number
Sub-family number
House value
2
3
10 - 68,720
1 - 2,999
5,000 - 6,875
0
1
0
1 - 99,998
99,999
Release number 2 - May 2008
Release number 3 - December 2013
Actual sequence number
Actual family number (cross-section sample)
Actual family number (supplementary low income sample)
Sub-family number is 0
Sub-family number is 1
Inap.: not a homeowner
Actual house value
$99,999 or more
December, 2013: Three-digit occupation and industry variables have been added to this
file, V197_A, V197_B for Heads, and V243_A, V243_B for Wives/"Wives". These variables
were previously available as HDOCC68, HDIND68, and WFOCC68, WFIND68. On release 3, we are
suppressing some additional variables to protect the anonymity of our respondents.
(The last digit of this number is zero for all but 35 cases which were coded 1. These
cases are related secondaries about to leave home, who were interviewed separately. Most
data tapes omit the 35, so the last digit of this number will be = 0.)
(The first four digits of the sequence number, and kept as the link with later
reinterviews, i.e., coded each year for any member of this family who is reinterviewed.
Families in cross-section sample have numbers less than 3000. Those in supplementary low
income sample have number 5000 or above.)
(The last digit of the sequence number. This will be 0 except for 35 related secondaries
who will be eliminated from most data tapes.)
There are no missing data; they were assigned values.
-
4,802
4,802
2,930
1,872
4,798
4
2,423
2,373
6
-
100.00
100.00
61.02
38.98
99.92
.08
50.46
49.42
.12
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%
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 3 of 148
V6 "YRLY PROP TAXES" NUM(4.0)
V7 "ACCURACY OF PR TAX" NUM(1.0)
V8 "YRLY MDRT PAYTS" NUM(4.0)
Property taxes
Accuracy of house value and property taxes
Annual mortgage payments
0
1 - 2,250
0
1
2
3
5
8
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
Inap.: none; not a homeowner (V5 = 0)
Actual amount
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Wild code
Inap.: does not have mortgage payments
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
Estimated from house value using data from previous surveys and region, and central city
or suburbs. Rate of taxation on house value was assigned on the basis of data from
previous surveys. The assigned tax rates are shown in the table below:
Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 0-5 - in Maine, Vermont, Mass., Rhode
Island, N.H., Connecticut, New England=.025
Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 0-5 - in another state=.020

Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 5-49 - in Maine, Vermont, Mass., Rhode
Island, N.H., Connecticut, New England=.020
Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 5-49 - in another state=.015
Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 50 miles or more - in Maine, Vermont, Mass.,
Rhode Island, N.H., Connecticut, New England=.015
Distance from nearest city of 50,000 or more: 50 miles or more - in another state=.010
2,490
2,312
4,549
25
93
133
1
1
3,448
1,354
-
51.85
48.15
94.73
.52
1.94
2.77
.02
.02
71.80
28.20
-
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 4 of 148
V9 "ACCURACY OF MTG PTS" NUM(1.0)
V10 "YRLY RENT PAYTS" NUM(4.0)
V11 "ACCURACY RENT PTS" NUM(1.0)
V12 "YRLY RENT VALUE" NUM(4.0)
Accuracy of mortgage payments
Annual rent paid
Accuracy of rent payments
Annual rent value of free housing (for those who neither own nor rent)
0
1
2
3
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
3
5
0
36 - 2,400
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: does not pay rent
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: owns or rents
Actual amount
4,703
20
21
56
2
2,620
2,182
-
4,756
8
8
1
29
4,563
239
97.94
.42
.44
1.17
.04
54.56
45.44
-
99.04
.17
.17
.02
.60
95.02
4.98
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 5 of 148
V13 "ACCURACY OF RNT VAL" NUM(1.0)
V14 "YRLY UTILITY PTS" NUM(3.0)
V15 "ACCURACY OF UTIL" NUM(1.0)
V16 "A+R DONE SELF" NUM(4.0)
V17 "ACCURACY OF A+R SLF" NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of annual rent value of free housing
Annual utilities paid
Accuracy of annual utilities
Value of Additions and repairs done by R and family
Accuracy of V16
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
2
3
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: none; R and family did no additions or repairs
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
4,747
33
15
7
538
4,264
-
4,666
111
4
2
19
3,497
1,305
-
4,690
82
98.85
.69
.31
.15
11.20
88.80
-
97.17
2.31
.08
.04
.40
72.82
27.18
-
97.67
1.71
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%
%
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Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 6 of 148
V18 "YRLY A+R PAYTS" NUM(4.0)
V19 "ACCURACY OF A+R PT" NUM(1.0)
V20 "YRLY CAR INSUR" NUM(4.0)
V21 "ACCURACY OF CAR INS" NUM(1.0)
V22 "YRLY CAR PAYTS" NUM(4.0)
Annual payments on previous additions and repairs (Debt)
Accuracy of V18
Annual cost of car insurance
Accuracy of V20
Annual payments on car debts
2
4
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
Major assignment
Work done by someone other than Head or Wife
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
No payments
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Inap.: no insurance; no car
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
No car payments
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
13
16
1
4,715
87
-
4,784
16
2
2,091
2,711
-
4,595
203
1
3
3,537
1,265
-
.27
.33
.02
98.19
1.81
-
99.63
.33
.04
43.54
56.46
-
95.69
4.23
.02
.06
73.66
26.34
-
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Code Value/Range Text
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 7 of 148
V23 "ACCURACY OF CAR PTS" NUM(1.0)
V24 "SAVD ON CAR REPR" NUM(4.0)
V25 "ACCURACY OF SVD CAR" NUM(1.0)
V26 "TIME ON CAR REPR" NUM(3.0)
V27 "ACCURCY OF TIME C.R." NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of V22
Amount saved doing own car repairs
Accuracy of V24
Hours spent repairing car
Accuracy of V26
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
3
4
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
2
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: saved nothing; did no car repairs
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment
Wild code
Work done by someone other than Head or Wife
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
No hours
Actual number of hours
999 hours or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
4,673
49
24
56
3,523
1,279
-
4,692
100
1
1
7
1
3,524
1,277
1
4,648
143
-
97.31
1.02
.50
1.17
73.37
26.63
-
97.71
2.08
.02
.02
.15
.02
73.39
26.59
.02
96.79
2.98
-
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 8 of 148
V28 "OTHR PAYTS YRLY" NUM(4.0)
V29 "ACCURACY OF OTHR PT" NUM(1.0)
V30 "FAMILY SIZE" NUM(1.0)
Annual payments on other debts
Accuracy of V28
Family size
3
4
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Wild code
Work done by someone other than Head or Wife
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: no such payments
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
One person
Two people
Three people
Four people
Five people
Six people
Seven people
Eight people
Nine people or more
1
9
1
2,782
2,020
-
4,755
29
6
12
792
1,098
733
672
568
350
224
158
207
.02
.19
.02
57.93
42.07
-
99.02
.60
.12
.25
16.49
22.87
15.26
13.99
11.83
7.29
4.66
3.29
4.31
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 9 of 148
V31 "YRLY FOOD STD." NUM(4.0)
Annual food standard (Needs)
342 - 4,873 Actual food standard
This is based on the USDA Low Cost plan estimates of the weekly food costs, according to
the table below reproduced from Family Economics Review March, 1967), summed for the
family converted to annual (times 52), and adjusted for economies of scale by USDA rules
as follows:
Single person-add 20%
Two persons-add 10%
Three persons-add 5%
Four persons-no change
Five persons-deduct 5%
Six or more persons-deduct 10%
TABLE B. INDIVIDUAL FOOD STANDARD (LOW COST)
Under 3:Male=3.90
Under 3:Female=3.90
4-6:Male=4.60
4-6:Female=4.60
7-9:Male=5.50
7-9:Female=5.50
10-12:Male=6.40
10-12:Female=6.30
13-15:Male=7.40
13-15:Female=6.90
16-20:Male=8.70
16-20:Female=7.20
21-35:Male=7.50
21-35:Female=6.50
35-55:Male=6.90
35-55:Female=6.30
55+:Male=6.30
55+:Female=5.40
(NOTE that the values in this table are in 1967 dollars. This same standard will be used
in subsequent years, leaving adjustments for inflation, etc. to users.)
4,802 100.00
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 10 of 148
V32 "YRLY NEED STD" NUM(5.0)
V33 "YRLY ALCOHOL" NUM(3.0)
V34 "ACCURACY OF ALC" NUM(1.0)
V35 "YRLY CIG EXP" NUM(3.0)
V36 "ACCURCY OF CIG EXP" NUM(1.0)
Annual Need Standard
Annual expenditures on alcoholic beverages
Accuracy of V33
Annual expenditure on cigarettes
Accuracy of V35
1,670 - 14,349
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
Actual poverty threshold
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
This is the Orshansky-type poverty threshold, based on the annual food needs standard
above (V31, which is in 1967 dollars), with an additional adjustment for diseconomies of
small households (in rent, etc.) and an adjustment for farmers:
Basically it is:
4.89 times the food needs for single persons;
3.7 times the food needs for two person units;
3.0 times the food needs for all other units.
4,802
3,005
1,767
30
4,758
41
1
2
1,905
2,895
2
4,725
76
100.00
62.58
36.80
.62
99.08
.85
.02
.04
39.67
60.29
.04
98.40
1.58
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Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 11 of 148
V37 "YRLY FOOD BILL" NUM(4.0)
V38 "ACCURACY OF FOOD" NUM(1.0)
V39 "YRLY FOOD GROWN" NUM(3.0)
V40 "ACCURACY OF FD GRN" NUM(1.0)
V41 "YRLY SAVD SEWING" NUM(3.0)
Annual food expenditures, (corrected to exclude alcohol and cigarettes)
Accuracy of V37
Saved growing own food (in 1967)
Accuracy of V39
Saved sewing own clothes
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 998
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$9,999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
-
1
24
4,778
-
4,571
156
61
14
4,067
720
15
4,119
657
24
2
3,642
1,158
-
.02
.50
99.50
-
95.19
3.25
1.27
.29
84.69
14.99
.31
85.78
13.68
.50
.04
75.84
24.11
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Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 12 of 148
V42 "ACCURACY OF SVD SEW" NUM(1.0)
V43 "YRLY FOOD ON JOB" NUM(3.0)
V44 "ACCURACY FOOD JOB" NUM(1.0)
V45 "YRLY FOOD STAMPS" NUM(3.0)
V46 "ACCURACY FOOD STPS" NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of V41
Value of free food received on job (annual)
Accuracy of V43
Saved by using food stamps (non-money income subsidy)
Accuracy of V45
999
0
1
2
4
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 998
999
0
1
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Work done by someone other than Head or Wife
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual amount
$999 or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
2
4,625
173
1
2
1
4,618
178
6
4,719
73
7
3
4,241
551
10
4,613
173
.04
96.31
3.60
.02
.04
.02
96.17
3.71
.12
98.27
1.52
.15
.06
88.32
11.47
.21
96.06
3.60
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%
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Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 13 of 148
V47 "YRLY HEADS HRS" NUM(4.0)
V48 "ACCURACY:HDS HRS" NUM(1.0)
V49 "HRS UNEMPL HEAD" NUM(4.0)
V50 "ACCURACY UNEMP HEAD" NUM(1.0)
V51 "HRS HEAD ILL" NUM(4.0)
Head's annual hours working for money
Accuracy of V47
Head's non-leisure from unemployment (Annual hours) (Days unemployed times 8)
Accuracy of V49
Head's non-leisure from illness (Annual hours)
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
0
1 - 9,998
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual number of hours
9999 hours or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual number of hours
9999 hours or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
None
Actual number of hours
(Days ill times 16 for the first 8 weeks and times 8 for time thereafter.)
14
2
868
3,934
-
4,349
352
100
1
4,124
678
-
4,726
55
21
3,014
1,788
.29
.04
18.08
81.92
-
90.57
7.33
2.08
.02
85.88
14.12
-
98.42
1.15
.44
62.77
37.23
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 14 of 148
V52 "ACCURACY HEAD ILL" NUM(1.0)
V53 "YRLY WIFE HRS" NUM(4.0)
V54 "ACCURACY WIFE HRS" NUM(1.0)
V55 "PD CHILD CARE$" NUM(4.0)
V56 "ACCURACY PD CARE" NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of V51
Wife's annual hours working for money
Accuracy of V53
Hours of purchased child care (if children under 12 and adults all work) (Based on
reported cost of child care, assuming $1 per hour)
Accuracy of V55
9,999
0
1
2
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
0
1
2
0
1 - 1,750
0
1
2
9,999 hours or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Inap.: none; no Wife
Actual number of hours
9999 hours or more
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Inap.: none; no children under 12; not all adults work
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
-
4,752
36
14
3,395
1,407
-
4,686
84
32
4,397
405
4,774
26
2
-
98.96
.75
.29
70.70
29.30
-
97.58
1.75
.67
91.57
8.43
99.42
.54
.04
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 15 of 148
V57 "FREE HELP HRS" NUM(4.0)
V58 "ACCURACY FREE HELP" NUM(1.0)
Free help with housework, baby sitting, etc. from outside dwelling. (Based on amount saved
by such free help, assuming $1 per hour)
Accuracy of V57
0
1 - 2,600
0
1
2
5
None
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
3,945
857
4,641
146
14
1
82.15
17.85
96.65
3.04
.29
.02
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 16 of 148
V59 "H& W HOUSEWORK" NUM(4.0)
V60 "ACCURACY H& W HSWK" NUM(1.0)
Hours spent on housework by Head and Wife. (Based on estimates from Productive Americans
(see below) after deducting purchased child care hours (V55) and free help (V57).)
Accuracy of V59
0
1 - 3,500
0
1
2
5
None
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Single man with no one under 18=400
Single man with youngest 6-18=600
Single woman alone=1000
Single woman with another adult=1300
Single woman with one or two children (youngest 4 or older)=1600
Single woman with one or two children (youngest under 4)=2200
Larger families - use couples table.
Married Couples Table:
Alone-wife doesn't work=2000
Alone-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=1700
Alone-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=1500
Children or others age 4+ (3 or 4 people)-wife doesn't work=2300
Children or others age 4+ (3 or 4 people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=2200
Children or others age 4+ (3 or 4 people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=1800
Children or others age 4+ (5 or 6 people)-wife doesn't work=2600
Children or others age 4+ (5 or 6 people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=2500
Children or others age 4+ (5 or 6 people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=2000
Children or others age 4+ (7 or more people)-wife doesn't work=3000
Children or others age 4+ (7 or more people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=2800
Children or others age 4+ (7 or more people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=2400
Youngest child under 4 (3 people)-wife doesn't work=2600
Youngest child under 4 (3 people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=2600
Youngest child under 4 (3 people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=1800
Youngest child under 4 (4 or 5 people)-wife doesn't work=3000
Youngest child under 4 (4 or 5 people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=3000
Youngest child under 4 (4 or 5 people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=2300
Youngest child under 4 (6 or more people)-wife doesn't work=3500
Youngest child under 4 (6 or more people)-wife works but less than 750 hrs/yr=3500
Youngest child under 4 (6 or more people)-wife works more than 750 hrs/yr=2700
Source: Productive Americans, MTR 146
12
4,790
4,676
113
10
3
.25
99.75
97.38
2.35
.21
.06
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 17 of 148
V61 "HRS HOME PRODON" NUM(4.0)
V62 "ACCURACY HOME PRODN" NUM(1.0)
V63 "OTHERS HSWK" NUM(4.0)
V64 "ACCURACY OTH HSWK" NUM(1.0)
V65 "YRLY H& W WK HRS" NUM(4.0)
Annual hours spent on home production
Accuracy of V61
Housework by second adult (not Wife) who is to be included in calculating leisure per
adult. (Extra housework from Table if second adult were treated as spouse.)
Accuracy of V63
Total non-leisure hours (working, ill, or unemployed) for Head and Wife (or second adult,
Sum of Variables 47, 49, 51, 61, 63).
0
1 - 3,000
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 6,192
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 9,998
9,999
None
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: zero hours of housework by second adult; no second
adult
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
None
Actual number of hours
NA
(Work for housing, own additions and repairs, car repairs, growing food, making and
mending clothes.)
2,079
2,723
4,225
560
15
2
4,576
226
4,759
27
13
3
1
4,796
5
43.29
56.71
87.98
11.66
.31
.04
95.29
4.71
99.10
.56
.27
.06
.02
99.88
.10
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 18 of 148
V66 "ACCURACY H& W WK HRS" NUM(1.0)
V67 "1ST OTHR WORK HRS" NUM(4.0)
V68 "ACCURACY 1ST OTH WK" NUM(1.0)
V69 "2ND OTHR WORK HRS" NUM(4.0)
V70 "ACCURACY 2ND OTH WK" NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of V65
Work hours of first extra adult (for money)
Accuracy of V67
Work hours of second extra adult
Accuracy of V69
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 4,160
0
1
2
5
0
1 - 4,160
0
1
2
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: first extra adult does not work for money; no
first extra adult
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
Inap.: second extra adult does not work for money; no
second extra adult
Actual number of hours
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
4,333
389
77
3
3,852
950
4,488
234
78
2
4,529
273
4,665
122
15
90.23
8.10
1.60
.06
80.22
19.78
93.46
4.87
1.62
.04
94.31
5.69
97.15
2.54
.31
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 19 of 148
V71 "NO OF MAJOR ADULTS" NUM(1.0)
V72 "TOT OTHR WRK HRS" NUM(4.0)
V73 "LEISURE HRS/M.A." NUM(4.0)
V74 "HDS LABOR INCOME" NUM(5.0)
V75 "WIFE LBR INCOME" NUM(5.0)
Number of major adults
Total hours worked for money by anyone other than Head and Wife
Leisure hours per major adult
Head's money income from labor
Wife's money income from work
1
2
3
4
5
0
1 - 8,260
680 - 5,840
0
1 - 65,490
0
1 - 15,000
One adult
Two adults
Three adults
Four adults
Five adults
Inap.: anyone other than Head and Wife do not work for
money; no one other than Head and Wife
Actual number of hours
Actual number of hours
None
Actual amount
Inap.: no income from labor; no Wife
Actual amount
(The number of adults for which the total non-leisure hours was calculated.)
5840 available hours minus non-leisure (V65) Divided by number of major adults (V71). The
source of 5840 is 365 days of 16 hours each, allowing for 8 hours sleep.
(Labor part of farm income and business income, wages, bonuses, overtime, commissions,
professional practice, labor part of income from roomers and boarders or business income
(See editing instructions).)
1,511
3,245
39
6
1
3,849
953
4,802
861
3,941
3,399
1,403
31.47
67.58
.81
.12
.02
80.15
19.85
100.00
17.93
82.07
70.78
29.22
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 20 of 148
V76 "H& W TAXBL INCOME" NUM(5.0)
V77 "1ST OTHR TXL INC" NUM(5.0)
V78 "2ND OTHR TXL INC" NUM(4.0)
V79 "TOT OTHERS INC" NUM(5.0)
V80 "FAM TRANSFER INC" NUM(4.0)
V81 "FAM MONEY INC" NUM(5.0)
Taxable income of Head and Wife
Taxable income (from labor or capital) of the person other than Head or Wife with the
highest income
Taxable income of other person with next highest income
Taxable income of all earners, other than Head and Wife
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid to Dependent Children with Unemployed Fathers (ADC, ADCU)
for the entire family. This is part of transfer income
Total family money income
-242 - -1
0
1 - 80,000
0
1 - 12,000
0
1 - 7,000
0
1 - 15,000
0
1 - 6,006
0
Actual net loss
No taxable income
Actual net profit
Inap.: no taxable income of person other than Head or
Wife; no person other than Head or Wife
Actual amount
Inap.: no taxable income of other person; no other person
Actual amount
Inap.: no taxable income of all earners other than Head
and Wife; no one other than Head and Wife
Actual amount
No aid
Actual amount
None
This variable is the sum of Head's labor income, Wife's labor income, asset part of income
from farm, business, roomers, etc., rental, interest and dividend income, and Wife's
income from assets.
This is the sum of V76, 79, 80 plus transfer income other than ADC, ADCU. (Total transfer
income is available by subtracting Variables 76 and 79 from Variable 81).
1
585
4,216
3,848
954
4,528
274
3,848
954
4,538
264
5
.02
12.18
87.80
80.13
19.87
94.29
5.71
80.13
19.87
94.50
5.50
.10
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 21 of 148
V82 "CONTRIB OUTS FU" NUM(4.0)
V83 "FAM INC TAX" NUM(5.0)
V84 "COST OF INCOME" NUM(5.0)
V85 "ACCURACY:HD L INC" NUM(1.0)
V86 "ACCURACY:WIFE INC" NUM(1.0)
Contributions made to outside dependents (outside the dwelling)
Total family income taxes paid
Cost of income
Accuracy of V74
Accuracy of V75
1 - 82,075
0
1 - 9,997
9,998
9,999
0
1 - 24,179
0
1 - 24,179
0
1
2
0
1
Actual amount
None
Actual amount
$9,998 or more
NA
None
Actual amount
None
Actual amount
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
No assignments
Minor assignment
This is the only variable from the editing worksheets where missing data were not
assigned.
(This is an out-transfer which could be deducted from income, and is in one variant
developed in the 1969 wave).
This is estimated by editors on the basis of taxable income, number of exemptions (taking
account of those over 65 or blind), using tables for single, married, and head of
household which incorporate the average deductions from STATISTICS OF INCOME.
This is the sum of income taxes, cost of child care if all adults work, and union dues.
4,797
4,569
190
-
43
1,448
3,354
1,294
3,508
4,596
78
128
4,717
38
99.90
95.15
3.96
-
.90
30.15
69.85
26.95
73.05
95.71
1.62
2.67
98.23
.79
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 22 of 148
V87 "ACCURACY:H& W TINC" NUM(1.0)
V88 "ACCURACY:1ST OTH INC" NUM(1.0)
V89 "ACCURACY:2ND OTH INC" NUM(1.0)
V90 "ACCURACY:TRANSF INC" NUM(1.0)
V91 "ACCURACY CONTRIB" NUM(1.0)
Accuracy of V76
Accuracy of V77
Accuracy of V78
Accuracy of V80
Accuracy of V82
2
0
1
2
0
1
2
5
0
1
2
0
1
2
5
0
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not accurate reflection of income or payments in
1967, i.e., mortgage incurred in 1968; married in 1968,
etc.
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not accurate reflection of income or payments in
1967, i.e., mortgage incurred in 1968; married in 1968,
etc.
No assignments
47
4,670
48
84
4,639
90
72
1
4,736
51
15
4,667
70
63
2
4,775
.98
97.25
1.00
1.75
96.61
1.87
1.50
.02
98.63
1.06
.31
97.19
1.46
1.31
.04
99.44
Count
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 23 of 148
V92 "SRC PR SAMPL UN" NUM(3.0)
V93 "STATE (68)" NUM(2.0)
Survey Research Center identifying number of primary sampling unit (county or cluster of
counties)
State where lives now
1
2
5
1 - 995
0
1 - 51
99
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Estimate not accurate reflection of income or payments in
1967, i.e., mortgage incurred in 1968; married in 1968,
etc.
Actual SRC identifying number of primary sampling unit
Inap.: U.S. territory or foreign country
Actual state (PSID state code)
DK; NA
Hundreds digit=2, Units digit=1 or 2: Central cities in the Northeast of large
metropolitan areas.
Hundreds digit=2, Units digit=3 or 4: Suburban areas of large metropolitan areas in the
Northeast.
Hundreds digit=1, Units digit=1 or 2: Central cities of large metropolitan areas, North
Central.
Hundreds digit=1, Units digit=3 or 4: Suburbs of large metropolitan areas, North Central.
Hundreds digit=3, Units digit=1 or 2: Central cities of large metropolitan areas, South.
Hundreds digit=3, Units digit=3 or 4: Suburbs of large metropolitan areas, South.
Hundreds digit=0, Units digit=1 or 2: Central cities of large metropolitan areas, West.
Hundreds digit=0, Units digit=3 or 4: Suburbs of large metropolitan areas, West.
Hundreds digit=9, Units digit=5,6,9 : Northeast, area is a Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area (contains a city of 50,000 or more).
Hundreds digit=9, Units digit=7,8: Northeast, not SMSA.
Hundreds digit=6,7 Units digit=5,6,9: North central, area contains a SMSA.
Hundreds digit=6,7 Units digit=7,8: North central, no SMSA in area.
Hundreds digit=3,4,5 Units digit=5,6,9: South, SMSA.
Hundreds digit=3,4,5 Units digit=7,8: South, not a SMSA.
Hundreds digit=8 Units digit=5,6,9: West, SMSA.
Hundreds digit=8 Units digit=7,8: West, not a SMSA.
This is coded even for the Census sample, but there is a separate Census Primary Sampling
Unit designation (see Variable 132).
This and the county code are from U.S. General Services Administration Geographical
Location Codes, (Office of Finance) October 1966, Washington, D.C. Please refer to PSID
state codes here http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/data/Documentation/PSIDStateCodes.pdf
18
7
2
4,802
-
4,802
-
.37
.15
.04
100.00
-
100.00
-
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 24 of 148
V94 "COUNTY(68)" NUM(1.0)
V95 "SIZ LGST CTY PSU" NUM(1.0)
V96 "LOCAL OR CPS FU #" NUM(1.0)
County where lives now (See above)
Local place (size of largest city)
Detailed SRC place code for SRC sample and in Census sample - family identification number
(in case there were two families in a dwelling)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Data suppressed
Largest city in primary sampling unit is 500,000 or more
100,000 - 499,999
50,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 49,999
10,000 - 24,999
Less than 10,000
SRC place code is 0
SRC place code is 1
SRC place code is 2
SRC place code is 3
SRC place code is 4
SRC place code is 5
SRC place code is 6
SRC place code is 7
SRC place code is 8
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FIPSCntyYEAR where
Year is the corresponding Census year (i.e. FIPSCnty10 is using the 2010 Census frame).
This variable is the county as per the address at the time of interview coded to the most
recent version of the Census data (using FIPS county codes). This file is available to
qualified users under special contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more
information, contact us at PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted
file.
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
Codes 4,5,6 are thus PSU's not encompassing a standard metropolitan statistical area.
4,802
1,965
908
487
284
412
746
1,792
1,213
624
585
269
129
48
52
59
100.00
40.92
18.91
10.14
5.91
8.58
15.54
37.32
25.26
12.99
12.18
5.60
2.69
1.00
1.08
1.23
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 25 of 148
V97 "INTRVWR SOC SEC" NUM(9.0)
V98 "INTRVWR INT NO" NUM(2.0)
V99 "DATE OF INTVW" NUM(1.0)
V100 "LNGTH OF INTVW" NUM(3.0)
Interviewer's Social Security Number
Interviewer's interview number (she numbers interviews she takes sequentially, starting
with 01)
Date of interview
5. Length of Interview
9
100,000,001 -
100,000,880
999,999,999
1 - 87
99
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 - 300
999
SRC place code is 9
Interviewer's identification number
NA
Actual interviewer's interview number
NA
March 4 - 17
March 18 - 31
April 1 - 14
April 15 - 28
April 29 - May 12
May 13 - May 26
May 27 - June 9
June 10 or later
NA
Actual number of minutes
NA
Each interviewer's social security number has been replaced with a random value that is
unique across waves.
Code actual number of MINUTES (e.g. 1 hour and 10 minutes - 70 minutes).
31
4,802
-
4,704
98
147
341
457
735
890
953
576
702
1
4,627
175
.65
100.00
-
97.96
2.04
3.06
7.10
9.52
15.31
18.53
19.85
12.00
14.62
.02
96.36
3.64
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 26 of 148
V101 "WHEN MOVED IN" NUM(1.0)
V102 "HOW MANY ROOMS" NUM(1.0)
V103 "OWN OR RENT" NUM(1.0)
A2. When did you move into this (house/ apartment)?
A3. How many rooms do you have here for your family (not counting bathrooms)?
A4. Do you (FU) own this home or pay rent or what?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
5
8
1943 or earlier
1944 - 1953
1954 - 1958
1959 - 1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
NA; DK
None, shares room
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA; DK
Owns home (or trailer, fully or jointly)
Rents (or shares rent)
Neither (owns nor rents)
316
575
501
941
287
431
548
765
426
12
2
90
149
563
1,112
1,132
983
394
316
61
2,373
2,194
235
6.58
11.97
10.43
19.60
5.98
8.98
11.41
15.93
8.87
.25
.04
1.87
3.10
11.72
23.16
23.57
20.47
8.20
6.58
1.27
49.42
45.69
4.89
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 27 of 148
V104 "MORTGAGE?" NUM(1.0)
V105 "WHY FREE HOUSING" NUM(1.0)
V106 "WORK FOR HOUSING" NUM(1.0)
A7, A10. Do you have a mortgage on this property? Do you also have a second mortgage?
A14. (IF NEITHER) How is that?
A15. Do you do some work in return for housing? (What?)
0
1
2
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
Inap.: does not own property
First mortgage only
Two mortgages
No mortgage
NA
Inap.: owns home or pays rent (V103 = 1, 5)
Servant; housekeeper
Farm laborer
Other person for whom housing is part of compensation
(janitors, gardeners, nurses, etc.)
Persons for whom housing is a gift, paid for by someone
outside of FU, owned by relative, pays no rent or only
taxes
Sold own home, but still living there
Living in house which will inherit; estate in process
Living in temporary quarters (garage, shed, etc.) while
home is under construction
Other
NA; DK
Inap.: does not do work in return for housing; owns home
or pays rent (V103 = 1, 5)
Do work worth about 20% of rental value (1 - 2 hours a
week)
40%, "some" general maintenance of DU (3 - 4 hours a
week)
60%, maintenance of 1 - 3 other DU's as well, or
substantial maintenance and repairs on own DU (5 - 6
hours a week)
80%, substantial maintenance and repairs of other DU's as
well, or substantial renovation of own DU (7 - 8 hours a
week)
Do work worth 100% of rental value (maintenance of
apartment building)
2,432
1,295
66
1,005
4
4,566
8
54
59
90
6
5
1
10
3
4,656
8
2
4
-
19
50.65
26.97
1.37
20.93
.08
95.09
.17
1.12
1.23
1.87
.12
.10
.02
.21
.06
96.96
.17
.04
.08
-
.40
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
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Page 28 of 148
V107 "ADD OR REPAIRS" NUM(1.0)
V108 "WHAT A& R DONE" NUM(1.0)
V109 "A& R DONE SELF" NUM(1.0)
A19. Did you have any work done on the (house/ apartment) during the last year, or do any
work on it yourselves?
A20. What was done?
A21-22. Did you or your family do any of it? (If yes) what did you do?
6
9
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
Housing is part of job - tenant farmer, domestic
NA; DK
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: no work done on dwelling during the last year
(V107 = 1, 9)
Simple repairs, painting (little skill)
Moderately complex things (carpeting, new faucets, heater
repair, installation of ready-made things), NA how
complex
Fairly complex, one trade-skill (roofing, eaves-trough,
siding, carpentry)
Extensive repairs requiring several skills (electrical
work, finish off the attic, alter room-divisions, masonry
work)
Very complex additions or alterations requiring several
difficult or rare skills such as plumbing; add a room
NA; DK
Inap.: did not do any of it themselves, or did not have
anything done
Simple repairs, painting (little skill)
Moderately complex things (carpeting, new faucets, heater
repair, installation of ready-made things), NA how
complex
Fairly complex, one trade-skill (roofing, eaves-trough,
siding, carpentry)
Extensive repairs requiring several skills (electrical
work, finish off the attic, alter room-divisions, masonry
work)
Very complex additions or alterations requiring several
difficult or rare skills such as plumbing; add a room
NA; DK
110
3
1,850
2,943
9
2,953
595
230
542
208
252
22
3,474
562
156
327
132
136
15
2.29
.06
38.53
61.29
.19
61.50
12.39
4.79
11.29
4.33
5.25
.46
72.34
11.70
3.25
6.81
2.75
2.83
.31
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 29 of 148
V110 "OWE ON A& R" NUM(1.0)
V111 "MIGHT MOVE" NUM(1.0)
V112 "WHY MIGHT MOVE" NUM(1.0)
V113 "NUMBER IN DU" NUM(2.0)
A25-26. Do you still owe anything on it? (If yes) - is it included in your mortgage?
A28. Do you think you might move in the next couple of years?
A29. Why might you move?
B1. How many people live here altogether?
0
1
3
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
1 - 16
99
Inap.: did no additions or repairs
Yes, owe, and yes included in mortgage
Yes, owe, but not included in mortgage (or NA whether
included)
No, do not owe on additions and repairs
NA; DK
Yes, will move
Probably will; "Yes, I might"
Pro-Con, do not know, It all depends, maybe
Probably not, not likely
No, never
NA
Inap.: does not plan to move in the next couple of years
Purposive productive reasons, to take another job, to get
nearer work
Purposive consumption reasons - more or less space, less
rent, better neighborhood, want to own a home, better
house
Ambiguous, cannot tell whether purposive or response to
outside events; other
Response to outside events, involuntary reasons (DU
coming down, being evicted), armed services, etc.
NA
Actual number of people
NA
2,962
34
89
1,679
38
1,223
322
416
113
2,703
25
2,849
224
1,117
316
214
82
4,800
2
61.68
.71
1.85
34.96
.79
25.47
6.71
8.66
2.35
56.29
.52
59.33
4.66
23.26
6.58
4.46
1.71
99.96
.04
Count
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Count
Count
%
%
%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 30 of 148
V114 "HHOLD COMPOSITION" NUM(1.0)
V115 "NUMBER IN FAMILY" NUM(2.0)
V116 "NO ADULTS IN FAM" NUM(1.0)
Household Composition (from Q's B1 and B2)
Number of people (children plus adults) in this FAMILY UNIT (living here) (from listing
box)
Number of Adults in this Family Unit (from listing box) (Adults are persons 18 years and
older or who are married)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1 - 16
99
1
2
Head, Wife, and children
FU includes other related people - grandparents,
grandchildren and in-laws
FU includes unrelated people -- if an unrelated person is
included in the extra earner's sequence, pp 22 - 23, then
he has been included in the family
Primary in a DU including secondaries -- The listing box
includes someone labeled as Roomer, Boarder, Friend,
Roommate, etc. In such cases the number of people in the
FU is smaller than the number in the DU
Secondaries -- The Roomer, Boarder, Friend, etc. -- from
the household whose Head is coded 4. In the Census
Sample, some secondaries will be included in the sample
while the primaries are not. Also, there will be some
persons from the Census Sample who have moved in with
relatives who are not in the sample. If they are NOT
pooling finances, they will be coded 4 as if they were
unrelated secondaries
Sub families - final digit of ID# is 1, 2, 3, etc. These
are related persons who are included in the PRIMARY
family FU but who had substantial (> $2000) income last
year, didn't pool it with the family, and are likely to
move out. The sub-family interview applies to a sub-unit
(a Head's son and daughter-in-law, for instance) and are
included in the sub-family FU
Special case for Census movers -- This person or family
was in the Census Sample in spring 1967 but has since
moved in with another family which is not in the sample.
They pool income and expenses, so all are included in
this years FU. Usually in these cases the interview will
have been taken with the Head of the sample family, and
the non-sample member of the new enlarged FU will be
included on pages 22 and 23
Actual number of people
NA
One
Two
4,009
539
26
128
64
4
32
4,802
-
1,276
2,786
83.49
11.22
.54
2.67
1.33
.08
.67
100.00
-
26.57
58.02
Count
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Count
%
%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 31 of 148
V117 "AGE OF HEAD" NUM(2.0)
V118 "AGE OF WIFE" NUM(2.0)
V119 "SEX OF HEAD" NUM(1.0)
V120 "AGE YOUNGST CHILD" NUM(1.0)
B2. Age of Head of Family Unit
B2. Age of Wife of Head
B2. Sex of Head of Family Unit
How old are they?
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 - 96
97
98
99
0
1 - 96
97
99
1
2
9
0
1
2
3
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Actual age
Ninety-seven years or older
DK
NA
Inap.: no Wife
Actual years old
Ninety-seven years or older
NA
Male
Female
NA
No children under 18 in FU
Less than two years
2 years up to 2.99 years
3 years up to 3.99 years
Age of YOUNGEST CHILD UNDER 18 IN FU (children at home only).
542
155
31
8
3
1
-
4,799
-
1
2
1,725
3,074
-
3
3,455
1,347
-
1,983
607
320
263
11.29
3.23
.65
.17
.06
.02
-
99.94
-
.02
.04
35.92
64.01
-
.06
71.95
28.05
-
41.30
12.64
6.66
5.48
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 32 of 148
V121 "NR CHLDRN IN SCHOOL" NUM(1.0)
V122 "NR CHLDRN LVNG AWAY" NUM(1.0)
B3. Is he/she in school? (Code number of children in FU in school and living at home)
(exclude in-laws)
B6-7. Number of children of Head under 25 not living with parents
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
4 years up to 4.99 years
5 years up to 5.99 years
6 years up to 8.99 years
9 years up to 13.99 years
14 years up to 18 years
NA
None, no
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
216
187
419
505
302
-
2,473
653
619
451
268
166
66
46
34
26
3,796
603
265
97
24
8
2
1
1
5
4.50
3.89
8.73
10.52
6.29
-
51.50
13.60
12.89
9.39
5.58
3.46
1.37
.96
.71
.54
79.05
12.56
5.52
2.02
.50
.17
.04
.02
.02
.10
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%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 33 of 148
V123 "NR CHLDRN IN INSTIT" NUM(1.0)
V124 "RQD NO ROOMS" NUM(1.0)
V125 "NR CHLDRN 0-11GRDS" NUM(1.0)
B9. Number of children of Head under 25 not living at home, but in institutions (army,
jail, boarding school)
Required number of rooms for a family like this
Education of children
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
None
One
Required number of rooms for the family was calculated as follows: A base of 2 rooms was
allowed for Head and Wife or for a single Head. Additional rooms were then allotted as
follows: One room for each single person aged eighteen and above, one room for a married
couple other than Head and Wife, and one room for every two children of the same sex under
age 18. Children under 10 were paired regardless of sex if this reduced the room
requirement.
Number of children who completed less than 12 grades:
4,439
297
52
6
3
1
-
-
-
4
8
1,488
1,248
1,052
599
245
100
41
21
4,327
258
92.44
6.18
1.08
.12
.06
.02
-
-
-
.08
.17
30.99
25.99
21.91
12.47
5.10
2.08
.85
.44
90.11
5.37
Count
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Count
%
%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 34 of 148
V126 "NR CHLDRN 12GRDS" NUM(1.0)
V127 "NR CHLDRN 13GRDS" NUM(1.0)
Number of children who completed exactly 12 grades:
Number of children who completed more than 12 grades:
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
106
34
11
3
1
-
2
60
4,229
381
104
19
7
-
-
-
-
62
4,326
332
72
13
-
-
-
-
-
59
2.21
.71
.23
.06
.02
-
.04
1.25
88.07
7.93
2.17
.40
.15
-
-
-
-
1.29
90.09
6.91
1.50
.27
-
-
-
-
-
1.23
Count
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%
%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 35 of 148
V128 "NR MOVED IN" NUM(1.0)
V129 "WHO MOVED IN" NUM(1.0)
V130 "NR MOVED OUT" NUM(1.0)
B11, 12. Has anyone moved into your household in the last year?
B12. If Yes, who moved in?
B13. Has anyone moved out in the last year?
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
Yes, one person
Yes, two people
Yes, three people
Yes, four or more people
No
NA
Inap.: no one moved into household in the last year (V128
= 5, 9)
Head of family
Wife
Son or daughter under 18 (include babies born or adopted)
Brother or sister
Father or mother
Grandchild, any child relative
Other adult relatives, in-laws
Unrelated person (roomer, boarder, etc.)
NA
Yes, one person
Yes, two persons
Yes, three people
Yes, four or more people
No
Yes, NA how many
NA
415
46
16
16
4,285
24
4,277
46
15
227
22
6
69
80
48
12
458
61
18
14
4,209
2
40
8.64
.96
.33
.33
89.23
.50
89.07
.96
.31
4.73
.46
.12
1.44
1.67
1.00
.25
9.54
1.27
.37
.29
87.65
.04
.83
Count
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Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 36 of 148
V131 "WHO MOVED OUT" NUM(1.0)
V132 "CPS PR SAMPL UN" NUM(3.0)
V133 "CPS HOUSEHOLD NR" NUM(4.0)
V134 "CPS SEGMENT, PART" NUM(1.0)
B14. (If yes) Who moved out? (Relation to Head and age)
Census designation of primary sampling area (where originally sampled)
Census serial number (household number)
Census segment number (designation of an area within the primary sampling area)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
110 - 948
0
1,001 - 4,352
0
1
2
3
4
5
Inap.: no one moved out of household in the last year
Head (previous Head)
Wife
Son or daughter (under 18)
Head's brother or sister
Head's father or mother
Grandchild, any child relative
Other adult relatives (including children 18 or older),
in-laws
Unrelated person (roomer, boarder)
NA
Inap.: SRC sample
Census designation of primary sampling area
Inap.: SRC sample
Census serial number
Inap.: SRC sample
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
(Zero for SRC sample.)
(Zero for SRC sample.)
(Zero for SRC sample.)
4,249
92
19
117
11
14
24
217
55
4
2,930
1,872
2,930
1,872
2,932
232
233
222
223
229
88.48
1.92
.40
2.44
.23
.29
.50
4.52
1.15
.08
61.02
38.98
61.02
38.98
61.06
4.83
4.85
4.62
4.64
4.77
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
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Value/Range
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 37 of 148
V135 "CPS SEGMENT,REST" NUM(2.0)
V136 "LAST PTO MTG" NUM(1.0)
V137 "EDUC EXPT CHLDRN" NUM(1.0)
Census segment number (designation of an area within the primary sampling area)
B15-17. (If children in school) Have you (or your wife) ever attended any meetings of a
parent-teacher's organization? When was the last time?
B18-19. How much education do you think your children will have when they stop going to
school? What do you really think will happen?
6
7
8
0
1 - 84
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
Six
Seven
Eight
Inap.: SRC sample
Census segment number
Inap.: no children in school
Yes, less than three months ago
Yes, 3 - 12 months ago
Yes, but more than a year ago; several years ago
Yes, but cannot remember when
No (to B16): Cases where children live outside FU
NA, no P.T.A.
Inap.: no children in school
All will go to college (definite), they will get a
college education
Some will go to college, or will get some college, hope
will complete college
All will finish high school, high school at least, 12
grades, hope they will go to college
Some high school, some will finish high school, may
finish high school
One or more will not finish high school, or probably not,
not much, even so they can read and write
"Hope they finish high school"
DK, gives only desires but not codable in 6
NA
(Zero for SRC sample.)
240
264
227
2,930
1,872
2,458
708
593
259
51
676
57
2,437
518
513
806
179
26
132
80
111
5.00
5.50
4.73
61.02
38.98
51.19
14.74
12.35
5.39
1.06
14.08
1.19
50.75
10.79
10.68
16.78
3.73
.54
2.75
1.67
2.31
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 38 of 148
V138 "AGE HD 1ST CHLD" NUM(2.0)
V139 "NR CAR DRIVERS" NUM(1.0)
V140 "DIFFIC FR NO CAR" NUM(1.0)
V141 "WHAT DIFF NO CAR" NUM(1.0)
B20. Have you (HEAD) ever had any children?
B21. When was your (HEAD's) first child born?
C1. Altogether how many people are there in your family here who can drive? (Include
drivers in sub-family)
C2. Do you or anyone else in the family here own a car?
C3. (If no) Does not having a car cause you (Family) any difficulties?
C4. What are they?
0
11 - 62
99
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
5
7
9
0
1
2
Inap.: Head never had any children
Actual age of head when first child was born
DK; NA
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Yes, own a car (Yes to C2)
No, and it causes difficulties (Yes to Q. C3)
No, and it causes no difficulties (No to Q. C3)
No car, NA whether causes any difficulties
NA
Inap.: family owns a car (V140 = 1)
Can't get around; have to depend on others; no way to
have fun, etc.
Makes expenses higher (taxis, have to buy in more
expensive stores), have to pay more rent, inconvenience
in regards to necessities, i.e., getting groceries
856
3,847
99
815
1,672
1,807
353
102
28
9
3
1
12
3,326
705
695
63
13
4,030
290
210
17.83
80.11
2.06
16.97
34.82
37.63
7.35
2.12
.58
.19
.06
.02
.25
69.26
14.68
14.47
1.31
.27
83.92
6.04
4.37
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 39 of 148
V142 "ADEQ PUB TRANSP" NUM(1.0)
V143 "NR CARS OWNED" NUM(1.0)
V144 "YR OF NEWST CAR" NUM(2.0)
C5. Is there public transportation within walking distance that is adequate for you?
C6. How many cars do you and your family living here own? (Include trucks, leased cars,
in the count if they are used as family transportation, i.e., left in by Editor)
C7. Year model of newest car
3
4
9
0
1
5
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
35 - 68
99
Can't get to doctor
Can't get to job; difficult to get to work; cannot get to
better job
NA
Inap.: family owns a car (V140 = 1)
Yes
No
DK
NA
Inap.: family does not own a car
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Inap.: family does not own a car
Actual year model
NA
Code last 2 digits of year for newest car.
82
109
81
3,336
1,004
348
1
113
1,476
2,165
1,003
136
16
4
1
-
-
1
1,476
3,312
14
1.71
2.27
1.69
69.47
20.91
7.25
.02
2.35
30.74
45.09
20.89
2.83
.33
.08
.02
-
-
.02
30.74
68.97
.29
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 40 of 148
V145 "VALUE OF CARS" NUM(4.0)
V146 "CONDITION BEST COR" NUM(1.0)
V147 "CONDITION WORST COR" NUM(1.0)
V148 "OWE ON CAR" NUM(1.0)
Value of all cars owned (Wholesale, Midwest, NADA, Middle Range V-8)
C9. Is it in good, fair, or poor condition?
C9. Is it in good, fair or poor condition?
C10. Do you owe any money on it?
0
1 - 9,997
9,998
9,999
0
1
3
5
9
0
1
3
5
9
0
1
5
9
Inap.: family does not own a car; car leased or owned by
business
Actual value
$9998 or more
NA
Inap.: family does not own a car
Good, excellent, very good
Fair
Poor
NA
Inap.: family does not own a car
Good
Fair
Poor
NA
Inap.: family does not own a car
Yes (Owes on one or more cars)
No
NA
(Code condition of car in BEST condition.)
Code condition of car in WORST condition.
If only one, can code same as V146.
(Code whether owes on any car.)
1,493
3,290
-
19
1,476
2,455
658
192
21
1,476
2,014
949
334
29
1,477
1,270
2,040
15
31.09
68.51
-
.40
30.74
51.12
13.70
4.00
.44
30.74
41.94
19.76
6.96
.60
30.76
26.45
42.48
.31
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 41 of 148
V149 "CAR INSURED" NUM(1.0)
V150 "NR PAYTS LEFT" NUM(1.0)
V151 "NR SETS OF PAYTS" NUM(1.0)
C11. Is that car insured?
C15. Do they include insurance?
C14. How many payments do you have left?
How many payments do you have left?
0
1
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
9
Inap.: family does not own a car
All cars insured
Some insured, but one or more uninsured; some insured but
NA whether all insured
NA whether first car insured; second car uninsured, but
if newer car is uninsured, then assume that all cars are
uninsured
No insured car (all cars uninsured)
NA
Inap.: no car debt
1 - 6
7 - 12
13 - 18
19 - 24
25 - 30
31 - 36
37 or more
Has debt, but no regular payments; lump sum deal
NA
Inap.: no car debt
One set of payments only (May be on 1 or more cars)
Is making more than one set of payments (May be on 2 or
more cars)
NA
CHECK FOR ALL CARS.
(Largest number of payments.)
Bracket code:
1,476
2,749
127
5
361
84
3,520
218
293
215
212
102
97
12
23
110
3,520
1,110
120
52
30.74
57.25
2.64
.10
7.52
1.75
73.30
4.54
6.10
4.48
4.41
2.12
2.02
.25
.48
2.29
73.30
23.12
2.50
1.08
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Page 42 of 148
V152 "CAR HAVE SEAT BELTS" NUM(1.0)
V153 "SEAT BELTS FASTENED" NUM(1.0)
V154 "DO OWN CAR REPAIR" NUM(1.0)
V155 "KINDS OF CAR REPAIR" NUM(1.0)
C17. Does the car you (HEAD) drive most of the time have seat belts?
C18. Do you have them fastened all the time while you are driving? part of the time, or
practically none of the time?
C19. Do you (or your family) do any of your own repair work on your car(s)?
C20. (If Yes) What kinds of things have you done on your car(s) in the last year?
0
1
5
9
0
1
3
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
Inap.: no car
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: does not drive; has no car; car has no seatbelts
Fastened all the time
Fastened part of the time
Fastened practically none of the time
NA how often fastened
Inap.: family does not have a car
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: family does not have a car; family does not do car
repair work
Yes, little or no skill, mostly maintenance (oil change,
greasing, tire switching) (touch-up painting)
Yes, some skill (tune-up, points, plugs, adjust
carburetor, fuel pump)
Yes, some skill required (brakes, wheel bearings, exhaust
system, starter)
Yes, extensive repairs, taking much skill (rings, valves,
bearings, install factory rebuilt engine, king pins, ball
joints, transmission work, motor work, or "I do anything
that needs doing")
PRIORITY CODE - highest number.
1,477
2,004
1,267
54
2,798
390
785
822
7
1,476
1,349
1,967
10
3,444
141
463
306
261
30.76
41.73
26.38
1.12
58.27
8.12
16.35
17.12
.15
30.74
28.09
40.96
.21
71.72
2.94
9.64
6.37
5.44
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Page 43 of 148
V156 "AMT SAVD CAR REPAIR" NUM(1.0)
V157 "TIME ON CAR REPAIR" NUM(1.0)
V158 "MEDICAL INSURANCE" NUM(1.0)
C21. In the last year do you think you saved more than $50 that way?
C22. (If yes) About how much do you think you saved?
C23. About how much time did that take you altogether?
D3. Are you (HEAD) covered by some hospital or medical insurance like Blue Cross?
D4. Does this insurance cover the entire family?
D5. Can you get free medical care in any way such as from Medicare, Medicaid, or as a
veteran?
5
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
1
2
3
4
Yes, complex repairs that usually take a skilled mechanic
(rebuilt engine or transmission, complete overhaul)
Yes, does work, but did none in 1967
NA whether performed repairs or what kind of repairs
Inap.: family does not have a car; family did not do any
of their own car repair work
Saved, but did not save $50, "No" to Q. C21
Saved $50 - 199
Saved $200 - 499
Saved $500 or more
NA how much
NA
Inap.: did not save more that $50; family does not have a
car
Less than 50 hours (1 - 6 days)
50 - 199 hours (1 - 4 weeks, 7 - 25 days)
200 - 499 hours (5 - 12 weeks, 26 - 62 days)
500 hours or more (13+ weeks, 63+ days)
NA
Whole family is covered by insurance (Yes to A. D3 and
D4)
Head is covered, but not entire family (Yes to D3 and No
or NA to Q. D4)
Head not insured, but can get free medical care (No to Q.
D3 and Yes to Q. D5)
Neither: Head is not insured, nor eligible for free
medical care (No to Q. D3 and No to Q. D5)
Priority code.
75
51
61
3,490
430
618
166
23
38
37
3,892
634
121
8
4
143
2,970
318
703
602
1.56
1.06
1.27
72.68
8.95
12.87
3.46
.48
.79
.77
81.05
13.20
2.52
.17
.08
2.98
61.85
6.62
14.64
12.54
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Page 44 of 148
V159 "SAVINGS" NUM(1.0)
V160 "1MONTHS INC SAVED" NUM(1.0)
V161 "2MO INC SVD 5YRS" NUM(1.0)
V162 "EAT OUT OFTEN" NUM(1.0)
D6. Does your FAMILY have any savings, such as checking or savings accounts, or
government bonds?
D7. Would they amount to as much as two months income or more?
D8. Was there a time in the last five years when you had as much as two months' income
saved up?
E1. Now I have a few questions about food and clothing. About how many times a week do
you (FAMILY) eat out at restaurants or drive-ins?
5
6
7
9
1
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
Head not insured but family can get free medical care
Wild code
Yes, NA what kind or who covered
NA to Q. D3
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: does not have any savings
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: has two months of income or more in savings now
Yes
No
NA
Practically never eat out, never, very seldom
Less than once; sometimes
1 or 2 times
3 or 4 times
5 - 9 times
10 times or more
NA
88
61
32
28
2,877
1,908
17
1,925
1,902
951
24
1,902
924
1,849
127
2,410
1,004
915
201
136
68
68
1.83
1.27
.67
.58
59.91
39.73
.35
40.09
39.61
19.80
.50
39.61
19.24
38.50
2.64
50.19
20.91
19.05
4.19
2.83
1.42
1.42
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Page 45 of 148
V163 "SPEND EATING OUT" NUM(1.0)
V164 "MILK DELIVERED" NUM(1.0)
V165 "SPEND ON MILK DLVRD" NUM(1.0)
V166 "SPEND ON OTHR FOOD" NUM(1.0)
E2. About how much do (FAMILY) spend in a week eating out, including lunches at work (or
at school)?
E3. Do you have any of your milk delivered to the door?
E4. About how much do you (FAMILY) spend on that milk in a week or month?
E5. About how much do you spend a week on all the (other) food you use at home?
0
1
2
3
4
9
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
Nothing, do not eat out
Less than $5
$5 - 9
$10 - 19
$20 or more
NA
Yes
No, or do not drink milk
NA
Inap.: no milk delivered
(Less than $3 a week) (Less than $12 a month)
$3 - 4 a week $12 - 17 a month
$5 a week $18 - 24 a month
$6 - 7 a week $25 - 32 a month
$8 - 9 a week $33 - 41 a month
$10 - 13 a week $42 - 59 a month
$14 - 19 a week $60 - 85 a month
$20 a week or more $86 or more
NA
Nothing
Less than $5 a week
$5 - 9 a week
$10 - 19 a week
1,449
1,098
1,036
810
290
119
865
3,930
7
3,934
351
231
113
83
29
36
7
3
15
56
60
261
1,150
30.17
22.87
21.57
16.87
6.04
2.48
18.01
81.84
.15
81.92
7.31
4.81
2.35
1.73
.60
.75
.15
.06
.31
1.17
1.25
5.44
23.95
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Page 46 of 148
V167 "SPEND ON ALCOHOL" NUM(1.0)
V168 "ALCHL IN FOOD BILL" NUM(1.0)
V169 "NR CIGS SMOKED" NUM(1.0)
E6. How about alcoholic beverages - how much do you (FAMILY) spend on that in an average
week?
E7. Is that included in the food bill?
E8. Do any of you smoke?
E9. (If yes) About how many cigarettes do you (FAMILY) smoke in a day or week?
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
$20 - 29 a week
$30 - 39 a week
$40 - 49 a week
$50 or more a week
NA
Nothing
Less than $5
$5 - 9
$10 - 19
$20 or more
NA
Inap.: spends nothing on alcoholic beverages
Yes
No
NA
Do not smoke anything
Less than 3 a day; less than a pack a week
3-17 a day; 1-6 packs a week
18-22 a day (a pack a day); 7 packs a week
23-35 a day (1.5 packs a day); 8-14 packs a week (a
carton a week)
2-3 packs a day; 15-24 packs a week (two carton a week)
4 or more packs a day; 25 or more packs a week (three or
more cartons a week)
Smokes cigars, pipe, etc.; roll own cigarettes
(1 pack - 20 cigarettes)
(1 carton - 10 packs)
1,447
962
439
317
110
3,001
1,183
395
152
36
35
3,002
215
1,549
36
1,889
56
705
706
561
559
75
206
30.13
20.03
9.14
6.60
2.29
62.49
24.64
8.23
3.17
.75
.73
62.52
4.48
32.26
.75
39.34
1.17
14.68
14.70
11.68
11.64
1.56
4.29
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Page 47 of 148
V170 "CIGS IN FOOD BILL" NUM(1.0)
V171 "1ST WAY KP FD BL DN" NUM(1.0)
V172 "2ND WAY KP FD BL DN" NUM(1.0)
E10. Is that included in the food bill?
E11. Are there any special ways that you try to keep the food bill down? CODE 2 MENTIONS
WITH LARGEST CODE NUMBERS
E12. What special ways do you have for keeping the food bill down? FIRST MENTION
E13. What special ways do you have for keeping the food bill down? Anything else? SECOND
MENTION
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
NA how many cigarettes
Inap.: family does not smoke
Yes
No
NA
No
Don't eat much; try to eat less
Try to economize, buy in large quantities, buy bulk;
watch for ads in paper, watch for specials, bargains,
sales, shop around the stores, buy from farmer
Have an "in" -- army PX, eat cheap at restaurant where
work; get discount on groceries, buy co-op
Coupons cut from papers; use coupons; food stamps,
welfare food
Eat cheaper food, e.g., potatoes, hamburgers, chicken;
buy no luxuries, eat leftovers, don't waste what we buy
Do own baking, canning, or freezing
Raise or grow own food; garden, have own milk, raise a
calf, pigs, or chickens, have fruit trees. Also do
hunting and fishing if indication of substantial saving
Yes, gifts of food, food from home, etc.
NA
Inap.: no or no second mention
Don't eat much; try to eat less
Try to economize, buy in large quantities, buy bulk;
watch for ads in paper, watch for specials, bargains,
sales, shop around the stores, buy from farmer
Have an "in" -- army PX, eat cheap at restaurant where
work; get discount on groceries, buy co-op
Coupons cut from papers; use coupons; food stamps,
welfare food
45
1,889
804
1,864
245
1,952
72
955
50
46
804
297
573
20
33
3,168
61
889
13
20
.94
39.34
16.74
38.82
5.10
40.65
1.50
19.89
1.04
.96
16.74
6.18
11.93
.42
.69
65.97
1.27
18.51
.27
.42
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Page 48 of 148
V173_1 "WAYS KP FD BL DN RESP 1" NUM(1.0)
V173_2 "WAYS KP FD BL DN RESP 2" NUM(1.0)
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
Eat cheaper food, e.g., potatoes, hamburgers, chicken;
buy no luxuries, eat leftovers, don't waste what we buy
Do own baking, canning, or freezing
Raise or grow own food; garden, have own milk, raise a
calf, pigs, or chickens, have fruit trees. Also do
hunting and fishing if indication of substantial saving
Yes, gifts of food, food from home, etc.
NA
Inap.: No to E11 or no second mention to E12
Don't eat much; try to eat less
Try to economize, buy in large quantities, buy bulk;
watch for ads in paper, watch for specials, bargains,
sales, shop around the stores, buy from farmer
Have an "in"--army PX, eat cheap at restaurant where
work; get discount on groceries, buy co-op
Coupons cut from papers; use coupons; food stamps,
welfare food
Eat cheaper foods, e.g., potatoes, hamburgers, chicken,
buy no luxuries, eat left-overs, don't waste what we buy
Do own baking, canning or freezing
Raise or grow food; garden, have own milk, raise a calf,
pigs, or chickens, have fruit trees. Also do hunting and
fishing if indication of substantial saving
Yes, gifts of food, food from home, etc. Priority below
1
NA
Inap.: No to E11 or no second mention to E12
Don't eat much; try to eat less
Try to economize, buy in large quantities, buy bulk;
watch for ads in paper, watch for specials, bargains,
sales, shop around the stores, buy from farmer
Have an "in"--army PX, eat cheap at restaurant where
work; get discount on groceries, buy co-op
Coupons cut from papers; use coupons; food stamps,
welfare food
Eat cheaper foods, e.g., potatoes, hamburgers, chicken,
buy no luxuries, eat left-overs, don't waste what we buy
Ignore this variable. See V171.
Ignore this variable. See V172.
213
279
124
27
8
1,951
72
955
50
46
805
297
574
20
32
3,167
61
889
13
20
214
4.44
5.81
2.58
.56
.17
40.63
1.50
19.89
1.04
.96
16.76
6.18
11.95
.42
.67
65.95
1.27
18.51
.27
.42
4.46
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Page 49 of 148
V174 "HOW OFTN EAT TGTHR" NUM(1.0)
V175 "1ST WAY SV ON CLTHNG" NUM(1.0)
V176 "2ND WAY SV ON CLTHNG" NUM(1.0)
E14. How much of the time does the family sit down and eat the main meal of the day
together?
E15. Do you have any special ways of saving on clothing costs? (If yes) What are they?
FIRST MENTION
E15. Do you have any special ways of saving on clothing costs? (If yes) What are they?
SECOND MENTION
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
Do own baking, canning or freezing
Raise or grow food; garden, have own milk, raise a calf,
pigs, or chickens, have fruit trees. Also do hunting and
fishing if indication of substantial saving
Yes, gifts of food, food from home, etc. Priority below
1
NA
Inap.: one person family
Once a week or less (only on Sunday), never, hardly ever
Part of the time, 2 - 3 days a week
Most of the time, 4 - 6 days a week
Every day, nearly every day, all the time; 100% of the
time; once a day
NA
No
Just do not buy much, keep it clean
Yes, buy economically, shop in larger cities, shop for
sales or bargains, seasonal shopping at end of season
Yes, shop at discount stores, hand-me-downs; buy used
clothing
Yes, discount on clothing because of employment
Yes, mending
Yes, sewing, alterations, makes some clothes
Yes, make a lot of own clothes, "Wife sews for all our
daughters", etc.
Yes, gifts of clothing, clothes sewn by someone else
(outside FU). This is not the highest priority code.
Place lower than 1.
NA
Inap.: no or no second mention
279
124
27
8
785
327
279
200
2,941
270
2,406
241
512
296
58
69
525
571
115
9
4,045
5.81
2.58
.56
.17
16.35
6.81
5.81
4.16
61.25
5.62
50.10
5.02
10.66
6.16
1.21
1.44
10.93
11.89
2.39
.19
84.24
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Page 50 of 148
V177_1 "WAYS SV ON CLTHNG RESP 1" NUM(1.0)
V177_2 "WAYS SV ON CLTHNG RESP 2" NUM(1.0)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
Just do not buy much, keep it clean
Yes, buy economically, shop in larger cities, shop for
sales or bargains, seasonal shopping at end of season
Yes, shop at discount stores, hand-me-downs; buy used
clothing
Yes, discount on clothing because of employment
Yes, mending
Yes, sewing, alterations, makes some clothes
Yes, make a lot of own clothes, "Wife sews for all our
daughters", etc.
Yes, gifts of clothing, clothes sewn by someone else
(outside FU). This is not the highest priority code.
Place lower than 1.
NA
No
Just do not buy much, keep it clean
Yes, buy economically, shop in larger cities, shop for
sales or bargains, seasonal shopping at end of season
Yes, shop at discount stores, hand-me-downs; buy used
clothing
Yes, discount on clothing because of employment
Yes, mending
Yes, sewing, alterations, makes some clothes
Yes, make a lot of own clothes, "wife sews for all our
daughters," etc.
Yes, gifts of clothing, clothes sewn by someone else
(outside FU). This is the highest priority code. Place
lower than 1
NA
No, or no second mention
Just do not buy much, keep it clean
Yes, buy economically, shop in larger cities, shop for
sales or bargains, seasonal shopping at end of season
Yes, shop at discount stores, hand-me-downs; buy used
clothing
Ignore this variable. See V175.
Ignore this variable. See V176.
170
297
95
7
45
29
12
98
4
2,406
241
512
296
58
69
525
571
115
9
4,045
170
297
95
3.54
6.18
1.98
.15
.94
.60
.25
2.04
.08
50.10
5.02
10.66
6.16
1.21
1.44
10.93
11.89
2.39
.19
84.24
3.54
6.18
1.98
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Page 51 of 148
V178 "AMT SVD ON CLOTHING" NUM(1.0)
V179 "WHO AT INTERVIEW" NUM(1.0)
V180 "WHO RESPONDENT" NUM(1.0)
E17. Did you (FAMILY) save more than $50 on your clothing bill this way last year?
E18. (If yes) About how much did you save this way in the last year?
N1. Who was present during interview?
N2. Who was respondent (relation to Head)
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
7
9
1
2
3
4
9
1
2
3
8
9
Yes, discount on clothing because of employment
Yes, mending
Yes, sewing, alterations, makes some clothes
Yes, make a lot of own clothes, "wife sews for all our
daughters," etc.
Yes, gifts of clothing, clothes sewn by someone else
(outside FU). This is the highest priority code. Place
lower than 1
NA
Inap.: no special way of saving (E15 = 0)
Some ways, but did not save more than $50
Saved $51 - 199
Saved $200 - 499
Saved $500 or more
NA how much
NA; DK
Respondent only
Respondent and spouse
Respondent and someone else (not spouse)
Respondent and spouse and someone else (include children,
count others even if part-time)
NA; DK
Head
Wife, responding for self
Other
Wife responding for husband
NA
7
45
29
12
98
4
2,465
778
971
221
27
226
114
1,690
1,203
1,053
852
4
4,498
32
15
239
18
.15
.94
.60
.25
2.04
.08
51.33
16.20
20.22
4.60
.56
4.71
2.37
35.19
25.05
21.93
17.74
.08
93.67
.67
.31
4.98
.37
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Page 52 of 148
V181 "RACE" NUM(1.0)
V182 "NR OF CALLS" NUM(1.0)
V183 "HOW CLEAN DU" NUM(1.0)
V184 "READING MTL IN DU" NUM(1.0)
N3. Race
N4. Number of calls
N5. How clean was the interior of the DU?
N6. How much reading material was visible in the DU?
1
2
3
7
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
3
5
White
Negro
Puerto Rican, Mexican
Other (including Oriental, Pilipino)
NA
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Very clean
Clean
So-so
Not very clean
Dirty
NA
A lot
Some
None
3,077
1,571
92
46
16
1,551
1,352
799
442
211
138
90
90
129
1,584
1,646
791
328
203
250
493
2,393
1,566
64.08
32.72
1.92
.96
.33
32.30
28.15
16.64
9.20
4.39
2.87
1.87
1.87
2.69
32.99
34.28
16.47
6.83
4.23
5.21
10.27
49.83
32.61
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 53 of 148
V185 "NR QSTNS REPEATED" NUM(1.0)
V186 "NR REPLIES REPEATED" NUM(1.0)
V187 "R DISFIGURED" NUM(1.0)
N7. About how many times did you have to repeat a question?
N8. About how many times did you have to ask R to repeat a reply?
N9. Does R have any obvious disfigurements or habits that could make it difficult for him
to get a job?
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
3
5
9
NA; DK
Never
Once or twice, hardly ever, seldom
3 - 5 times
6 - 9 times, several times, a fair amount
10 - 19 times
20 times or more, many times, a lot
NA
Never
Once or twice, hardly ever, seldom
3 - 5 times
6 - 8 times, frequently, several times
10 - 19 times
20 times or more, many times
NA
Yes
Yes, qualified, minor ones
No, old age
NA
350
1,782
1,344
942
368
86
205
75
2,921
994
507
182
25
94
79
287
198
4,202
115
7.29
37.11
27.99
19.62
7.66
1.79
4.27
1.56
60.83
20.70
10.56
3.79
.52
1.96
1.65
5.98
4.12
87.51
2.39
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 54 of 148
V188 "NEAREST SMSA" NUM(3.0)
V189 "MILES TO CNTR CITY" NUM(1.0)
V190 "TYPE STRUCTURE" NUM(1.0)
N10. What is the name of the nearest city of 50,000 population or more?
N11. How far is this DU from the center of that city?
N12. Type of Structure in which Family Lives
0
1 - 599
999
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Data suppressed
City code
NA; DK
Less than 5 miles
5 - 14.9 miles
15 - 29.9 miles
30 - 49.9 miles
50 miles or more
NA
Trailer
Detached single family house
2-family house, 2 units side by side
2-family house, 2 units one above the other
Detached 3 - 4 family house
Row house (3 or more units in an attached row)
Apartment house (5 or more units, 3 stories or less)
Apartment house (5 or more units, 4 stories or more)
Apartment in a partly commercial structure
Other, or NA
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
-
4,801
1
1,304
1,336
653
426
1,039
44
122
2,907
228
302
174
360
353
171
55
130
-
99.98
.02
27.16
27.82
13.60
8.87
21.64
.92
2.54
60.54
4.75
6.29
3.62
7.50
7.35
3.56
1.15
2.71
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 55 of 148
V191 "NEIGHBORHOOD LWST" NUM(1.0)
V192 "NEIGHBORHOOD HGHST" NUM(1.0)
V193 "PUBLIC HOUSING" NUM(1.0)
N13. Neighborhood
N13. Neighborhood
N14. Is this DU located in a public housing project?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
5
9
Vacant land
Trailer
Detached single-family house
2-family house, 2 units side by side or 2-family house, 2
units one above the other
Detached 3 - 4 family house or Row house - 3 or more
units in an attached row
Apartment house (5 or more units, 3 stories or less)
Apartment house (5 or more units, 4 stories or more)
Apartment in a partly commercial structure
Wholly commercial or industrial structure
Other, or NA
Vacant land
Trailer
Detached single-family house
2-family house, 2 units side by side or 2-family house, 2
units one above the other
Detached 3 - 4 family house or Row house - 3 or more
units in an attached row
Apartment house (5 or more units, 3 stories or less)
Apartment house (5 or more units, 4 stories or more)
Apartment in a partly commercial structure
Wholly commercial or industrial structure
Other, or NA
Yes
No
NA
Code the lowest number of any box checked.
Code the highest number of any box checked.
652
147
2,697
334
421
244
138
29
40
100
383
83
2,373
531
472
341
157
101
180
181
253
4,330
219
13.58
3.06
56.16
6.96
8.77
5.08
2.87
.60
.83
2.08
7.98
1.73
49.42
11.06
9.83
7.10
3.27
2.10
3.75
3.77
5.27
90.17
4.56
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 56 of 148
V194 "HOUSING DEFECTS" NUM(1.0)
V195 "WORD-SCORE" NUM(2.0)
V196 "WORKING NOW" NUM(1.0)
Thumbnail sketch evidence on housing
Word-to-picture Score (Two Digits)
F1. Are you working now, unemployed, retired, or what?
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1 - 97
98
99
1
2
3
4
5
No running water, or no water inside DU
Outside toilet (privy)
Other structural defects (no hot water, no heat)
Poor maintenance (unpainted, broken windows, etc.)
No evidence of any of the above
Evidence, but NA what degree
Score equals zero
Actual score
Test not given (no number at top of page)
(Test not taken), NA
Working now, or laid off only temporarily
Unemployed
Retired, permanently disabled
Housewife
Student
PRIORITY CODE the lowest number applicable.
For half the Census sample, in half the PSU's, respondents were given a set of four
pictures and fourteen words were read, asking the respondent to indicate which was the
best picture for that word. The words and pictures came from the Ammons Quick Test,* but
the procedure was altered such that the result should not be considered an application of
that test. Actually, as graded in tests on school children, we took every third word up
through age 12, so that many people would be expected to get them all right, and only the
bottom fringe would be distinguished. (This reduces the amount of failure experience and
field difficulties, we feel.) The simplest words were names of objects actually in one
picture, and as the words get more difficult, their connection to a picture also becomes
more indirect.
*Martha J. Mednick, "The Relationship of the Ammons Quick Test of Intelligence to Other
Ability Measures," Psychological Reports, 72, 1965, 48-59.
F questions were asked only of the employed, G questions only of the unemployed, and H
questions only of the retired. If no question is listed for that group, its members will
be coded "0" for that code. Thus, if no F question is given, all employed will be coded
"0" (Inap.).
85
65
35
311
3,947
359
-
423
4,346
33
3,492
174
548
476
108
1.77
1.35
.73
6.48
82.19
7.48
-
8.81
90.50
.69
72.72
3.62
11.41
9.91
2.25
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 57 of 148
V197 "OCCUPATION" NUM(1.0)
F2. What is your main occupation?
G1. What do you do when you work? (What is your occupation?)
H2. What kind of work did you do when you worked? (What was your occupation?)
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Other
Inap.: not in labor force at all in 1967, retired
(includes students and housewives who did no work last
year and are not working). Permanently disabled or not in
labor force and did no work last year
Professional, technical and kindred workers
Managers, officials and proprietors
Self-employed businessmen
Clerical and sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Laborers and service workers, farm laborers
Farmers and farm managers
Miscellaneous (armed services, protective workers,
unemployed last year but looking for work, NA)
4
821
446
237
165
474
667
764
964
132
132
.08
17.10
9.29
4.94
3.44
9.87
13.89
15.91
20.07
2.75
2.75
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 58 of 148
V197_A "OCCUPATION OF HEAD 68" NUM(3.0)
F2. What is your main occupation? (What sort of work do you do?)
F3. Tell me a little more about what you do.
G1. What do you do when you work? (What is your occupation?)
H2. What kind of work did you do when you worked? (What was your occupation?)
0
1 - 195
201 - 245
260 - 285
301 - 395
401 - 600
601 - 695
701 - 715
740 - 785
801 - 802
821 - 824
901 - 965
980 - 984
Inap.: not eligible for retroactive coding
Professional, Technical, and Kindred Workers
Managers and Administrators, Except Farm
Sales Workers
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Craftsmen and Kindred Workers
Operatives, Except Transport
Transport Equipment Operatives
Laborers, Except Farm
Farmers and Farm Managers
Farm Laborers and Farm Foremen
Service Workers, Except Private Household
Private Household Workers
This version of occupation was coded retroactively using original PSID reports and the
three-digit 1970 Census occupation codes for a selected sample of PSID Heads and
Wives/"Wives":
(a) Original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives still living by
1992 who reported main jobs in at least three waves
during the period 1968-1992, with at least one of those
reports prior to 1980.
(b) Additionally, original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives" who
had reported at least one main job between 1968 and 1980
but were known to have died by 1992.
The selection criteria did not include all Heads and Wives/"Wives"
who had worked between 1968 and 1980. Those who were still living
but had reported only one or two jobs during the period of interest
were excluded, as were all nonsample Heads and Wives/"Wives".
Therefore not every Head or Wife/"Wife" has data for this variable. For detailed
information about the Retrospective Coding Project please see the document, 'A Panel Study
of Income Dynamics: 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry Files Documentation', on
our website.
The 3-digit occupation code from 1970 Census of Population; Alphabetical Index of
Industries and Occupations issued June 1971 by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the
Bureau of the Census was used for this variable. Please refer to Appendix V2, Wave XIV
documentation, for complete listings.
Note that code 600 was added by PSID staff - the code description is 'Current members of
the Armed Forces'
1,408
354
348
128
273
600
444
178
273
115
80
415
131
29.32
7.37
7.25
2.67
5.69
12.49
9.25
3.71
5.69
2.39
1.67
8.64
2.73
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 59 of 148
V197_B "INDUSTRY OF HEAD 68" NUM(3.0)
F2. What is your main occupation? (What sort of work do you do?)
F3. Tell me a little more about what you do.
G1. What do you do when you work? (What is your occupation?)
H2. What kind of work did you do when you worked? (What was your occupation?)
999
0
17 - 28
47 - 57
67 - 77
107 - 398
407 - 479
507 - 698
707 - 718
727 - 759
769 - 798
807 - 809
828 - 897
907 - 937
NA; DK
Inap.: not eligible for retroactive coding
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation, Communications, and Other Public
Utilities
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Business and Repair Services
Personal Services
Entertainment and Recreation Services
Professional and Related Services
Public Administration
This version of industry was coded retroactively using original PSID reports and the
three-digit 1970 Census industry codes for a selected
sample of PSID Heads and Wives/"Wives":
(a) Original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives still living by
1992 who reported main jobs in at least three waves
during the period 1968-1992, with at least one of those
reports prior to 1980.
(b) Additionally, original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives" who
had reported at least one main job between 1968 and 1980
but were known to have died by 1992.
The selection criteria did not include all Heads and Wives/"Wives"
who had worked between 1968 and 1980. Those who were still living
but had reported only one or two jobs during the period of interest
were excluded, as were all nonsample Heads and Wives/"Wives".
Therefore not every Head or Wife/"Wife" has data for this variable. For detailed
information about the Retrospective Coding Project please see the document, 'A Panel Study
of Income Dynamics: 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry Files Documentation', on
our website.
The 3-digit industry code from 1970 Census of Population; Alphabetical Index of Industries
and Occupations issued June 1971 by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Bureau of the
Census was used for this variable. Please refer to Appendix V2, Wave XIV documentation,
for complete listings.
55
1,408
216
19
299
805
237
475
118
115
267
20
441
195
1.15
29.32
4.50
.40
6.23
16.76
4.94
9.89
2.46
2.39
5.56
.42
9.18
4.06
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 60 of 148
V198 "SELF-EMPLOYED" NUM(1.0)
V199 "OWN DECISIONS IMPT" NUM(1.0)
V200 "HOW LONG EMPLYR" NUM(1.0)
F4. Do you work for someone else, yourself or what?
F5. How important is it for you to make your own decisions on a job?
G29. How important is it for you to make your own decisions on a job?
F6. How long have you been working for your present employer?
999
0
1
2
3
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
NA; DK
Inap.: unemployed; retired
Someone else
Both someone else and self
Self only
NA
Inap.: retired
Very important; of great importance; I don't want anyone
to tell me what to do; I make all the decisions I can
Important; quite important; pretty important; I'm on my
own
Somewhat important; 50% important; fairly important
Not very important; not too important; not that
important; don't mind working under someone else
Not important at all; just do what I'm told; I don't like
to make decisions
NA; DK
Inap.: retired; housewife; student; self-employed
Less than half a year; 0 - 6 months
1 year; 7 - 18 months
2 - 3 years; 19 months - 42 months
4 - 9 years
10 - 19 years
20 years or more
NA
187
1,310
2,983
101
396
12
1,535
1,272
791
181
579
251
193
1,713
367
422
583
670
666
336
45
3.89
27.28
62.12
2.10
8.25
.25
31.97
26.49
16.47
3.77
12.06
5.23
4.02
35.67
7.64
8.79
12.14
13.95
13.87
7.00
.94
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 61 of 148
V201 "HPND PREVC JOB" NUM(1.0)
V202 "PRSNT JOB BETTER" NUM(1.0)
V203 "NR EMPLYRS 10 YRS" NUM(1.0)
F7. What happened to the job you had before - did the company fold, were you laid off, or
what?
G5. Did the company you worked for fold, were you laid off, or what?
F8. Would you say your present job is a better job than the one you had before?
F9. (If not clear) Does it pay more than the previous job?
F10. How many different employers have you had in the last ten years?
G6. How many different employers have you had in the last ten years?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
3
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Inap.: not asked of retired
Company folded, changed hands, moved out of town;
employer died, went out of business
Strike or lockout
Laid off; fired
Quit or resigned, retired, pregnant
First full time or permanent job I ever had; wasn't
working before this
Was self-employed before
Other; drafted (in service) and did not come back to same
job after service; just wanted a change in job; needed
more money; was in service, any mention of service,
seasonal work, job ended
Job stopped; work was seasonal
NA
Inap.: first job of employed; unemployed; retired
"Yes" to F8, or reply to F8 unclear, but says yes ("pays
more") to F9
"Pro-con," better in some ways, worse in others
"No, same," or "No, worse"
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
6 - 9
2,542
221
50
283
1,069
183
60
214
67
113
2,853
1,427
131
308
83
2,602
195
668
478
274
184
147
52.94
4.60
1.04
5.89
22.26
3.81
1.25
4.46
1.40
2.35
59.41
29.72
2.73
6.41
1.73
54.19
4.06
13.91
9.95
5.71
3.83
3.06
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 62 of 148
V204 "EVR MOVED FOR JOB" NUM(1.0)
V205 "EVR TURND DOWN JOB" NUM(1.0)
V206 "ABLE FIND STDY WK HR" NUM(1.0)
V207 "HOW GOOD JOB TO MOVE" NUM(1.0)
F11. Have you ever moved out of a community where you were living in order to take a job
somewhere else?
G7. Have you ever moved out of a community where you were living in order to take a job
somewhere else?
F12. Have you ever turned down a job because you did not want to move?
G8. Have you ever turned down a job because you did not want to move?
G9. Do you think you will be able to find steady work around here, or will you have to
move?
F13. How good would a job have to be before you would be willing to move somewhere else
in order to get it?
G10. How good would a job have to be before you would be willing to move somewhere else
in order to get it?
7
8
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
3
5
9
0
10 - 19
20 or more
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: retired; housewife; student; have moved from
community
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: employed; retired
Will find steady work
Depends, might or might not
Will not, will have to move
NA
Inap.: retired
IF R REPLIES IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT DIFFERENCES, TRANSLATE INTO PERCENTAGE
DIFFERENCE OF CURRENT WAGE RATE.
90
38
126
1,138
877
2,737
50
2,019
288
2,253
242
4,624
78
37
33
30
1,143
1.87
.79
2.62
23.70
18.26
57.00
1.04
42.04
6.00
46.92
5.04
96.29
1.62
.77
.69
.62
23.80
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 63 of 148
V208 "PLAN NEW JOB" NUM(1.0)
V209 "KIND NEW JOB" NUM(1.0)
F14. Do you plan to try for a new job or line of work or will you keep the job you have
now?
F15. What kind of Job do you have in mind?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
Would move to get a job; if same or better salary, would
move; would like to move to take another job; wouldn't
mind moving
Fairly good; would have to have good pay; would have to
be somewhat better paying; would have to have moderate
pay increase; pay increase of 1 - 10% of what now getting
Like the situation I have; pro-con responses; pay
increase of 11 - 24% of current salary
Very good; whole lot better; much better paying; don't
want to move; considerably better financially; pay
increase of 25% or more; I plan to stay here
Would never consider moving; too old to consider moving;
could never find a better situation anywhere else;
couldn't move because my business is here; couldn't be
good enough to make me move
R answers only in terms of qualities of job, i.e., warm
climate, depends on union considerations, and cannot be
coded in 1 - 5 above
Other
NA
Inap.: unemployed; retired
Try for a new job, or line of work
Keep job have now
NA
Inap.: unemployed; retired
Mentions some explicit job, e.g., machinist, computer
programmer, secretarial work
Self-employment with mention of explicit type of work or
broad type of work mentioned
Mentions broad type of work; "factory work"
Self-employment with no mention of any explicit type of
work
Does not mention any particular kind of work; mentions
only company
NA
133
582
228
1,587
628
264
36
201
1,319
645
2,793
45
4,157
401
30
105
5
63
41
2.77
12.12
4.75
33.05
13.08
5.50
.75
4.19
27.47
13.43
58.16
.94
86.57
8.35
.62
2.19
.10
1.31
.85
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 64 of 148
V210 "MIGHT EARN NW JB" NUM(4.2)
V211 "NEED ADDTL TRNG" NUM(1.0)
V212 "DOING ANYTHING NJB" NUM(1.0)
V213 "LIKE TOLD WHAT DO" NUM(1.0)
F16. How much might you earn?
F17. Would you have to get additional training to qualify?
F18, F19. Have you been doing anything in particular about it? What have you done?
F20. How much do you like a job where you are told exactly what to do?
G16. How much do you like a job where you are told exactly what to do?
.01 - 9.97
.00
9.98
9.99
0
1
2
3
5
9
0
1
2
3
5
7
9
0
1
2
Actual amount per hour
Inap.: unemployed; retired
$9.98 or more per hour
NA
Inap.: keep current job; not asked of unemployed or
retired
Yes, but does not mention what
Yes, and mentions the explicit training needed; or that
he is getting training
Maybe, might help
No
NA
Inap.: keep current job; not asked of unemployed or
retired
Yes, to F18, but no response or only vague response; have
a few feelers out; been looking into it
Yes to F18; mentions looking for a job; going to
employment office, going to union office
Yes to F18; mentions going to school, special training
program; members studying for exam
No to F18
Yes, other
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
I like it
I don't mind it too much; don't mind following
instructions; like it - if done the right way; O.K.
488
4,157
24
133
4,157
161
100
55
297
32
4,157
64
129
155
267
22
8
1,140
447
682
10.16
86.57
.50
2.77
86.57
3.35
2.08
1.15
6.18
.67
86.57
1.33
2.69
3.23
5.56
.46
.17
23.74
9.31
14.20
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 65 of 148
V214 "TROUBLE GET OTHR JB" NUM(1.0)
V215 "ILLNESS-ACCIDENT" NUM(1.0)
F21, F22. Would you have any trouble getting another job if you wanted one? Why is that?
G11, G12. Is there anything in particular that might make it difficult for you to get
another job?
F23, F24. Have you ever had an illness or accident that laid you up for a month or more?
When was that?
G17, G18. Have you ever had an illness or accident that laid you up for a month or more?
(If yes) When was that?
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
I don't mind it sometimes; not too fond of it; like it
sometimes; fair; depends on the job (situation); not too
fond of it; I can take it; "Tell me what to do and then
leave me alone."
Don't like it; don't think I'd like it; not (very) much;
prefer a job where I'm on my own; wouldn't like it; like
to be on my own really
I don't like it at all; hate it; don't like it a bit;
that's why I'm in this kind of business; or that's why I
own a business
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
Yes, mentions arrest or prison record; wages garnished
too frequently
Yes, lack training in something else; only limited
education
Yes, mentions age; physical or mental disability
Yes, gives only vague reasons, other reasons
No
Foreign-language difficulty
Yes, but NA what
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
Yes, a year ago; within the last year or more recently;
1967 or 1968
Yes, 2 - 3 years ago; 1965 or 1966
Yes, 4 - 9 years ago; 1959-1964
Yes, 10 or more years ago; before 1959; 1958 or earlier
No
Yes, NA when
NA; DK
465
1,247
625
196
1,146
6
132
402
60
2,943
12
5
96
1,142
290
232
305
326
2,447
-
60
9.68
25.97
13.02
4.08
23.87
.12
2.75
8.37
1.25
61.29
.25
.10
2.00
23.78
6.04
4.83
6.35
6.79
50.96
-
1.25
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 66 of 148
V216 "DISABILITY" NUM(1.0)
V217 "LATE TO WORK" NUM(1.0)
V218 "SKIP WORK" NUM(1.0)
F25, H11 Do you have a physical or nervous condition that limits the type of work or the
amount of work you can do?
(If Yes - F26, H12. How much does it limit your work?)
G19, G20. Do you have a physical or nervous condition that limits the type of work or the
amount of work you can do? (If Yes - How much does it limit your work?
F27. Are there times when you are late getting to work?
(If yes, F28) About how often does that happen?
G21, G22. When you were working, were there times when you were late getting to work? (If
yes) About how often did that happen?
F29. Are there times when you don't go to work at all, even though you are not sick? .
(If yes - F30) How often does that happen?
G23, G24. Were there times when you didn't get to work at all, even though you were not
sick? (if yes) How often did that happen?
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
Yes, complete limitation; can't work at all
Yes, severe limitation on work
Yes, some limitation on work (must rest, mentions part-
time work, occasional limit on work, can't lift heavy
objects, reports periods of pain, sickness, etc.)
Yes, but no limitation on work
No
Yes, NA limitation on work
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
Yes, frequently; once a week or more often
Yes, fairly often; 1 - 3 times a month
Yes, once in a while; a few times a year, not very often
Yes, rarely; once a year or less
No; never
Yes, NA how often
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
Yes, frequently; once a week or more often
Yes, fairly often; 1 - 3 times a month
Yes, once in a while; a few times a year, not very often
Yes, rarely; once a year or less
224
262
414
56
3,678
114
54
1,153
191
195
292
105
2,761
44
61
1,148
42
95
221
81
4.66
5.46
8.62
1.17
76.59
2.37
1.12
24.01
3.98
4.06
6.08
2.19
57.50
.92
1.27
23.91
.87
1.98
4.60
1.69
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 67 of 148
V219 "UNEMPLYD-STRIKE" NUM(1.0)
V220 "DAYS UNEMPL IN 68" NUM(1.0)
V221 "DAYS ILL OR UNABLE" NUM(1.0)
F31. Have you ever been out of a job or on strike for two months or more at a time?
(If Yes - F32) When was the last time that happened?
G25, G26. Have you ever been out of a job or on strike for two months or more at a time?
(If yes) When was the last time that happened?
F33. In the last year, how many days were you unemployed, laid off or without work?
F34. How many days of work did you miss on your main job in the last year because you
were sick or otherwise unable to work?
5
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
0
1
2
3
No
Yes, but NA how often
NA
Inap.: not asked of retired
1967 or 1968
1965 - 1966
1962 - 1964
1955 - 1961
No
1945 - 1954
Before 1945
Yes, NA when
NA; DK
Inap.: none; not asked of unemployed or retired
1 - 5 days; 1 week
6 - 10 days; 2 weeks
11 - 25 days; 3 - 5 weeks
26 or more days (or unemployed now), 6 or more weeks
NA
Inap.: unemployed; retired
1 - 5 days; 1 week
6 - 10 days; 2 weeks
11 - 25 days; 3 - 5 weeks
If gives 2 dates, code most recent.
3,103
56
56
1,155
212
101
98
129
2,965
60
27
9
46
4,068
116
87
138
307
86
3,007
1,043
305
192
64.62
1.17
1.17
24.05
4.41
2.10
2.04
2.69
61.75
1.25
.56
.19
.96
84.71
2.42
1.81
2.87
6.39
1.79
62.62
21.72
6.35
4.00
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 68 of 148
V222 "WEEKS VACATION H" NUM(1.0)
V223 "WEEKS WORKED" NUM(1.0)
V224 "STANDARD WEEK?" NUM(1.0)
F35. And how many weeks of vacation did you take last year?
F36. Then how many weeks did you actually work on your main job in 1967?
G3. How many weeks did you work last year?
H3. How many weeks did you work last year?
F37. Did you have a standard work week on your main job?
4
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
5
9
26 or more days (or unemployed now); 6 or more weeks
NA (includes retired, unemployed)
Inap.: unemployed; retired
One; 1 - 5 days
Two; 6 - 10 days
Three; 11 - 15 days
Four or more; 16 or more days
NA
Inap.: none; did not work at all last year
1 - 13 weeks
14 - 26 weeks
27 - 39 weeks
40 - 47 weeks
48 - 49 weeks
50 - 51 weeks
52 weeks
NA
Inap.: unemployed; retired
Yes
No
NA
200
55
2,499
610
864
388
405
36
882
190
186
288
610
822
1,186
522
116
1,322
2,478
978
24
4.16
1.15
52.04
12.70
17.99
8.08
8.43
.75
18.37
3.96
3.87
6.00
12.70
17.12
24.70
10.87
2.42
27.53
51.60
20.37
.50
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 69 of 148
V225 "HRS IN STD WEEK" NUM(1.0)
V226 "HRS OVERTIME" NUM(1.0)
V227 "OTHER JOBS HD" NUM(1.0)
F38, F41. How many hours a week is that? On the average, how many hours a week did you
work on your main job last year?
G4. About how many hours a week did you work (when you worked)?
H4. About how many hours a week did you work (when you worked)?
F39, F40. Did you have any overtime or extra work on your main job? How many hours did
that amount to last year?
F42, F44. Did you have any other jobs or any other ways of making money in addition to
your main job? Anything else?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
0
1
3
4
5
Inap.: did not work at all last year
1 - 19 hours a week
20 - 34
35 - 39
40
41 - 47
48
49 - 59
60 or more
NA
Inap.: no standard work week; unemployed; retired
Yes, 1 - 49 hours
Yes, 50 - 199 hours
Yes, 200 - 399 hours
Yes, 400 or more hours
No
Yes, NA how much
NA
Inap.: unemployed; retired
Yes, One other job or way of making money. "No" or "NA"
to F44
Yes, two or more other jobs, or ways of making money
Not as a job, coded '0' by F45
No
889
141
237
218
1,970
288
179
370
337
173
2,301
366
386
211
204
1,162
114
58
1,318
598
82
11
2,766
18.51
2.94
4.94
4.54
41.02
6.00
3.73
7.71
7.02
3.60
47.92
7.62
8.04
4.39
4.25
24.20
2.37
1.21
27.45
12.45
1.71
.23
57.60
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
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Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 70 of 148
V228 "OTHER OCCUP HD" NUM(1.0)
V229 "$ PER HR 2ND JOB" NUM(4.2)
V230 "CD HAVE WKD MORE" NUM(1.0)
V231 "WANTED MORE WORK" NUM(1.0)
F43. What did you do?
(Code same as other occupation code (Col. 12). If two or more jobs, code the one with the
lowest code number (highest status)
F46. About how much did you make per hour for this?
F47. Could you have worked more if you had wanted to in 1967?
F48. Would you have liked to work more?
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
.01 - 9.97
.00
9.98
9.99
0
1
5
9
0
1
NA
Inap.: does not have second job; unemployed; retired
Professional and technical workers
Managers and officials
Self-employed businessmen
Clerical and sales workers
Craftsmen and foremen
Operatives
Unskilled laborers and service workers
Farmers and farm managers
Miscellaneous
Amount per hour
Inap.: no second job; unemployed; retired
$9.98 or more per hour
NA
Inap.: not asked of unemployed or retired
Yes
No
NA; DK
Inap.: could have worked more; unemployed; retired
Yes
(Code dollars and cents per hour.)
27
4,120
89
24
32
62
114
67
151
61
82
451
4,113
23
215
1,322
1,506
1,922
52
2,829
675
.56
85.80
1.85
.50
.67
1.29
2.37
1.40
3.14
1.27
1.71
9.39
85.65
.48
4.48
27.53
31.36
40.02
1.08
58.91
14.06
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
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Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 71 of 148
V232 "CD HAVE WORKED LESS" NUM(1.0)
V233 "WANTED LESS WORK" NUM(1.0)
V234 "BKT TAXBL INC H& W" NUM(1.0)
F49. Could you have worked less if you had wanted to?
F50. Would you have preferred less work even if you had earned less money?
Bracket on Taxable Income of Head and Wife
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
No
NA; DK
Inap.: could not have worked more and would like to have
worked more; not asked of unemployed or retired
Yes
No
NA; DK
Inap.: could have worked less; unemployed; retired
Yes
No
NA; DK
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
(Replaces an empty code, since question C9 was actually coded in variable 206 [TL3951].)
1,105
193
1,994
1,387
1,305
116
3,391
93
1,107
211
826
200
387
335
338
377
869
582
618
270
23.01
4.02
41.52
28.88
27.18
2.42
70.62
1.94
23.05
4.39
17.20
4.16
8.06
6.98
7.04
7.85
18.10
12.12
12.87
5.62
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 72 of 148
V235 "NR PLACES NAME IN" NUM(1.0)
V236 "NR PLACES APPLIED" NUM(1.0)
V237 "JOBS NOT WORTH IT" NUM(1.0)
V238 "PAY ON BAD JOBS" NUM(4.2)
G13. How many places do you have your name in for a job?
H5, H6. Are you thinking about going to work? (If yes) How many places do you have your
name in for a job?
G14, G15. Have you applied for a job anywhere in the last 2 weeks? (If yes) How many
places did you apply?
H7, H8. Have you applied for a job anywhere in the last two weeks? (If yes) How many
places did you apply?
G27. Are there jobs available around here that just aren't worth taking?
H9. Are there jobs around here that just aren't worth taking?
G28. (If yes) How much do they pay?
H10. (If yes) How much do they pay?
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
5
9
.01 - 9.97
Inap.: not thinking about going to work (No to H5);
employed
Yes, 1 place
Yes, 2 places
Yes, 3 places
Yes, 4 or more places
No (Yes to H5, No to H6)
NA; DK
Inap.: employed; retired and not thinking of going to
work
Yes, 1 place
Yes, 2 places
Yes, 3 places
Yes, 4 or more places
No
NA; DK
Inap: not thinking of going to work; not asked of
employed
Yes
No
NA; DK
Actual amount per hour
4,380
68
29
21
41
224
39
4,452
46
14
7
21
225
37
4,454
147
81
120
129
91.21
1.42
.60
.44
.85
4.66
.81
92.71
.96
.29
.15
.44
4.69
.77
92.75
3.06
1.69
2.50
2.69
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 73 of 148
V239 "MARITAL STATUS" NUM(1.0)
V240 "AGE HD 1ST MAR" NUM(2.0)
V241 "HOW LONG WIDOWED" NUM(1.0)
V242 "HOW CHILD CDRE" NUM(1.0)
I1. Are you married, single, widowed, divorced, or separated?
I3, I5, I22, or I23. When were you first married?
I4. (If widowed, divorced, or separated) "For how long?"
I7, I14. How were the children taken care of while you were working? How were the
children taken care of while your wife was working?
.00
9.98
9.99
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
0
7 - 97
99
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
Inap.: no jobs that are worth taking or not thinking of
going to work; not asked of employed
$9.98 or more per hour
NA; DK how much
Married
Single
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Married, spouse absent
NA
Inap.: never married
Actual age
NA
Inap.: not widowed, divorced, or separated
About 1 year or less, 1967 - 1968
2 - 4 years; 1964 - 1966
5 - 9 years; 1959 - 1963
10 - 19 years; 1949 - 1958
20 years or more; 1948 or earlier
NA
Inap.: no children under 12 or Head not working or Wife
not working
They take care of themselves
4,534
-
139
3,107
403
553
292
396
42
9
416
4,224
162
3,512
182
286
284
263
133
142
3,803
46
94.42
-
2.89
64.70
8.39
11.52
6.08
8.25
.87
.19
8.66
87.96
3.37
73.14
3.79
5.96
5.91
5.48
2.77
2.96
79.20
.96
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 74 of 148
V243 "WIFES OCCUPATION" NUM(1.0)
I9, I10. Did your wife do any work for money last year? (If yes) What kind of work did
she do?
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Children in school, Wife home when they are not
Relatives (inside or outside household), spouse
Friend or neighbor
Nursery school, day care center
Unrelated baby sitter or housekeeper
Other
NA
Inap.: Wife did not do any work for money last year (No
to I9); no Wife
Professional or technical
Manager, official
Self-employed businesswoman
Clerical or sales
Craftswoman or foreman
Operative
Unskilled laborer or service
Farming
Miscellaneous
172
386
44
38
222
39
52
3,394
160
20
26
426
18
235
442
2
79
3.58
8.04
.92
.79
4.62
.81
1.08
70.68
3.33
.42
.54
8.87
.37
4.89
9.20
.04
1.65
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 75 of 148
V243_A "OCCUPATION OF WIFE 68" NUM(3.0)
I10. What kind of work did she do?
0
1 - 195
201 - 245
260 - 285
301 - 395
401 - 600
601 - 695
701 - 715
740 - 785
801 - 802
821 - 824
901 - 965
980 - 984
999
Inap.: no Wife; not eligible for retroactive coding
Professional, Technical, and Kindred Workers
Managers and Administrators, Except Farm
Sales Workers
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Craftsmen and Kindred Workers
Operatives, Except Transport
Transport Equipment Operatives
Laborers, Except Farm
Farmers and Farm Managers
Farm Laborers and Farm Foremen
Service Workers, Except Private Household
Private Household Workers
NA; DK
This version of occupation was coded retroactively using original PSID reports and the
three-digit 1970 Census occupation codes for a selected sample of PSID Heads and
Wives/"Wives":
(a) Original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives still living by
1992 who reported main jobs in at least three waves
during the period 1968-1992, with at least one of those
reports prior to 1980.
(b) Additionally, original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives" who
had reported at least one main job between 1968 and 1980
but were known to have died by 1992.
The selection criteria did not include all Heads and Wives/"Wives"
who had worked between 1968 and 1980. Those who were still living
but had reported only one or two jobs during the period of interest
were excluded, as were all nonsample Heads and Wives/"Wives".
Therefore not every Head or Wife/"Wife" has data for this variable. For detailed
information about the Retrospective Coding Project please see the document, 'A Panel Study
of Income Dynamics: 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry Files Documentation', on
our website.
The 3-digit occupation code from 1970 Census of Population; Alphabetical Index of
Industries and Occupations issued June 1971 by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the
Bureau of the Census was used for this variable. Please refer to Appendix V2, Wave XIV
documentation, for complete listings.
Note that code 600 was added by PSID staff - the code description is 'Current members of
the Armed Forces'
3,609
140
38
60
280
16
199
6
17
1
28
247
108
53
75.16
2.92
.79
1.25
5.83
.33
4.14
.12
.35
.02
.58
5.14
2.25
1.10
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 76 of 148
V243_B "INDUSTRY OF WIFE 68" NUM(3.0)
I10. What kind of work did she do?
0
17 - 28
47 - 57
67 - 77
107 - 398
407 - 479
507 - 698
707 - 718
727 - 759
769 - 798
807 - 809
828 - 897
907 - 937
999
Inap.: no Wife; not eligible for retroactive coding
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation, Communications, and Other Public
Utilities
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Business and Repair Services
Personal Services
Entertainment and Recreation Services
Professional and Related Services
Public Administration
NA; DK
This version of industry was coded retroactively using original PSID reports and the
three-digit 1970 Census industry codes for a selected
sample of PSID Heads and Wives/"Wives":
(a) Original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives still living by
1992 who reported main jobs in at least three waves
during the period 1968-1992, with at least one of those
reports prior to 1980.
(b) Additionally, original sample Heads and Wives/"Wives" who
had reported at least one main job between 1968 and 1980
but were known to have died by 1992.
The selection criteria did not include all Heads and Wives/"Wives"
who had worked between 1968 and 1980. Those who were still living
but had reported only one or two jobs during the period of interest
were excluded, as were all nonsample Heads and Wives/"Wives".
Therefore not every Head or Wife/"Wife" has data for this variable. For detailed
information about the Retrospective Coding Project please see the document, 'A Panel Study
of Income Dynamics: 1968-1980 Retrospective Occupation-Industry Files Documentation', on
our website.
The 3-digit industry code from 1970 Census of Population; Alphabetical Index of Industries
and Occupations issued June 1971 by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Bureau of the
Census was used for this variable. Please refer to Appendix V2, Wave XIV documentation,
for complete listings.
3,609
32
1
3
197
21
192
44
14
200
3
262
38
186
75.16
.67
.02
.06
4.10
.44
4.00
.92
.29
4.16
.06
5.46
.79
3.87
Count % Value/Range Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 77 of 148
V244 "WIFES WEEKS WKD" NUM(1.0)
V245 "WIFES HRS/WEEK" NUM(1.0)
V246 "WIFES EDUCATION" NUM(1.0)
I11. About how many weeks did she work last year?
I12. And about how many hours a week did she work?
I16. How many grades of school did your wife finish?
I17. Did she have any other schooling?
I18. What other schooling did she have?
I19. Does she have a college degree?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
Inap.: Wife did not do any work for money last year (No
to I9); no Wife
1 - 13 weeks
14 - 26 weeks
27 - 39
40 - 47
48 - 49
50 - 51
52
NA
Inap.: Wife did not do any work for money last year (No
to I9); no Wife
1 - 19 hours a week
20 - 34 hours a week
35 - 39
40
41 - 47
48
49 - 59
60 or more
NA
Inap.: no Wife
0 - 5 grades
6 - 8 grades, grade school
9 - 11 grades (some high school)
12 grades (completed high school)
3,393
267
211
167
122
112
294
156
80
3,395
162
231
132
626
66
35
52
21
82
1,742
161
521
677
849
70.66
5.56
4.39
3.48
2.54
2.33
6.12
3.25
1.67
70.70
3.37
4.81
2.75
13.04
1.37
.73
1.08
.44
1.71
36.28
3.35
10.85
14.10
17.68
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 78 of 148
V247 "HDS FIRST MARRIAGE" NUM(1.0)
V248 "EXPECT CHILDREN?" NUM(1.0)
V249 "GROSS RECTS FARM" NUM(1.0)
I21. Is this your (HEAD'S) first marriage?
I25, I26, I27. Do you expect to have any more children? If yes, when do you think you
might have another child? (If no) How sure are you that you won't have any (more)
children?
J2. What were your total receipts from farming?
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
12 grades plus non-academic training
College, no degree
College, bachelors degree
College, advanced or professional degree, some graduate
work, close to receiving degree
NA; DK
Inap.: Head not married
Yes
No
NA
Inap.: widowed, divorced, or separated; Wife over 45; no
Wife
Yes, and expects to have another child 9 months or more
from now (includes adopted children)
Yes, and expects to have another child less than 9 months
from now
Yes, but does not know when
Yes, NA when
No, and are sure
No, and fairly sure
No, and not sure
No, NA whether sure
NA, yes or no
Inap.: not a farmer
Less than $500 (including negatives and zero, if a
farmer)
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
337
288
139
40
48
1,723
2,559
492
28
2,775
249
143
188
25
578
267
409
91
77
4,650
9
3
17
7.02
6.00
2.89
.83
1.00
35.88
53.29
10.25
.58
57.79
5.19
2.98
3.92
.52
12.04
5.56
8.52
1.90
1.60
96.83
.19
.06
.35
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 79 of 148
V250 "BUSINESS INC?" NUM(1.0)
V251 "HDS WAGES" NUM(1.0)
V252 "HEAD OVERTIME" NUM(1.0)
J5. Did you (R and Family) own a business at any time in 1967 or have a financial
interest in any business enterprise? Is it a corporation or an unincorporated business, or
both?
J8. How much did you (HEAD) receive from wages and salaries in 1967?
J9. In addition to this did you receive any income from bonuses, overtime, or
commissions? How much was it?
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
5
9
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 or more
NA
Yes, incorporated
Yes, unincorporated
Yes, both kinds
Yes, NA whether incorporated
No
NA whether owns business
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 or more
NA; DK
Yes
No
NA
6
20
15
12
53
17
66
218
3
22
4,490
3
1,186
176
157
304
289
755
855
499
431
150
524
4,165
113
.12
.42
.31
.25
1.10
.35
1.37
4.54
.06
.46
93.50
.06
24.70
3.67
3.27
6.33
6.02
15.72
17.81
10.39
8.98
3.12
10.91
86.73
2.35
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 80 of 148
V253 "PROF PRAC INC H" NUM(1.0)
V254 "FARM& ROOMER INC H" NUM(1.0)
V255 "DIV& INT& RENT INC-H" NUM(1.0)
J11. Did you (HEAD) receive any other income in 1967 from:
J11a. Professional practice or trade
J11b. Farming or market gardening, roomers or boarders
J11c. Dividends, interest, rent, trust funds, or royalties
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 10,000
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
(BRACKET CODES)
4,569
65
30
26
20
21
15
5
23
28
4,621
61
46
31
10
6
3
-
-
24
3,581
658
179
152
48
95.15
1.35
.62
.54
.42
.44
.31
.10
.48
.58
96.23
1.27
.96
.65
.21
.12
.06
-
-
.50
74.57
13.70
3.73
3.17
1.00
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 81 of 148
V256 "ADC& ADCU INC-H" NUM(1.0)
V257 "OTHER WELFARE-H" NUM(1.0)
V258 "SOC SECURITY-H" NUM(1.0)
J11d. ADC, ADCU
J11e. Other welfare
J11f. Social Security
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
44
17
10
18
95
4,541
26
35
73
57
49
5
-
-
16
4,509
48
55
101
34
14
4
-
-
37
4,117
.92
.35
.21
.37
1.98
94.56
.54
.73
1.52
1.19
1.02
.10
-
-
.33
93.90
1.00
1.15
2.10
.71
.29
.08
-
-
.77
85.74
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 82 of 148
V259 "OTHR PENSIONS H" NUM(1.0)
V260 "UNEMPL COM& WC" NUM(1.0)
J11g. Other retirement pay, pensions, annuities
J11h. Unemployment or workmen's compensation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
59
213
277
64
31
-
-
-
41
4,345
76
108
128
45
43
16
2
3
36
4,575
121
53
21
7
-
-
-
-
25
1.23
4.44
5.77
1.33
.65
-
-
-
.85
90.48
1.58
2.25
2.67
.94
.90
.33
.04
.06
.75
95.27
2.52
1.10
.44
.15
-
-
-
-
.52
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 83 of 148
V261 "ALIMONY" NUM(1.0)
V262 "HELP FR RELATIVES" NUM(1.0)
V263 "WIFE INCOME TYPE" NUM(1.0)
J11i. Alimony, child support
J11j. Help from Relatives
J12. Did your wife have any income during 1967? (If yes) Was it income from wages,
salary, a business or what? Any other income?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
5
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
Inap.: no Wife
Yes, solely from work (wages, business, farming,
transfers, assets)
Yes, from non-labor sources
Yes, from both work and non-work
No
4,641
34
41
33
20
7
-
-
-
26
4,516
117
53
43
14
12
3
-
-
44
1,809
1,365
138
33
1,451
96.65
.71
.85
.69
.42
.15
-
-
-
.54
94.04
2.44
1.10
.90
.29
.25
.06
-
-
.92
37.67
28.43
2.87
.69
30.22
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 84 of 148
V264 "WIFE TOT INC" NUM(1.0)
V265 "NR OTH INC RECRS" NUM(1.0)
V266 "SETTLEMENT RECVD" NUM(1.0)
J15. How much was it, before deductions? Wife's TOTAL income
J17. Did (MENTION MEMBER) have any income during 1967?
J28. Did you get any other money in the last year -- like a big settlement from an
insurance company, an inheritance, or anything?
J29. (If yes) How much did that amount to?
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
NA
None or no Wife
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2,000 - 2,999
$3,000 - 4,999
$5,000 - 7,499
$7,500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA
No other income receivers
One other income receiver
Two
Three
Four
Five or more
NA
No, nothing
Yes, less than $500
$500 - 999
$1,000 - 1,999
$2,000 - 2,999
$3,000 - 4,999
(Number of others with income.)
6
3,254
308
222
263
195
278
155
32
5
90
3,720
765
236
53
11
7
10
4,520
89
45
43
21
18
.12
67.76
6.41
4.62
5.48
4.06
5.79
3.23
.67
.10
1.87
77.47
15.93
4.91
1.10
.23
.15
.21
94.13
1.85
.94
.90
.44
.37
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 85 of 148
V267 "SOURCE OF SETTLMNT" NUM(1.0)
V268 "FOOD, CLOTH AS PAY" NUM(1.0)
V269 "FOOD, CLOTH FREE" NUM(1.0)
V270 "Y67 INCOME USUAL" NUM(1.0)
Source Code - J28
J30-31. Did anyone here get more than $50 worth of food or clothing as part of their pay?
J32-J33. Did you get more than $50 worth of free food, clothing, or food stamps in 1967?
J34. Was your family's income a lot higher or lower than usual this past year (1967)?
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
1
2
3
5
9
1
2
3
5
9
0
$5,000 - 7,499
$7,500 - 9,999
$10,000 or more
NA (whether, or amount)
Inap.: no such income
Insurance settlement
Inheritance - gifts
Sale of property, stocks, bonds
Loan taken out
Loan repayment received
Other
NA
Yes, food
Yes, clothes
Yes, mixed or NA which
No to J30
NA
Yes, food, food stamps
Yes, clothing
Yes, mixed or NA which
No to J32
NA
No, about the same as usual
11
9
23
23
4,518
82
40
42
7
4
15
94
90
18
76
4,603
15
185
141
198
4,254
24
2,617
.23
.19
.48
.48
94.09
1.71
.83
.87
.15
.08
.31
1.96
1.87
.37
1.58
95.86
.31
3.85
2.94
4.12
88.59
.50
54.50
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 86 of 148
V271 "WHY 67 UNUSUAL" NUM(1.0)
V272 "INC VARY MONTHLY" NUM(1.0)
V273 "WHY INC VARIES" NUM(1.0)
J35. Why was that?
J36. Does your family's income change from month to month, stay the same over the year,
or what?
J37. Why does it vary?
1
2
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
1
2
9
0
1
2
3
4
9
Higher than usual
Lower than usual
NA
Inap.: family's income was normal
Head had more or less work than usual (include
unemployment, illness of Head, overtime, strike, second
job)
Head's income from work was higher or lower than usual
(wages or profits or farm income different, not work
hours)
More or less income from other earners in the family
More of less income than usual from other (non-labor)
sources
Other reasons, more or fewer people in family
Retirement
NA
Stays the same
Changes from month to month
NA
Inap.: income does not vary
Amount of work varies, more or less overtime, seasonal,
etc.
Profits or commissions, farm sale, etc. vary
Other family members work intermittently
Other
NA
1,354
755
76
2,617
693
882
230
158
88
2
132
3,853
917
32
3,854
567
227
44
56
54
28.20
15.72
1.58
54.50
14.43
18.37
4.79
3.29
1.83
.04
2.75
80.24
19.10
.67
80.26
11.81
4.73
.92
1.17
1.12
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 87 of 148
V274 "BETTER OFF FIN" NUM(1.0)
V275 "EXPENSES UNUSUAL" NUM(1.0)
V276 "LIKELY CHANGES" NUM(1.0)
J38. Would you say you are better off financially than you were a few years ago, or are
you in the same situation?
J39. Is there anything that makes your family's expenses unusually high?
J40. (If yes) What is that?
J41. Is anything likely to happen over the next few years that will make things much
different for your family - like more or less earners, a better job for you, or fewer
people living here?
J42. (If yes) What is that?
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Better off
Better off, qualified
Same, pro-con, better in some ways, worse in others
Worse off, qualified
Worse off
NA
No, nothing
Yes, medical bills, special diets, illness, psychiatrists
Yes, rents or other housing costs, property taxes
Children in college, boarding school, child support,
alimony
Food, expenses too high, high prices in general
Change in family size
Other, including luxuries
Head or Wife in college
NA
No, nothing
Asset or debt transactions
Family situation changes (marriage, death)
Expenses changes (medical expenses, living expenses)
Pay raises, more or less unemployment
Number of earners changes; job changes of others
Job changes of Head, get a better job, promotion
Other reasons
1,887
287
1,760
101
581
186
3,213
642
117
151
382
67
164
37
29
2,880
37
246
199
149
333
778
78
39.30
5.98
36.65
2.10
12.10
3.87
66.91
13.37
2.44
3.14
7.96
1.40
3.42
.77
.60
59.98
.77
5.12
4.14
3.10
6.93
16.20
1.62
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 88 of 148
V277 "CHANGES FOR BETTER" NUM(1.0)
V278 "DEPENDENTS NOT HERE" NUM(1.0)
V279 "WOULD HELP REL MORE" NUM(1.0)
V280 "DO IN SPARE TIME" NUM(1.0)
J43. Will that make things better, or worse, financially?
J44. Are there any people that do NOT live with you who are dependent on you for more
than half of their support? J45. (If yes) How many are there?
J47. Do you (FAMILY) have parents or other relatives that you would feel that you had to
help (more), if you had more money?
K1. We're interested in how people spend their spare time. What things do you (HEAD)
usually do in your spare time? FIRST MENTION
9
0
1
3
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
NA
Inap.: nothing likely to happen (No to J41)
Better
Pro-con, better in some ways, worse in others
Worse
NA
No, none
Yes, one
Yes, two
Yes, three
Yes, four or more
Yes, NA how many
NA (whether)
Yes
No
NA
Nothing. Have no spare time, just sit
Watch TV, other passive things
Drive the car, talk with neighbors, play cards, walk,
read, fish, do flower gardening
Energetic activities requiring initiative: sports, active
hobbies, bowling, tennis, hunting, square dancing
Productive activities (that save money or produce direct
service: having vegetable garden, working around house)
102
2,880
1,375
104
228
215
4,537
135
52
24
19
14
21
1,321
3,449
32
279
319
1,643
1,004
1,369
2.12
59.98
28.63
2.17
4.75
4.48
94.48
2.81
1.08
.50
.40
.29
.44
27.51
71.82
.67
5.81
6.64
34.21
20.91
28.51
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 89 of 148
V281 "2ND DO SPARE TIME" NUM(1.0)
V282_1 "BOTH USES OF TIME RESP 1" NUM(1.0)
V282_2 "BOTH USES OF TIME RESP 2" NUM(1.0)
Second mention to K1
5
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
7
9
0
1
2
Investment in self: learning new things, things that may
benefit one economically
Other
NA
Nothing. Have no spare time, just sit
Watch TV, other passive things
Drive the car, talk with neighbors, play cards, walk,
read, fish, do flower gardening
Energetic activities requiring initiative: sports, active
hobbies, bowling, tennis, hunting, square dancing
Productive activities (that save money or produce direct
service: having vegetable garden, working around house)
Investment in self: learning new things, things that may
benefit one economically
Other
NA
Nothing. Have no spare time, just sit
Watch TV, other passive things
Drive the car, talk with neighbors, play cards, walk,
read, fish, do flower gardening
Energetic activities requiring initiative: sports, active
hobbies, bowling, tennis, hunting, square dancing
Productive activities (that save money or produce direct
service: having vegetable garden, working around house)
Investment in self: learning new things, things that may
benefit one economically
Other
NA
Nothing. Have no spare time, just sit
Watch TV, other passive things
Drive the car, talk with neighbors, play cards, walk,
read, fish, do flower gardening
Ignore this variable. See V280.
Ignore this variable. See V281.
120
24
44
1,441
709
1,722
618
268
4
6
34
279
319
1,643
1,004
1,369
120
24
44
1,441
709
1,722
2.50
.50
.92
30.01
14.76
35.86
12.87
5.58
.08
.12
.71
5.81
6.64
34.21
20.91
28.51
2.50
.50
.92
30.01
14.76
35.86
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 90 of 148
V283 "NR OF TIME USES" NUM(1.0)
V284 "HOW OFTEN CHURCH" NUM(1.0)
V285 "TAKING COURSES" NUM(1.0)
K1. (Number of things mentioned)
K2. How often do you (HEAD) go to church?
K3. Are you (HEAD) taking any courses or lessons?
K4. (If yes) what are they?
3
4
5
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
Energetic activities requiring initiative: sports, active
hobbies, bowling, tennis, hunting, square dancing
Productive activities (that save money or produce direct
service: having vegetable garden, working around house)
Investment in self: learning new things, things that may
benefit one economically
Other
NA
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Never
Once in a while, a few times a year, not often, seldom
About once a month, sometimes
Every few weeks, several times a month, once or twice a
month, often
Every week, once a week, every Sunday
More than once a week, once a week plus
NA
No
Highest number has priority.
618
268
4
6
34
231
1,134
1,549
1,070
476
184
68
31
20
39
1,072
953
361
541
1,394
369
112
4,258
12.87
5.58
.08
.12
.71
4.81
23.62
32.26
22.28
9.91
3.83
1.42
.65
.42
.81
22.32
19.85
7.52
11.27
29.03
7.68
2.33
88.67
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 91 of 148
V286 "HOURS/DAY TV" NUM(1.0)
V287 "HOW OFTEN NEWSP" NUM(1.0)
V288 "NR NEIGHBORS KNOWN" NUM(1.0)
K5. About how many hours do you (HEAD) usually watch television on an average week-day?
K6. How often do you (HEAD) read a newspaper every day, once a week, or what?
K7. About how many people in this neighborhood do you know by name?
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
Yes, for increasing consumption pleasure (hobbies,
bridge, etc.)
Yes, for increasing knowledge about world, etc., public
affairs
Yes, for learning how to do-it-yourself, fix-it courses,
carpentry, NA what
Yes, with potential earning applications; job training
Formal academic work - college, high school
NA
None
One up to 1.4
Two - 1.5 to 2.4, sometimes, seldom
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Never
Hardly ever, only when something unusual, only during
some season
Occasionally (less than once a week)
Once or twice a week, Sunday only
Week days, several times a week
Every day
NA
No one
(If counting families, multiply by two.)
29
25
21
204
232
33
629
1,265
1,009
901
310
299
78
42
105
164
585
78
79
586
194
3,216
64
233
.60
.52
.44
4.25
4.83
.69
13.10
26.34
21.01
18.76
6.46
6.23
1.62
.87
2.19
3.42
12.18
1.62
1.65
12.20
4.04
66.97
1.33
4.85
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 92 of 148
V289 "RELATIVES NEAR" NUM(1.0)
V290 "HRS HELPING REL" NUM(1.0)
V291 "HELP FROM OUTSIDE" NUM(1.0)
K8. Do you (FAMILY) have any relatives who live within walking distance of here?
K9. Did you spend more than 40 hours helping friends or relatives last year? K10. (If
yes) About how many hours was that?
K14. Was that from someone who does not live here?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
3
5
9
0
1
2
3
7
9
0
1
3
5
9
One
Two
Three, a few
Four
Five, 50%
6 - 9, not many
10 - 19, 95%, most
20 or more, lots of people, everyone, all of them
NA
Yes
Yes, qualified (they are never home, they are here only
part of year, we never see them)
No
NA
No
Yes, 41 - 120 hours
121 - 240 hours
241 or more hours
NA how much, but more than 40
NA
Inap.: did not receive free help with housework, baby
sitting, etc. in 1967 (No to K11)
Yes
Part of it was
No
NA; DK
153
232
240
168
255
454
915
2,027
125
2,167
15
2,599
21
2,629
1,337
215
209
326
86
3,889
703
5
140
65
3.19
4.83
5.00
3.50
5.31
9.45
19.05
42.21
2.60
45.13
.31
54.12
.44
54.75
27.84
4.48
4.35
6.79
1.79
80.99
14.64
.10
2.92
1.35
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 93 of 148
V292 "HOW OFTEN CLUBS" NUM(1.0)
V293 "HOW OFTEN TAVERN" NUM(1.0)
V294 "UNION AND DUES" NUM(1.0)
K15. How often do you (HEAD) go to social clubs or organizations?
K16. How often do you (HEAD) go to a bar or tavern?
K17. Do you (HEAD) belong to a labor union?
K18. (If yes) How much did your union dues amount to last year?
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
Never
Hardly ever. A few times a year
Occasionally, once or twice a month (less than once a
week)
Once a week, every Friday, etc.
A few times a week, more than once a week
Every day, 4 days a week or more
NA
Never
Hardly ever, a few times a year, almost never, seldom
Occasionally, once or twice a month (less than once a
week)
Once a week
A few times a week, more than once a week
Every day, four days a week or more
NA
No
Yes but no dues
Yes, dues less than $25
Yes, dues $26 - 99
Yes, dues $100 - 499
Yes, dues $500 or more
Yes, dues NA
NA
2,955
431
822
299
171
28
96
3,145
479
450
321
218
107
82
3,788
40
85
678
156
2
28
25
61.54
8.98
17.12
6.23
3.56
.58
2.00
65.49
9.98
9.37
6.68
4.54
2.23
1.71
78.88
.83
1.77
14.12
3.25
.04
.58
.52
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 94 of 148
V295 "FELT LIFE WORK OUT" NUM(1.0)
V296 "PLAN AHEAD" NUM(1.0)
V297 "CARRY OUT PLANS" NUM(1.0)
V298 "FINISH THINGS" NUM(1.0)
L1. Have you usually felt pretty sure your life would work out the way you want it to, or
have there been times when you haven't been very sure about it?
L2. Are you the kind of person that plans his life ahead all the time, or do you live
more from day to day?
L3. When you make plans ahead, do you usually get to carry out things the way you
expected, or do things usually come up to make you change your plans?
L4. Would you say you nearly always finish things once you start them, or do you
sometimes have to give up before they are finished?
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
Usually been pretty sure
Pretty sure, qualified
Pro-con, sure sometimes, not sure other
More times when haven't been sure, qualified
More times when not very sure about it
NA; DK
Plan ahead
Plan ahead, qualified
Sometimes plan ahead, sometimes not, pro-con
Live more from day to day, qualified
Live more from day to day
NA DK
Usually get to carry out things the way expected
Usually get to carry out things, qualified
Pro-con, depends, sometimes carry out, sometimes things
come up
Things come up to make me change plans, qualified
Things usually come up to make me change plans
NA; DK
Nearly always finish things
Nearly always finish, qualified
Pro-con, sometimes finish, sometimes give up
2,184
147
165
83
1,844
379
1,992
208
221
77
2,184
120
2,298
144
341
84
1,658
277
3,265
222
139
45.48
3.06
3.44
1.73
38.40
7.89
41.48
4.33
4.60
1.60
45.48
2.50
47.86
3.00
7.10
1.75
34.53
5.77
67.99
4.62
2.89
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 95 of 148
V299 "LIKE CHALLENGE" NUM(1.0)
V300 "SPEND OR SAVE" NUM(1.0)
V301 "JOB LIKE,OR MONEY" NUM(1.0)
V302 "SATISFIED WITHSELF" NUM(1.0)
L5. How much do you like to do things that are difficult and challenging?
L6. Would you rather spend your money and enjoy life today or save more for the future?
L7. Would you rather have a job that you like even if the chances for a raise were small,
or a job you don't like which offers a good chance for making more money?
L8. Are you more often satisfied or dissatisfied with yourself?
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
Sometimes have to give up, qualified
Sometimes have to give up before they are finished
NA; DK
A lot, like it very much
A lot, qualified, some things a lot
Pro-con, depends, sometimes yes, sometimes no
Not much, qualified
Don't like things that are difficult and challenging
NA; DK
Would rather spend money and enjoy life today
Rather spend and enjoy, qualified, would if had it
Pro-con, want to do both
Save more for the future, qualified
Save more for the future
NA; DK
Rather have a job I like
Rather have a job I like, qualified
Pro-con, depends, want both
Rather have a job I don't like with good chance for
making more money, qualified
Rather have a job I don't like which offers a good chance
for making more money
NA; DK
More often satisfied
35
1,003
138
2,427
513
368
479
688
327
1,705
102
816
229
1,750
200
3,420
50
74
38
946
274
3,473
.73
20.89
2.87
50.54
10.68
7.66
9.98
14.33
6.81
35.51
2.12
16.99
4.77
36.44
4.16
71.22
1.04
1.54
.79
19.70
5.71
72.32
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 96 of 148
V303 "HAVE LIMITATIONS" NUM(1.0)
V304 "GET ANGRY EASILY" NUM(1.0)
V305 "MATTER OTHERS THINK" NUM(1.0)
V306 "TRUST MOST OTHERS" NUM(1.0)
L9. Do you have some limitations that keep you from getting ahead as far as you would
like?
L10. Do you get angry fairly easily, or does it take a lot to get you angry?
L11. How much does it matter what other people think about you?
L12. Do you trust most other people, some, or very few?
2
3
4
5
9
1
3
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
More often satisfied, qualified
Pro-con, depends, satisfied some ways, dissatisfied
others
More often dissatisfied, qualified
More often dissatisfied
NA; DK
Yes, health included
Yes, but not important, depends
No
NA; DK
Get angry fairly easily
Get angry fairly easily, qualified
Pro-con, depends
Takes a lot to get me angry, qualified (But I really blow
when I do)
Takes a lot to get me angry (I never get angry)
NA; DK
Not at all; doesn't matter
Very little, matters what one or two people think
Pro-con, depends; matters in some areas
A good deal; it matters
It matters a lot; I'm very sensitive
NA; DK
Most
146
177
52
813
141
2,260
216
2,096
230
1,022
78
199
193
3,172
138
2,464
668
350
481
673
166
2,262
3.04
3.69
1.08
16.93
2.94
47.06
4.50
43.65
4.79
21.28
1.62
4.14
4.02
66.06
2.87
51.31
13.91
7.29
10.02
14.01
3.46
47.11
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 97 of 148
V307 "FIGURE WAYS MORE$" NUM(1.0)
V308 "THINK ABOUT FUTURE" NUM(1.0)
V309 "LIFE GETTING BETTER" NUM(1.0)
L13. Do you spend much time figuring out ways to get more money?
L14. Do you think a lot about things that might happen in the future, or do you usually
just take things as they come?
L15. Do you think the life of the average man is getting better or is it getting worse?
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
Most, qualified
Pro-con, depends, should trust some
Few, not many, qualified
Very few. I trust no one
NA; DK
None at all
Very little, not much
Pro-con, sometimes I do, should spend more (less), used
to in the past
Quite a bit
A lot. I'm always figuring out how to get more money
NA; DK
Think a lot about things that might happen
Think a good deal, qualified
Pro-con, sometimes do, sometimes, not. Should think more
(less)
Usually just take things as they come, qualified
Usually just take things as they come
NA; DK
Getting better
Getting better, qualified; better for most
Pro-con, better some ways, worse others, should be
different
Getting worse, qualified
Getting worse
NA; DK
153
983
144
1,124
136
2,857
181
183
81
1,358
142
1,799
82
155
68
2,569
129
2,233
155
374
86
1,552
402
3.19
20.47
3.00
23.41
2.83
59.50
3.77
3.81
1.69
28.28
2.96
37.46
1.71
3.23
1.42
53.50
2.69
46.50
3.23
7.79
1.79
32.32
8.37
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 98 of 148
V310 "UNDESERVED GOOD" NUM(1.0)
V311 "WHERE H GREW UP" NUM(2.0)
V312 "H GREW UP FARM" NUM(1.0)
L16. Are there a lot of people who have good things they don't deserve?
M1. Where did you (HEAD) grow up?
M2. Was that on a farm, in a large city, small town, or what?
1
2
3
4
5
9
1 - 66
99
1
2
3
4
9
Yes, a lot
A lot, qualified, quite a few
Pro-con, depends, some do
Not many, but a few
No
NA; DK, not concerned, can't judge
Actual state (PSID state code) plus foreign country code
additions
DK; NA
Farm
Large city, any size city
Small town, any size town
Other, many different places
NA
Alphabetical state code running from 01 = Alabama to 49 = Wyoming except, Alaska - 50 and
Hawaii - 51. From Geographical Location Codes, U.S. General Services Administration Office
of Finance, October, 1966. (Note that Census city-county data book inserts Alaska and
Hawaii, as 02 and 15, and has all 50 states in order. For this code we added: 61. English
speaking foreign countries: England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 62. Other northern
European countries: France, Low Countries, Scandinavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Switzerland, Russia, Germany 63. Southern European countries and Eastern Europe: Spain,
Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Rumania, Bulgaria 64. Spanish America: Mexico,
Central America, West Indies, South America 65. Asia, Mideast (including Egypt) 66.
Africa, excluding Egypt 99. NA
Please refer to PSID state codes here
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/data/Documentation/PSIDStateCodes.pdf but see additional
codes added in range 61-66 described above
1,605
108
264
180
1,838
807
4,758
44
1,680
1,499
1,518
57
48
33.42
2.25
5.50
3.75
38.28
16.81
99.08
.92
34.99
31.22
31.61
1.19
1.00
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 99 of 148
V313 "HEADS EDUCATION" NUM(1.0)
V314 "HD OTHER TRAINING" NUM(1.0)
V315 "HEAD A VETERAN" NUM(1.0)
V316 "NR SIBLINGS HEAD" NUM(1.0)
M3-10. How many grades of school did you (HEAD) finish?
M4-5. Did you get any other training; if Yes, what was it?
M7-8. Did you have any other schooling; if Yes, what other schooling did you have?
M11. Are you (HEAD) a veteran?
M12. How many brothers and sisters did you have? (Includes half-sisters, adopted
children, but not foster children)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
9
1
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
0 - 5 grades and has difficulty reading
0 - 5 grades, no difficulty reading
6 - 8 grades
9 - 11 grades
12 grades (completed high school)
12 grades plus non-academic training
College, no degree
College, bachelors degree (A.B., B.S., etc.)
College, advanced or professional degrees (M.A., Ph.D.,
LLB, BD, M.S., etc.)
NA; DK
No training except regular school and college
Some training outside the regular school system
(apprenticeships, manpower training programs, etc.
NA
Yes
No
NA
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
228
286
1,057
1,044
760
409
542
287
159
30
3,775
977
50
1,483
3,281
38
302
572
622
627
574
457
4.75
5.96
22.01
21.74
15.83
8.52
11.29
5.98
3.31
.62
78.61
20.35
1.04
30.88
68.33
.79
6.29
11.91
12.95
13.06
11.95
9.52
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%
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 100 of 148
V317 "HD PARENTS POOR" NUM(1.0)
V318 "H FATHERS EDUCATION" NUM(1.0)
V319 "ACCURACY OF MORTG" NUM(1.0)
M13. Were your parents poor when you were growing up, pretty well off, or what?
M14. How much education did your father have?
M15. (If DK) Could he read and write?
Accuracy of Mortgage owed
6
7
8
9
1
3
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
5
Six
Seven
Eight or more
NA
Poor
Average, it varied
Pretty well off
DK, didn't live with parents
0 - 5 grades, or DK and could not read or write
6 - 8 grades, grade school, or DK and could read and
write
9 - 11 grades, some high school
12 grades, high school
12 grades plus non-academic training
College, no degree
College degree, no advanced degree mentioned
College, advanced or professional degree
NA; DK, both M14 and M15
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
395
316
859
78
2,555
1,500
664
83
663
2,810
253
432
32
147
132
61
272
4,550
118
91
42
1
8.23
6.58
17.89
1.62
53.21
31.24
13.83
1.73
13.81
58.52
5.27
9.00
.67
3.06
2.75
1.27
5.66
94.75
2.46
1.90
.87
.02
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 101 of 148
V320 "IMPUTED RENT" NUM(4.0)
V321 "ACCURACY IMP RENT" NUM(1.0)
V322 "TOTAL REAL Y" NUM(5.0)
Imputed rental income (6% of net equity in owned home)
Accuracy of imputed rent
Total 1967 Family real Income in Dollars
0
1 - 9,000
0
1
2
3
5
0
1 - 84,655
No rental income
Actual amount
No assignments
Minor assignment
Major assignment; probable error of greater than $300 or
10 percent of assignment value (whichever is greater)
Complex property - the reported house value included farm
or business property, but imputed rent and housing
payments were computed on the basis of the estimated
portion of property used for housing
Estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments
in 1967
No family income
Actual amount
Total value was added in if all of the time help received was from someone living outside
DU; half of the total value was added if only part of the help was from someone outside DU
(valued at $1 = 1 hour).
This variable is composed of the sum of the following variables:
V81 Total 1967 Family Money Income +
V16 Imputed income from doing ADDITIONS AND REPAIRS in 1967 +
V24 Imputed income from doing own CAR REPAIRS in 1967 +
V39 Imputed income from GROWING OWN FOOD in 1967 +
V41 Imputed income from SEWING & MENDING in 1967 +
V43 Earned income in form of food or clothing (only if worth more than $50) in 1967 +
V320 Imputed 1967 rental value of owner- occupied house (.06 x net equity in house) +
V12 Estimated annual 1967 rental value of DU (for those who neither own nor rent) +
V45 Value of free food, clothing, or food stamps received in 1967 (only if $50 or more
during year) +
V57 Value of services received free from others (NOTE: Total value added in if all the
time received was from someone living outside DU; 1/2 total value added if only part of
help was from someone outside DU [valued at $1 = 1 hour]).
2,448
2,354
4,408
142
122
129
1
1
4,801
50.98
49.02
91.80
2.96
2.54
2.69
.02
.02
99.98
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 102 of 148
V323 "REAL NET Y" NUM(5.0)
V324 "REAL NET Y-HSNG" NUM(5.0)
V325 "MONEY Y/NEEDS" NUM(5.2)
Total 1967 FAMILY Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income - In Dollars
Total 1967 FAMILY Real Income Net of Costs of Earning Income and Net of Housing Costs - In
Dollars
"Orshansky Ratio" (Full Detail Variant) (V81 / V32)
0
1 - 60,476
-1,171 - -1
0
1 - 56,226
.01 - 26.52
.00
None
Actual amount
Actual net loss
No real income net of costs of earning income and net of
housing costs
Actual net profit
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
V322 Total 1967 Family Real Income -
V84 Child care costs, Federal Income Tax, and 1967 Union dues for Head of family -
V57 if added originally (free child care)
V322 Total 1967 Family Real Income -
V84 Cost of Earning Income -
V10 1967 Rent Payments -
V14 1967 Utilities Payments -
V18 1967 Payments for additions and repairs (for all those still owing anything at time of
interview) -
V12 Estimated annual 1967 rental value of DU (for those who neither own nor rent) -
V16 Imputed income from doing additions and repairs in 1967 -
.06 x V5 Imputed 1967 annual rental value of DU (for homeowners excluding farmers and
others with complex property, i.e., if coded 3 in V7) -
V6 Estimated 1967 Property taxes for homeowners V320 Imputed rent of homeowners (if coded
3 in V7, i.e., have complex property) -
V57 if added originally (Free Child Care)
V81 1967 Total Family Money Income / V32 Annual Family Need Standard - Orshansky
Result multiplied by 1.25 if V197 or V228 = 8 (i.e., first or second job a farmer)
Note that V32 is based on V31, Annual Food Needs Standard, which is in 1967 dollars.
1
4,801
30
1
4,771
4,797
5
.02
99.98
.62
.02
99.35
99.90
.10
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 103 of 148
V326 "REAL NET Y/NEEDS" NUM(5.2)
V327 "REAL NET Y-HSNG/FD" NUM(5.2)
V328 "W-O MONEY Y" NUM(6.0)
V329 "W-O REAL Y" NUM(5.0)
Ratio of Total 1967 FAMILY Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income to Annual Family Need
Standard - Orshansky (V323 / V32)
Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income and Net of Housing
Costs to 1967 Family Food Standard - Orshansky Low Cost (V324 / V31)
FAMILY Well-offness Index -- uses "Orshansky Ratio"
FAMILY Well-offness Index - uses Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of
Earning Income to Annual Family Need Standard - Orshansky
.01 - 18.00
.00
-2.22 - -.01
.01 - 73.82
.00
0
1 - 114,432
0
1 - 77,665
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
V323 Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income / V32 Annual Family Need
Standard - Orshansky
Note that V32 is based on V31, Annual Food Needs Standard, which is in 1967 dollars.
V324 Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income and Net of Housing Costs
/ V31 Annual Family Food Standard - Orshansky Low Cost
Note that V31, Annual Food Needs Standard, is in 1967 dollars.
V325 "Orshansky Ratio" x V73 Average hours of leisure per major adult in family, in
1967
Note that the computation of V325 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
V326 Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income to Annual
Family Need Standard - Orshansky x V73 Average hours of leisure time per major adult in
family, in 1967
Note that the computation of V326 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
4,801
1
30
4,771
1
7
4,795
1
4,801
99.98
.02
.62
99.35
.02
.15
99.85
.02
99.98
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 104 of 148
V330 "W-O REAL Y-HSNG" NUM(6.0)
V331 "CONTRACTUAL PAYTS" NUM(5.0)
V332 "TOTAL FIXED EXP" NUM(5.0)
V333 "UNCOMMITTED Y" NUM(5.0)
FAMILY Well-offness Index - uses Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of
Earning Income and Net of Cost of Housing to Annual Family-Need Standard - Orshansky
Total 1967 Family Contractual Payments - In Dollars
Total 1967 Family Fixed Expenditures - In Dollars
Total 1967 Family Uncommitted Money Income - in Dollars
-10,506 - -1
0
1 - 272,652
0
1 - 10,870
0
1 - 34,569
-5,150 - -1
0
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
No family contractual payments
Actual amount
No fixed expenditures
Actual amount
Actual amount
No family uncommitted money income
V327 Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income and Net of
Housing Costs to Annual Family Need Standard - Orshansky x V73 Average Hours of leisure
time per major adult in family, in 1967
Note that the computation of V327 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
V8 Annual Mortgage payments made in 1967 (for Home owners) +
V10 1967 Rent payments +
V14 1967 Utilities Payments +
V18 1967 payments for additions and repairs +
V20 1967 Car insurance payments +
V22 1967 Car debt payments +
V28 Other 1967 debt payments +
V6 Estimated annual property taxes paid in 1967 (for home owners)
V331 Total 1967 Family Contractual Payments +
V37 Total 1967 Family food expenditures +
V84 Child care costs (for families where there are children under 12 and Wife of Head
works, or single Head of family works for money) and 1967 Union dues for HEAD of family +
V82 Total 1967 payments to dependents outside DU (only for cases where amount was
ascertained)
V81 Total 1967 Family money income - V332 Total 1967 Family fixed expenditures
34
1
4,767
40
4,762
9
4,793
601
4
.71
.02
99.27
.83
99.17
.19
99.81
12.52
.08
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 105 of 148
V334 "TOTAL FOOD CONS" NUM(4.0)
V335 "TOTAL FAMILY WORK" NUM(5.0)
V336 "FOOD CONS/FOOD STD" NUM(4.2)
Total 1967 Family Food Consumption
Total 1967 Family Hours of Work (Work for Money Plus Unpaid Work)
Ratio of Total 1967 Family Food Consumption to 1967 Family Food Standard
1 - 47,506
0
1 - 7,462
0
1 - 14,940
.01 - 9.98
.00
Actual amount
No food consumption
Actual amount
Zero hours
Actual number of hours
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
V37 Total 1967 Family food expenditures +
V39 Imputed income from growing own food in 1967 +
V43 Earned income in form of food in 1967 (1 x V43 added if source code indicates that all
was food - if V268 = 1; .7 x V43 added if source code says food and clothing or NA which,
i.e., if V268 = 3) +
V45 Value of free food or food stamps received in 1967 (1 x V45 added if source code
indicates that all was food or food stamps - if V269 = 1; .7 x V45 if source code says
food and clothing or NA which - if V269 = 3)
V47 1967 Hours of Work for Money - HEAD +
V53 1967 Hours of Work for Money - WIFE +
V59 1967 Hours of Housework - FAMILY +
V61 1967 Hours of Home Production - HEAD AND WIFE +
V72 1967 Hours of Work for Money - OTHERS (other than Head or Wife) +
V57 1967 Hours of Help from others - (estimated part from inside family unit) (1 x V57 if
all from someone inside family unit, i.e., if V291 = 5; .5 x V57 if only part from someone
inside family unit, i.e., V291 = 3) +
V63 1967 Hours of house work and work for money by others in FU - adjustment factor if
someone other than Head or Wife included as a major adult) (Added in when hours of work by
others, V72 = 0000, to avoid double counting)
V334 Total 1967 Family Food Consumption / V31 1967 Family food standard - Orshansky (Low-
cost plan for family of given size and age-sex composition)
Note that V31, Annual Food Standard (Needs), is in 1967 dollars.
4,197
3
4,799
1
4,801
4,799
3
87.40
.06
99.94
.02
99.98
99.94
.06
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 106 of 148
V337 "HEAD HOURLY EARN" NUM(5.2)
V338 "WIFE HOURLY EARN" NUM(5.2)
V339 "BKT TOT MONEY Y" NUM(1.0)
V340 "BKT TOT REAL Y" NUM(1.0)
1967 Hourly Earnings - HEAD
1967 Hourly Earnings - WIFE
Bkt. V81 Total 1967 Family Money Income
Bkt. V322 Total Family Real Income
.01 - 33.33
.00
99.99
.01 - 21.33
.00
99.99
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
Actual amount
No hourly earnings
NA; Head did not work for money in 1967
Actual amount
No hourly earnings
NA; no Wife; Wife did not work for money in 1967
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $500
$500 - 999
V74 1967 Income from Labor - HEAD /
V47 1967 Hours of Work for Money - HEAD
* Coded 99.99 when V47 = 0000 (Did not work for money in 1967)
V75 1967 Income from Labor - WIFE /
V53 1967 Hours of work for money - WIFE
* Coded 99.99 when V53 = 0000 (Did not work for money in 1967)
3,924
10
868
1,400
7
3,395
26
127
497
512
504
428
1,008
652
706
342
8
69
81.72
.21
18.08
29.15
.15
70.70
.54
2.64
10.35
10.66
10.50
8.91
20.99
13.58
14.70
7.12
.17
1.44
Count
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 107 of 148
V341 "BKT NET REAL Y" NUM(1.0)
V342 "BK NET REAL Y-HSNG" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V323 Total Family Real Income Net of Costs of Earning Income
Bkt. V324 Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Costs of Earning Income and Costs of
Housing
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
409
531
486
454
983
669
768
425
9
78
426
575
504
495
1,062
708
674
271
120
250
632
562
538
506
1,014
600
424
156
8.52
11.06
10.12
9.45
20.47
13.93
15.99
8.85
.19
1.62
8.87
11.97
10.50
10.31
22.12
14.74
14.04
5.64
2.50
5.21
13.16
11.70
11.20
10.54
21.12
12.49
8.83
3.25
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 108 of 148
V343 "BKT W-O MONEY Y" NUM(1.0)
V344 "BKT W-O REAL NET Y" NUM(1.0)
V345 "BKT W-O-HOUSING" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V328 Family Well-offness Index Uses Orshansky Ratio
Bkt. V329 Family Well-offness Index - Uses Ratio of Family Real Income Net of Cost of
Earning Income to Annual Family Need Standard
Bkt. V330 Family Well-offness Index - Uses Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of
Costs of Earning Income and Net of Costs of Housing to Annual Family Food Standard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
Less than $1,000
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 5999
$6000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $1,000
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 5999
$6000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $3000
Note that the computation of V328 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
Note that the computation of V329 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
Note that the computation of V330 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars
159
477
615
613
532
436
516
562
580
312
123
427
588
630
578
463
545
622
558
268
285
3.31
9.93
12.81
12.77
11.08
9.08
10.75
11.70
12.08
6.50
2.56
8.89
12.24
13.12
12.04
9.64
11.35
12.95
11.62
5.58
5.94
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 109 of 148
V346 "BKT CONTRACT PYMTS" NUM(1.0)
V347 "BK TOTAL FIXED EXP" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V331 Total 1967 Family Contractual Payments
Bkt. V332 Total 1967 Family Fixed Expenditures
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$3000 - 5999
$6000 - 8999
$9000 - 11,999
$12,000 - 14,999
$15,000 - 17,999
$18,000 - 22,499
$22,500 - 29,999
$30,000 - 44,999
$45,000 or more
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
615
617
627
528
428
462
495
452
293
652
1,078
1,639
856
375
142
54
5
1
-
54
235
790
905
904
634
900
267
91
22
12.81
12.85
13.06
11.00
8.91
9.62
10.31
9.41
6.10
13.58
22.45
34.13
17.83
7.81
2.96
1.12
.10
.02
-
1.12
4.89
16.45
18.85
18.83
13.20
18.74
5.56
1.90
.46
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 110 of 148
V348 "BKT UNCOMMITTED Y" NUM(1.0)
V349 "BK TOTAL FOOD CONS" NUM(1.0)
V350 "BK TOT FAMILY WORK" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V333 Total 1967 Family Uncommitted Money Income
Bkt. V334 Total 1967 Family Food Consumption
Bkt. V335 Total 1967 Family Hours of Work (Work for money plus unpaid work)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 - 14,999
$15,000 or more
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 or more
NA
None
$1 - 499
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 4999
1,091
457
763
633
525
363
553
221
135
61
255
919
2,202
1,086
249
63
28
-
-
-
74
48
404
728
664
866
22.72
9.52
15.89
13.18
10.93
7.56
11.52
4.60
2.81
1.27
5.31
19.14
45.86
22.62
5.19
1.31
.58
-
-
-
1.54
1.00
8.41
15.16
13.83
18.03
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 111 of 148
V351 "FOR BKT 325, SEE V407" NUM(1.0)
V352 "FOR BKT 326, SEE V408" NUM(1.0)
V353 "FOR BKT 327, SEE V410" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V325 "Orshansky Ratio" (Full Detail Variant) Use V407
Bkt. V326 Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income to Annual
Family Need Standard. Use V408
Bkt. V327 Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income and Net of
Housing Costs to 1967 Family Food Standard. Use V410
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
$5000 - 7499
$7500 - 9999
$10,000 or more
NA
-99.95-00.74
00.75-01.24
01.25-01.74
01.75-02.24
02.25-03.74
03.75-06.24
06.25-09.74
09.75-14.24
14.25-99.98
NA
-99.95-00.74
00.75-01.24
01.25-01.74
01.75-02.24
02.25-03.74
03.75-06.24
06.25-09.74
09.75-14.24
14.25-99.98
NA
-99.95-00.74
1,791
198
29
-
894
983
808
575
943
476
89
25
9
-
751
1,062
872
612
1,007
410
71
14
3
-
182
37.30
4.12
.60
-
18.62
20.47
16.83
11.97
19.64
9.91
1.85
.52
.19
-
15.64
22.12
18.16
12.74
20.97
8.54
1.48
.29
.06
-
3.79
Count
Count
Count
%
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 112 of 148
V354 "BKT FD CONS/FD STD" NUM(1.0)
V355 "BKT HEAD HRLY EARN" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V336 Ratio of Total 1967 Family Food Consumption to 1967 Family Food Standard
Bkt. V337 1967 Hourly Earnings - HEAD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
00.75-01.24
01.25-01.74
01.75-02.24
02.25-03.74
03.75-06.24
06.25-09.74
09.75-14.24
14.25-99.98
NA
-99.95-00.74
00.75-01.24
01.25-01.74
01.75-02.24
02.25-03.74
03.75-06.24
06.25-09.74
09.75-14.24
14.25-99.98
NA
Less than $0.50
$0.50 - 0.99
$1.00 - 1.49
$1.50 - 1.99
$2.00 - 2.49
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 3.99
$4.00 - 5.99
Note that the computation of V336 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars
263
357
354
1,013
1,164
814
391
264
-
383
1,491
1,405
812
605
96
10
-
-
-
107
324
556
575
498
443
687
537
5.48
7.43
7.37
21.10
24.24
16.95
8.14
5.50
-
7.98
31.05
29.26
16.91
12.60
2.00
.21
-
-
-
2.23
6.75
11.58
11.97
10.37
9.23
14.31
11.18
Count
Count
%
%
Value/Range
Value/Range
Code Value/Range Text
Code Value/Range Text
Filename = FAM1968
Page 113 of 148
V356 "BKT WIFE HRLY EARN" NUM(1.0)
V357 "LAG MARR-1ST CHILD" NUM(3.0)
V358 "BKT LAG MARR-CHILD" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V338 1967 Hourly Earnings - WIFE
Difference between Age at Birth of First Child and Age at Marriage - HEAD
Bkt. V357 Difference between Age at Birth of First Child and Age at First Marriage - HEAD
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-57 - -1
0
1 - 45
98
99
999
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
$6.00 - 99.98
$99.99, did not work
Less than $0.50
$0.50 - 0.99
$1.00 - 1.49
$1.50 - 1.99
$2.00 - 2.49
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 3.99
$4.00 - 5.99
$6.00 - 99.98
$99.99, did not work
Number of years before marriage that first child was born
Head had first child and married during the same year
Number of years after marriage that first child was born
Inap.: never married; never had any children
NA whether currently married; NA when first marriage; NA
whether had children; NA when first child was born
NA; DK
First child born 2 or more years BEFORE first marriage
First child 1 year before marriage to 1 year after
marriage
First child 2 years after first marriage
First child 3 years after first marriage
First child 4 years after first marriage
First child 5 years after first marriage
First child 6 years after first marriage
207
868
75
214
336
269
194
134
89
67
29
3,395
860
764
2,933
-
1
244
789
2,017
621
287
170
133
85
4.31
18.08
1.56
4.46
7.00
5.60
4.04
2.79
1.85
1.40
.60
70.70
17.91
15.91
61.08
-
.02
5.08
16.43
42.00
12.93
5.98
3.54
2.77
1.77
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 114 of 148
V359 "RESERVE FUNDS" NUM(1.0)
V360 "SEX-MARITAL STATUS" NUM(1.0)
V361 "REGION NOW" NUM(1.0)
WHETHER RESERVE FUNDS (Q. D6) Do you (FAMILY) have any savings, such as checking or
savings accounts, or government bonds? (IF YES) (Q. D7) Would they amount to as much as
two months' income or more? (Q. D8) (IF NO) Was there a time in the last five years when
you had as much as two months' income saved up?
Sex and Marital Status
Bkt. on V93 Region Where Family Lived at time of 1968 Interview
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
9
1
2
3
4
First child 7 years after first marriage
First child 8 or more years after first marriage
Never married or never had any children; NA whether
currently married; NA when first married; NA whether had
children; NA when first child was born
Had savings in early 1968 that amounted to as much as two
months' income or more ("Yes" to both D6 and D7)
Had savings in early 1968 that did not amount to as much
as two months' income or more, but did in past ("Yes to
D6, "No" or "NA" to D7, and "Yes" to D8)
Had savings in the past five years that amounted to as
much as two months' income or more but did not have any
savings in early 1968 ("No" or "NA" to D6, and "Yes" to
D8)
Had savings in early 1968, but did not amount to as much
as two months' income or more, and never in the past five
years had that much ("Yes" to D6 and "No" or "NA" to D7,
and "No" or "NA" to D8)
Did not have any savings in early 1968, and never in the
past five years had savings that amounted to as much as
two months' income ("No" or "NA" to D6, and "No" to D8)
NA whether have any savings in early 1968; and NA whether
had any savings in the past five years, or combinations
other than 1-5 above
Single man
Single woman
Married couple with Wife present
NA
Northeast
North Central
South
West
57
398
245
1,902
497
423
424
1,425
131
387
1,293
3,111
11
886
1,181
1,948
787
1.19
8.29
5.10
39.61
10.35
8.81
8.83
29.68
2.73
8.06
26.93
64.79
.23
18.45
24.59
40.57
16.39
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 115 of 148
V362 "REGION GREW UP" NUM(1.0)
V363 "GEO. MOBILITY" NUM(1.0)
V364 "AV ACC OF DOLLARY" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V311 State or Country Where Head Grew Up Region Where Head of Family Grew Up
Geographic Mobility of Head of Family (Whether now lives in different state and/or region
than where grew up)
Bkt. Average Accuracy of 1967 Income Information - FAMILY
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
0
1
2
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Northeast
North Central
South
West
Alaska, Hawaii
All foreign countries
NA region where 1967 Head grew up
Lives in same state where grew up (V93 EQ V311)
Lives in same region but different state (V361 EQ V362,
and V93 NE V311)
Lives in both a different state and different region from
where grew up (V361 NE V362)
Region where grew up NA
No assignment
Less than .05
.05-.09
.10-.19
.20-.29
.30-.49
.50-.74
.75-.99
1.00-1.99
This variable is a bracket code of the simple average of V85-V91, whose code values are as
follows:
0=no assignment
1=minor assignment
2=major assignment, i.e., probable error of greater than $300 or 10 percent of amount
assigned (whichever is greater)
5=estimate not accurate reflection of income or payments in 1967, i.e., mortgage incurred
in 1968; married in 1968, etc.
804
1,087
2,263
371
-
-
277
2,980
602
1,176
44
4,216
1
-
239
219
31
71
20
5
16.74
22.64
47.13
7.73
-
-
5.77
62.06
12.54
24.49
.92
87.80
.02
-
4.98
4.56
.65
1.48
.42
.10
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 116 of 148
V365 "AV ACC OF FINANCES" NUM(1.0)
V366 "AV ACC OF HOURS" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. Average Accuracy of 1967 Financial Information Other than Income -- FAMILY
Bkt. Average Accuracy of Hours Variables - FAMILY
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2.00 or higher
No assignment
Less than .05
.05-.09
.10-.19
.20-.29
.30-.49
.50-.74
.75-.99
1.00-1.99
2.00 or higher
No assignment
Less than .05
.05-.09
.10-.19
.20-.29
.30-.49
.50-.74
This variable is a bracket code of the simple average of V7, V9, V11, V13, V15, V19, V21,
V23, V29, V34, V36, V38, V319, and V321, whose code values are as follows:
0=no assignment
1=minor assignment
2=major assignment, i.e., probable error of greater than $300 or 10 percent of amount
assigned (whichever is greater)
3=complex property - the reported house value included farm or business property, but
imputed rent and housing payments were computed on the basis of the estimated portion of
property used for housing
5=estimate not accurate reflection of income or payments in 1967
This variable is a bracket code of the simple average of V27, V48, V50, V52, V54, V56,
V58, V60, V62, V64, V66, V68, and V70, whose code values are as follows:
0=no assignment
1=minor assignment
2=major assignment, i.e., probable error of greater than $300 or 10 percent of amount
assigned (whichever is greater)
4=work done by someone other than head or wife
5=estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments in 1967
-
3,676
-
558
206
173
141
24
17
7
-
3,245
1
708
476
181
159
29
-
76.55
-
11.62
4.29
3.60
2.94
.50
.35
.15
-
67.58
.02
14.74
9.91
3.77
3.31
.60
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 117 of 148
V367 "AV ACC NONDOLLARY" NUM(1.0)
V368 "BKT AGE OF HEAD" NUM(1.0)
Items
Bkt. V117 Age of Head of Family
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
.75-.99
1.00-1.99
2.00 or higher
No assignment
Less than .05
.05-.09
.10-.19
.20-.29
.30-.49
.50-.74
.75-.99
1.00-1.99
2.00 or higher
Under 25
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 - 74
75 or older
NA
This variable is a bracket code of the simple average of V17, V25, V40, V42, V44, and V46
whose code values are as follows:
0=no assignment
1=minor assignment
2=major assignment, i.e., probable error of greater than $300 or 10 percent of amount
assigned (whichever is greater)
4=work done by someone other than head or wife
5=estimate not an accurate reflection of income or payments in 1967
2
1
-
3,639
-
-
925
-
177
48
8
4
1
462
979
1,126
989
707
358
178
3
.04
.02
-
75.78
-
-
19.26
-
3.69
1.00
.17
.08
.02
9.62
20.39
23.45
20.60
14.72
7.46
3.71
.06
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Page 118 of 148
V369 "BKT AGE OF WIFE" NUM(1.0)
V370 "MEAN AGE OF COUPLE" NUM(2.0)
V371 "BKT AGE OF COUPLE" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. V118 Age of Wife of Head of Family
Average Age of Head and Wife (In Years)
Bkt. V370 Average Age of Head and Wife
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
9 - 88
99
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
Inap.: no Wife
Under 25
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 - 74
75 or older
NA
Average Age of Head and Wife
NA; Head or Wife Age is unknown
Inap.: no Wife
Under 25
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 - 74
75 or older
NA
This Variable is the simple average of V117 (age of Head), V118 (age of Wife). If V118 =
00 (no wife), age of Head is recorded again.
Average age of head and wife=36; or no wife present, and head is 36 years old.
(Do not use this code where there is NO wife.)
1,719
454
752
807
553
330
150
33
4
4,799
3
3
1,297
1,269
995
609
398
178
53
-
35.80
9.45
15.66
16.81
11.52
6.87
3.12
.69
.08
99.94
.06
.06
27.01
26.43
20.72
12.68
8.29
3.71
1.10
-
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 119 of 148
V372 "BK COUPLE AGE DIF" NUM(1.0)
V373 "VALUE/ROOM" NUM(5.0)
V374 "BKT VALUE/ROOM" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. on Difference in Age between Head and Wife
Average Value Per Room in Dwelling Unit
Bkt. V373 Average Value per Room in Dwelling Unit
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1 - 30,000
99,999
1
2
3
4
(-98 to -10) husband is 10 or more years younger than
wife
(-9 to -5) husband is between 5 and 9 years younger than
wife
(-4 to -2) husband is between 2 and 4 years younger than
wife
(-1) husband is 1 year younger than wife
(0) husband and wife are the same age
(+1) husband 1 year older than wife
(+2 to +4) husband 2 to 4 years older than wife
(+5 to +9) husband 5 to 9 years older than wife
(+10 to +19) husband 10 to 19 years older than wife
(+20 to +99) husband 20 or more years older than wife; or
no wife
Actual average value of $0
Actual average value
NA
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
V117 (Age of Head) minus V118 (Age of Wife)
For Homeowners: V5 House Value / V102 Number of rooms in DU
*For Renters: 10 x V11 Annual Rent / V102 Number of rooms in DU
*For those who neither own nor rent: 10 x V12 Rental Value / V102 Number of rooms in DU
xxxx. Coded in Dollars
*(Calculated value assumes that value of DU is approximately 10 times its annual rental
value)
16
69
149
165
315
369
1,051
654
277
1,737
5
4,734
63
211
437
1,585
1,100
.33
1.44
3.10
3.44
6.56
7.68
21.89
13.62
5.77
36.17
.10
98.58
1.31
4.39
9.10
33.01
22.91
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 120 of 148
V375 "BKT VALUE OF CARS" NUM(1.0)
V376 "BKT WORD-PICTURE" NUM(1.0)
V377 "BKT EARN ELSEWHERE" NUM(1.0)
Brackets on Value of All Cars Owned (V145)
Number correct Word-to-picture test (V195)
Bkt. Annual Head Might Earn Per Hour an Another Job (V210)
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
0
1
2
3
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7499
$7500 to 99,998
NA
Family owns no cars
Less than $500
$500 - 999
$1000 - 1999
$2000 - 2999
$3000 - 3999
$4000 - 4999
$5000 - 7999
$8000 - 9998
NA
0 - 5
6 - 9
10 - 11
12
13
14 (all correct)
Refused to take test or did not take for some other
reason (99); or test not assigned to family (98)
Inap.: question not asked
$0.01 - 0.99
$1.00 - 1.49
$1.50 - 1.99
722
342
256
86
63
1,494
1,349
595
867
329
89
39
20
1
19
14
66
71
73
98
102
4,378
4,157
7
13
43
15.04
7.12
5.33
1.79
1.31
31.11
28.09
12.39
18.05
6.85
1.85
.81
.42
.02
.40
.29
1.37
1.48
1.52
2.04
2.12
91.17
86.57
.15
.27
.90
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 121 of 148
V378 "BKT PAY REFUSED" NUM(1.0)
V379 "AGE AT MARRIAGE" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. Hourly Wage of Jobs Not Worth Taking Head (V238)
Bkt. Age When Head of Family Married (V240)
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$2.00 - 2.49
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 3.99
$4.00 - 5.99
$6.00 or more
NA
Inap.: question not asked
$0.01 - 0.99
$1.00 - 1.49
$1.50 - 1.99
$2.00 - 2.49
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 3.99
$4.00 - 5.99
$6.00 or more
NA
Inap.: not married
Under 16
16 - 17
18 - 19
20 - 21
22 - 25
26 - 30
31 - 39
40 or older
NA
49
69
123
119
89
133
4,534
32
57
27
6
3
2
2
-
139
416
128
328
731
893
1,172
609
284
79
162
1.02
1.44
2.56
2.48
1.85
2.77
94.42
.67
1.19
.56
.12
.06
.04
.04
-
2.89
8.66
2.67
6.83
15.22
18.60
24.41
12.68
5.91
1.65
3.37
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Page 122 of 148
V380 "AGE AT 1ST BIRTH" NUM(1.0)
V381 "ACTUAL-REQD ROOMS" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. Age of Head at Birth of First Child (V138)
Actual Minus Required Rooms for Family of This Size, Age and Sex Composition (V102, V124)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Inap.: no children
Under 16
16 - 17
18 - 19
20 - 21
22 - 25
26 - 30
31 - 39
40 or older
NA
-3 or less (DU has 3 fewer rooms than required number)
-2
-1
0 (actual number of rooms equals required number)
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5 or more
NA
Because missing data are possible, the maximum non-missing value for actual number of
rooms is 8. Required number of rooms does not have missing data, so its maximum value is
9. Therefore, the range for this variable is -8 to +7.
Number of rooms in dwelling unit minus number of rooms required for a family of given
composition plus three.
856
98
220
466
608
1,146
794
414
101
99
82
129
363
737
1,136
993
706
381
214
61
17.83
2.04
4.58
9.70
12.66
23.87
16.53
8.62
2.10
2.06
1.71
2.69
7.56
15.35
23.66
20.68
14.70
7.93
4.46
1.27
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Page 123 of 148
V382 "PERSON PER ROOM" NUM(3.1)
V383 "RACE AND SEX" NUM(1.0)
V384 "EMPLOYMENT PROBS" NUM(1.0)
Persons Per Room
Race and Sex of Head
Employment Problems of Head
.1 - 9.7
9.8
9.9
0
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Actual number of people per room
Family has no room of its own
NA
White male
Nonwhite male
White female
Nonwhite female
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
The formula used for creation of this variable is as follows:
Number of Persons in Family (V30)/Number of Rooms in Dwelling (V102)
One point for each of these:
Lost his previous job (V201 = 1 - 3)
Had more than five employers in last 10 years (V203 = 6 - 8)
Turned down a job rather than move (V205 = 1)
Serious illness or accident in last 3 years (V215 = 1 - 2)
Serious unemployment in last 3 years (V219 = 1 - 2)
Would have trouble getting another job, for explicit reasons (V214 = 1)
4,739
2
61
2,461
997
636
708
1,689
1,201
943
698
201
59
8
3
98.69
.04
1.27
51.25
20.76
13.24
14.74
35.17
25.01
19.64
14.54
4.19
1.23
.17
.06
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 124 of 148
V385 "BACKGROUND PROBS" NUM(1.0)
V386 "CURRENT HANDICAPS" NUM(1.0)
Background Problems of Head
Current Handicaps of Head
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
One point for each of these:
Grew up on a farm (V312 = 1)
Completed less than 6 grades, and has difficulty reading (V313 = 0)
Parents were poor (V317 = 1)
Age <20 at birth of first child (V380 = 1 - 3)
One point for each of these:
This code has values from 0 through 8. No additional points have been given for MORE
dependents, or more SERIOUS disabilities, or EXTREME incoherence, since they are so rare.
No reading matter visible in DU to interviewer (V184 = 5)
Many (6 or more) questions had to be repeated (V185 = 3 - 5)
Many (6 or more) answers had to be repeated (V186 = 3 - 5)
Head has disfigurements or dysfunctional habits (V187 = 1)
Family lives 30 miles or more from the nearest city of 50,000 or more (V189 = 4 - 5)
Head has disabilities that limit work (V216 = 1 - 3)
Head has dependents outside his DU (V278 = 1 - 5)
Family has relatives they might have to help more (V279 = 1)
NOTE: This code has values from 0 through 8. No additional points have been given for
more dependents, or more serious disabilities, or extreme incoherence, since they are so
rare
1,016
1,939
1,409
403
35
1,175
1,676
1,040
565
21.16
40.38
29.34
8.39
.73
24.47
34.90
21.66
11.77
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Page 125 of 148
V387 "NEIGHBHOOD & HOUSE" NUM(1.0)
Housing Quality (Dwelling Unit and Neighborhood)
4
5
6
7
8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
One point for each of these:
See V418 for a revised version of this variable
Family owns its own home (V103 = 1)
Family does not share dwelling with another family (V114 = 1, 2, 5 - 7)
Family owns car or causes no difficulties not to have a car (V140 = 1 or 5)
DU is less than 15 miles from center of city of 50,000 or more (but not within 5 miles of
center) (V189 = 2)
Live in a single family house (V190 = 1)
Neighborhood contains only single family houses (V192 = 2)
Interviewer noted no housing defects (V194 = 5)
House value (or 10 times annual rent) equals $2000 or more per room (V374 = 4 - 8)
Number of rooms equal to or greater than number required (V381 = 4 - 9)
240
86
17
3
-
1
19
90
377
672
899
861
733
801
349
5.00
1.79
.35
.06
-
.02
.40
1.87
7.85
13.99
18.72
17.93
15.26
16.68
7.27
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Page 126 of 148
V388 "SENSE OF EFFICACY" NUM(1.0)
V389 "TRUST IN OTHERS" NUM(1.0)
Sense of Efficacy
Trust in Others
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
No points
See V419 for a revised version of this variable.
Not unsure life would work out (V295 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Sure life would work out (V295 = 1 - 2)
Some planning (V296 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Plans ahead (V296 = 1 - 2)
Doesn't fail to carry out things (V297 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Get to carry out things as expected (V297 = 1 - 2)
Not dissatisfied with self (V302 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Satisfied with self (V302 = 1 - 2)
No limitations seen for self (V303 = 3, 5, 9)
See V420 for a revised version of this variable.
One point for each of these:
Neither likes nor dislikes a job where told what to do (V213 = 2 - 4, 9)
Would not have trouble getting another job (V214 = 5)
Is not concerned with what others think (V305 = 0 - 2)
Trusts other people (V306 = 0 - 2)
Thinks life of average man is getting better (V309 = 0 - 2)
Thinks there are not many who have things they don't deserve (V310 = 4, 5)
193
121
449
403
561
734
598
709
460
574
94
4.02
2.52
9.35
8.39
11.68
15.29
12.45
14.76
9.58
11.95
1.96
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Page 127 of 148
V390 "ASPIRATIONS EXPRD" NUM(1.0)
Ambition (Verbal Aspiration Expressed)
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
See V423 for a revised version of this variable.
One point for each of these:
Plans to move (purposive move) (V112 = 1 - 3)
Has high educational aspirations for children (V137 = 1 - 3)
Says it is important to make own decisions on a job (V199 = 1 - 2)
Is willing to move for even a moderately better job (V207 = 1 - 3)
Has plans to try for a new job (V208 = 1)
Doesn't like a job where told what to do (V213 = 4 - 5)
Wanted to work more hours than did (V231 = 1) or
Did not want to work fewer hours than did (neutralizes the Inaps.) (V233 NE 1)
Expects things to happen for better (V277 = 1)
Likes to do things difficult or challenging (V299 = 1, 2)
Would rather have a job with good chance for making more, even if don't like it (V301 = 4,
5)
Spends time figuring out ways to get more money (V307 = 4, 5)
Might earn reasonably more on new job ($0.50 to $3.00 more) (V210)
Values greater than 9 truncated to equal 9
517
832
1,243
1,216
688
212
1
347
586
742
868
855
624
10.77
17.33
25.89
25.32
14.33
4.41
.02
7.23
12.20
15.45
18.08
17.81
12.99
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Page 128 of 148
V391 "HORIZON EXPRESSED" NUM(1.0)
V392 "HORIZON SELF-REPRT" NUM(1.0)
Expressed Horizon
Self-Reported Horizon
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
Seven points
Eight points
Nine or more points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
No points
Is sure whether will or will not move (V111 = 1, 2, 4, 5)
Has explicit plans for children's education (V137 = 1 - 5; add 2) or No children in school
(neutralize these) (V137 = 0; add 1)
Has plans for an explicit kind of new job (V209 = 1 - 2)
Knows what kind of training new job requires (and it requires it) (V211 = 2)
Has explicit family plans (V248 = 1, 5, 6)
Mentions things that will happen to change (for better or worse) (V277 = 1 or 8)
Has substantial savings relative to income (V359 = 1 - 2)
Doesn't live from day to day (V296 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Plans ahead (V296 = 1, 2)
Plans do not abort (V297 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Get to carry out plans (V297 = 1, 2)
Wouldn't rather spend it today (V00 = 3 or higher) or
Would rather save for future (V300 = 4, 5)
Does not just take things as they come (V308 = 1, 2, 3, 9) or
Thinks about things that may happen (V308 = 1, 2)
416
212
151
1
63
296
1,015
1,666
1,001
573
155
27
5
410
8.66
4.41
3.14
.02
1.31
6.16
21.14
34.69
20.85
11.93
3.23
.56
.10
8.54
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Page 129 of 148
V393 "CONNECTED TO HELP" NUM(1.0)
Connectedness to Potential Sources of Help
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine or more points
Went to a PTA meeting, within last year (V136 = 1 - 2) or
Neutralize those with no children in school (V136 = 0, 1, 2)
Attends church once a month or more (V284 = 2 - 5)
Watches television a lot (more than 1 hour per day) (V286 = 2 - 8)
Reads a newspaper once a week or more (V287 = 3 - 5)
Knows two or more neighbors by name (V288 = 2 - 8)
Knows six or more neighbors by name (V288 = 6 - 8)
Has relatives within walking distance of DU (V289 = 1)
Goes to organizations once a month or more (V292 = 2 - 5)
Goes to bar or tavern once a month or more (V293 = 2 - 5)
Belongs to a labor union and pays dues (V294 = 2 - 8)
Values greater than 9 truncated to 9
208
866
378
1,053
409
810
276
392
10
41
132
315
597
936
1,098
921
499
253
4.33
18.03
7.87
21.93
8.52
16.87
5.75
8.16
.21
.85
2.75
6.56
12.43
19.49
22.87
19.18
10.39
5.27
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Page 130 of 148
V394 "MONEY EARNING ACTS" NUM(1.0)
Money Earning Acts (Current Money Earning Behaviors)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
Head works more than 2,000 hours (V47 > or = 2000)
Wife works more than 1,00 hours (V53 > or = 1000)
Neutralize: No wife, or children under 4 (V239 > 1 -- no wife) or (V120 = 1 - 3 --child
under 4)
Head self-employed and/or owns a business (V198 = 2 - 3 or V250 < 5)
Moved to get a better job (V204 = 1)
Has done something about a better job (V212 = 1 - 3)
If Employed:
Head seldom or never late for work (V217 = 3 - 5) or
Head rarely or never fails to go to work when not sick (V218 = 4 - 5) or
Head has extra jobs (or ways of making money) (V227 = 1, 3, 4)
If Unemployed or Retired:
Has name in several places for a job (V235 = 2 - 4) or
Has applied to 2 or more places in last 2 weeks (V236 = 2 - 4) or Low reservation price:
no jobs not worth taking, or they pay less than $1.50 per hour (V238 < 150)
13
394
810
464
1,075
1,099
668
213
57
9
.27
8.20
16.87
9.66
22.39
22.89
13.91
4.44
1.19
.19
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Page 131 of 148
V395 "REAL EARNING ACTS" NUM(1.0)
Real Earning Acts (non-money, or investment for future)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Saved more than $100 doing own additions and repairs (V16 > 0100, add 2; V16 < 0100, add
1)
Saved more than $100 by growing own food (V39 > 100)
Saved more than $100 by sewing (V41 > 100)
Spends time on other productive activities (V280 = 4 - 5)
Spends time on other productive activities (V281 = 4 - 5)
Taking courses or lessons with earning possibilities (V285=3-5)
Saved more than $100 on car repairs (V24 > 100; add 2)

Neutralize non-owners (V143 = 0; add 1)
COMMENT: The above items were made into a separate index from the income increasing
behaviors more directly related to regular jobs, because they may actually be substitutes
for increasing money earnings by working more on the main job
747
1,290
1,633
699
295
103
28
6
1
15.56
26.86
34.01
14.56
6.14
2.14
.58
.12
.02
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Page 132 of 148
V396 "ECONOMIZING" NUM(1.0)
Economizing
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
Received free help from others inside or outside the house for more than 100 hours (V57 >
100)
Does not own a recent year model car (1966 - 68) (V144 NE 66, 67, 68)
Spends less than $150/year on alcohol (V33 < $150)
Spends less than $150/year on cigarettes (V35 < $150)
Eat out less than once a week (V162 < 2)
Reports special ways of keeping food bill down (V171 NE 0) (V172 NE 0)
Family eats together most or all the time (V174 = 3 - 4)
Report special ways of saving on clothing (V175 NE 0) (V176 NE 0)
12
69
193
488
871
909
880
744
492
144
.25
1.44
4.02
10.16
18.14
18.93
18.33
15.49
10.25
3.00
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Page 133 of 148
V397 "RISK AVOIDANCE" NUM(1.0)
V398 "NUMBER OF CHILDREN" NUM(1.0)
Risk Avoidance
Number of Children Under 18 Living with Family
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine or more points
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
At least one car in good condition (V146 = 1) or
Worst car not in poor condition (also neutralizes non-owners) (V147 NE 5)
All cars insured (V149 = 1) or
Has no uninsured car (neutralizes non-owners who get a point) (V149 NE 3 - 5)
Head has seat belts fastened all the time (V153 = 1; add 2) or
Head has seat belts fastened part of the time (V153 = 3;add 1) or
Neutralize the non-owners (V152 = 0; add 1)
Head insured, or family can get free medical care (V158 = 1 - 3, 5, 7)
Family does not smoke more than 17 cigarettes a day (V169 = 0 - 2)
Family has some savings (V359 = 1, 2, or 4)
Values greater than 9 truncated to 9
4
47
110
184
739
1,177
1,113
811
450
167
1,981
695
704
560
312
223
159
79
37
.08
.98
2.29
3.83
15.39
24.51
23.18
16.89
9.37
3.48
41.25
14.47
14.66
11.66
6.50
4.64
3.31
1.65
.77
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Page 134 of 148
V399 "SSA ECONOMY FX.7" NUM(5.2)
V400 "SSA ECONOMY FX.8" NUM(5.2)
V401 "SSA LOW COST FX.7" NUM(5.2)
V402 "SSA LOW COST FX.8" NUM(5.2)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs: SSA Economy Level (70% Farm Family
Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs: SSA Economy Level (80% Farm Family
Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs: SSA Low-Cost Level (70% Farm Family
Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs SSA Low-Cost Level (80% Farm Family
Cutoffs)
9
.01 - 37.44
.00
.01 - 32.73
.00
.03 - 28.04
.00
.01 - 24.51
.00
Nine or more
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
This Social Security Administration definition is based on the economy level food budget,
which was the same definition that was applied to the 1967 CPS data. The cutoffs are
unaltered even to take account of price changes. Economies of scale are related to family
size, although the definition assumes that the marginal cost for additional family members
beyond 7 is zero. Incorporated in the definition are adjustments for the sex of the head
and the ages of family members. For farm families, those whose heads indicate that farming
is their first or second job, the cutoff is .7 x nonfarm values.
This variable is identical to V399 except that the cutoff for farm families is .8 x non-
farm values.
This definition is identical in structure to V399, but allows a higher money need per
person. In contrast to the economy-level definitions (V399 - 400), the cutoffs here have
been adjusted upward from the 1967 level to reflect price changes. The cutoff for farm
families is .7 x nonfarm values.
52
4,795
7
4,795
7
4,794
8
4,794
8
1.08
99.85
.15
99.85
.15
99.83
.17
99.83
.17
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Page 135 of 148
V403 "SSA MOD ECON FX.7" NUM(5.2)
V404 "SSA MOD ECON FX.8" NUM(5.2)
V405 "SSA MOD LO FX.7" NUM(5.2)
V406 "SSA MOD LO FX.8" NUM(5.2)
V407 "BKT MONEY Y/NEEDS" NUM(1.0)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs Modified SSA Economy Level (70% Farm
Family Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs Modified SSA Economy Level (80% Farm
Family Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs Modified SSA Low-Cost Level (70% Farm
Family Cutoffs)
Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs Modified SSA Low-Cost Level (80% Farm
Family Cutoffs)
Bkt. on V325: "Orshansky Ratio"
.01 - 36.19
.00
.01 - 31.64
.00
.01 - 28.85
.00
.01 - 25.21
.00
0
1
2
3
4
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Actual ratio
Ratio of zero
Less than .40
.40 - .79
.80 - 1.19
1.20 - 1.59
1.60 - 1.99
This definition differs in two ways from V399. First, it rests on a 1965 food expenditures
survey and, second, it assumes that the marginal cost of additional family members becomes
zero after the 11th member, rather than the 7th. There are a larger number of poor when
this definition is used because the extension of the range in which family members have a
positive marginal cost, and because of the higher cutoffs resulting from the 1965 food
expenditure survey, which showed the ratio of food expenditure to total needs to be less
than 1/3, the ratio developed from the 1955 survey.
Note that the computation of V325 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
4,794
8
4,794
8
4,794
8
4,794
8
216
800
768
690
531
99.83
.17
99.83
.17
99.83
.17
99.83
.17
4.50
16.66
15.99
14.37
11.06
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%
%
%
%
%
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Value/Range
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Value/Range
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 136 of 148
V408 "BKT NET Y/NEEDS" NUM(1.0)
V409 "BKT SSA ECON FX.7" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. on V326: Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income to
Annual Family Need Standard
Bkt. on V399: Ratio of Family Money Income to Family Money Needs: SSA Economy Level (70%
Farm Family Cutoffs)
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2.00 - 2.39
2.40 - 2.99
3.00 - 3.99
4.00 - 5.99
6.00 or higher
Less than .40
.40 - .79
.80 - 1.19
1.20 - 1.59
1.60 - 1.99
2.00 - 2.39
2.40 - 2.99
3.00 - 3.99
4.00 - 5.99
6.00 or higher
Less than .40
.40 - .79
.80 - 1.19
1.20 - 1.59
1.60 - 1.99
2.00 - 2.39
2.40 - 2.99
3.00 - 3.99
4.00 - 5.99
6.00 or higher
Note that the computation of V326 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
378
437
481
366
135
158
704
859
731
572
422
457
496
297
106
155
595
723
571
544
435
460
520
538
261
7.87
9.10
10.02
7.62
2.81
3.29
14.66
17.89
15.22
11.91
8.79
9.52
10.33
6.18
2.21
3.23
12.39
15.06
11.89
11.33
9.06
9.58
10.83
11.20
5.44
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Page 137 of 148
V410 "BKT NET Y-H/FOOD" NUM(1.0)
V411 "BKT PERSONS/ROOM" NUM(1.0)
Bkt. on 8V327: Ratio of Total 1967 Family Real Income Net of Cost of Earning Income and
Net of Housing Costs to 1967 Family Food Standard
Bkt. on 8V382: Persons per Room
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-9.99 - 0.99
1.00 - 1.99
2.00 - 2.99
3.00 - 3.99
4.00 - 4.99
5.00 - 5.99
6.00 - 7.49
7.50 - 9.99
10.00 - 14.99
15.00 or higher
Under 0.3
0.3 - 0.4
0.5 - 0.6
0.7 - 0.8
0.9 - 1.2
1.3 - 1.6
1.7 - 2.0
2.1 - 3.0
3.1 - 9.8
9.9 or higher; NA
Note that the computation of V327 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
Variables 412 - 417 are employment and income characteristics of the county in which the
family was interviewed in 1968. The value of each variable is a constant for everyone in
that county. Data from variables 412 - 414 are derived from questionnaires sent to one
state unemployment compensation commissioners, asking them about the sample counties in
their state.
278
711
661
678
561
364
438
496
392
223
259
1,036
844
947
933
425
196
83
18
61
5.79
14.81
13.77
14.12
11.68
7.58
9.12
10.33
8.16
4.64
5.39
21.57
17.58
19.72
19.43
8.85
4.08
1.73
.37
1.27
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 138 of 148
V412 "UNSKILL TEMP LABOR" NUM(1.0)
V413 "TYPICAL WAGE" NUM(1.0)
V414 "UNEMPLOY RATE" NUM(1.0)
Whether Surplus or Shortage of Unskilled Temporary Labor in County
Average hourly wage in county for unskilled temporary labor
County Unemployment Rate, Spring 1968
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
9
1
2
3
Many more jobs than there are applicants
More jobs than applicants
Most people are able to find jobs
A number of unskilled workers unable to find jobs
Many unskilled workers unable to find jobs
NA
Under $1.50
$1.50 - 1.99
$2.00 - 2.49
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 4.00
NA
Under 2%
2 - 3.9%
4 - 5.9%
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
129
797
777
1,776
1,323
-
559
3,260
525
280
178
-
382
2,648
1,364
2.69
16.60
16.18
36.98
27.55
-
11.64
67.89
10.93
5.83
3.71
-
7.96
55.14
28.40
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 139 of 148
V415 "PUBLIC WELFARE" NUM(1.0)
V416 "SCHOOL EXPENDITURE" NUM(1.0)
Public Welfare, 1962 Per Capita Expenditure in County - (In Dollars). CENSUS OF
GOVERNMENTS 1962, Summary - Table 28
Per Student Public 1962 Public School Expenditures in County (dollars per year). CENSUS OF
GOVERNMENTS, Summary - Table 28
4
5
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
6 - 10%
Over 10%
NA
00.00 - 00.41
00.42 - 01.09
01.10 - 02.79
02.80 - 04.99
05.00 - 08.99
09.00 - 15.99
16.00 - 29.99
30.00 - 79.99
NA
100 - 179
180 - 219
220 - 254
255 - 285
286 - 309
310 - 319
320 - 344
345 - 389
390 - 599
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
327
81
-
607
487
361
505
590
852
620
780
-
489
192
598
730
408
173
520
667
1,025
6.81
1.69
-
12.64
10.14
7.52
10.52
12.29
17.74
12.91
16.24
-
10.18
4.00
12.45
15.20
8.50
3.60
10.83
13.89
21.35
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Page 140 of 148
V417 "P CHANGE IN EMPLOY" NUM(1.0)
V418 "R68 HOUSING QUAL" NUM(1.0)
Percent Employment Change in County, 1962-1967, County Business Patterns, Summary Tables
Housing and Neighborhood Quality Redone (Revised V387)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
-20 - 11
12 - 16
17 - 22
23 - 26
27 - 31
32 - 36
37 - 61
62 - 200
NA
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
This variable is suppressed (filled with zeroes) in the public release file to protect the
anonymity of respondents. The data are available in a separate file: FAM19YEAR_rst where
Year is the corresponding Family File year (i.e. FAM1968_rst contains data for suppressed
variables from the 1968 file). This file is available to qualified users under special
contractual arrangements with the PSID. For more information, contact us at
PSIDhelp@umich.edu and request PSIDCountyIdentifiers restricted file.
Owns home V103 = 1
Lives 5-30 miles from center of city of 50,000 or more V189 = 2, 3
Single Family home V190 = 1
Neighborhood of Single Family Houses V192 = 2
Value per room Value - (10 x rent for non-owners) > 2000 V374=4-8
Actual - Required rooms V381 = 5 - 9
No visible defects V194 = 5
OMITS: Car Lack Felt Share
Dwelling (Hard to Determine)
Changes: Distance to Center, Surplus of Rooms
566
636
1,092
508
710
399
525
366
-
90
375
903
863
729
11.79
13.24
22.74
10.58
14.79
8.31
10.93
7.62
-
1.87
7.81
18.80
17.97
15.18
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 141 of 148
V419 "REV68 EFFICACY" NUM(1.0)
V420 "R68 TRUST-HOSTILE" NUM(1.0)
Reported Efficacy and Planning (Revised V388 and V392)
Trust or Hostility (Revised V389)
5
6
7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0
1
Five points
Six points
Seven points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
No points
One point
Sure Life Would Work Out V295 = 1

Plans Life Ahead V296 = 1

Gets to Carry Out Things V297 = 1
Finishes Things V298 = 1
Rather Save for Future V300 = 5
Has No Limitations V303 NE 1
Thinks About Things That Might Happen in Future V308 = 1
Does not get angry easily V304 = 5

Matters What Others Think V305 = 4, 5
Trusts Most Other People V306 = 1
Believes Life of Average Man Getting Better V309 = 1
Believes Not a Lot of People Who Have Good Things They Don't Deserve V310 = 5
OMITS: Indifference to job where told what to do
No trouble getting another job
(Self-perceived limitations moved to "Efficacy")
715
688
439
187
601
831
1,024
936
715
381
127
415
1,067
14.89
14.33
9.14
3.89
12.52
17.31
21.32
19.49
14.89
7.93
2.64
8.64
22.22
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 142 of 148
V421 "WANTED WORK OR HAD" NUM(1.0)
V422 "NEW JOB DETAILS" NUM(1.0)
Wanted more work and/or worked > 2500 hours V231= 1 and/or V47 > 2500 2 points
Neutralize Inaps.
Likes to do difficult or challenging things V299 = 1
Prefers a job with chances for making more money even if dislikes job V301 = 5
Dissatisfied with self V302 = 5
Spends time figuring out how to get more money V307 = 5
Plans to get a new job, and knows what type of job, and knows what it might pay V208 = 1
and V209 = 1 - 4 and V210 NE 999 or 000
Neutralize Inaps. and one point for plans for job regardless of details V208 < 5
2
3
4
5
0
1
2
0
1
2
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
No points
One point
Two points
No points
One point
Two points
Subvariable
Subvariable
OMITS: Educational aspirations for children
Important to make own decisions on job
Doesn't like job where told what to do
Willing to move for moderately good job
Expects things to change for better
1,335
1,159
685
141
2,064
1,322
1,416
2,838
1,515
449
27.80
24.14
14.26
2.94
42.98
27.53
29.49
59.10
31.55
9.35
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 143 of 148
V423 "R68 AMBITION-ASPIR" NUM(1.0)
V424 "SAVE> 75 A+R" NUM(1.0)
V425 "SAVE> 75 OWN FOOD" NUM(1.0)
Aspiration-Ambition (Revised V390)
Saved more than $75 on additions and repairs (Neutralize non-owners who did not save $75)
V16 > 075, V103 = 5, 8
Saved more than $75 growing own food (2 points) V39 > 075
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
0
1
2
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Nine points
No points
One point
Two points
No points
One point
Two points
Might make purposive move V112 = 1, 2
Subvariable
Subvariable
384
676
1,051
1,186
806
423
185
64
24
3
1,739
2,276
787
4,277
-
525
8.00
14.08
21.89
24.70
16.78
8.81
3.85
1.33
.50
.06
36.21
47.40
16.39
89.07
-
10.93
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 144 of 148
V426 "SAVE> 75 CAR RPR" NUM(1.0)
V427 "R68 REAL EARN ACTS" NUM(1.0)
V428 "SPENT< 150 ALCOH" NUM(1.0)
V429 "SPENT< 150 CIGS" NUM(1.0)
Saved more than $75 on car repairs (Neutralize non-owners) V24 > 075, V143 = 0
Taking courses or lessons with economic potential V285=3-5
Spends spare time productively (added) V280=4,5
Omits: Saved on sewing
*Subvariable
Real Earning Acts
Spend less than $150 a year on alcohol V33 < 150
Spend less than $150 a year on cigarettes V35 < 150
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
1
0
1
No points
One point
Two points
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
No points (spent more than $150 a year on alcohol)
One point (spent less than $150 a year on alcohol)
No points (spent more than $150 a year on cigarettes)
One point (spent less than $150 a year on cigarettes)
Subvariable
2,772
1,477
553
694
1,093
1,594
846
334
187
41
11
2
839
3,963
1,323
3,479
57.73
30.76
11.52
14.45
22.76
33.19
17.62
6.96
3.89
.85
.23
.04
17.47
82.53
27.55
72.45
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 145 of 148
V430 "FREE HELP>100 HRS" NUM(1.0)
V431 "NO NEW CAR>65" NUM(1.0)
V432 "R68 ECONOMIZING" NUM(1.0)
V433 "MED INS OR FREE" NUM(1.0)
Received more than 100 hours of free help V57 > 100
Do not own very new car in 1969 V144 NE 66, 67, or 68
Eat out seldom V162 = 0, 1
Eat together most of time V174 = 3, 4
Economizing 1968
Has medical insurance or a way to get free care V158 = 1,2,3,5,7
Head is not a heavy smoker (less than one pack a day) V169 = 0 - 2
Have some liquid savings V359 = 1, 2, 4
Have two months income saved up V359 = 1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
No points (received less than 100 hours of free help)
One point (received more than 100 hours of free help)
No points
One point
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
No points
One point
OMITS: Reported ways of keeping food bill down
Reported ways of saving on clothing
4,540
262
1,021
3,781
15
133
454
1,163
1,740
1,232
65
691
4,111
94.54
5.46
21.26
78.74
.31
2.77
9.45
24.22
36.23
25.66
1.35
14.39
85.61
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 146 of 148
V434 "R68 RISK AVOIDANCE" NUM(1.0)
V435 "SQRT W-O MONY" NUM(3.0)
V436 "SQRT W-O REAL-V329" NUM(3.0)
Risk Avoidance
Square root of V328 using money income (3 digits)
Square root of V329, well-offness using real income (3 digits)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
1 - 338
0
1 - 279
No points
One point
Two points
Three points
Four points
Five points
Six points
Seven points
Eight points
Actual value is zero
Actual value
Actual value is zero
Actual value
Has at least one car in good condition V146 = 1
No car V1 + 6 = 0
All cars are insured V149 = 1
Uses seat belts some of the time V153 = 3
(Neutralize non-owners) V152 = 0
Uses seat belts all the time V153 = 1 (2 points)
Actual score:
Note that the computation of V328 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
Note that the computation of V329 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
37
140
399
828
1,163
909
824
376
126
5
4,797
1
4,801
.77
2.92
8.31
17.24
24.22
18.93
17.16
7.83
2.62
.10
99.90
.02
99.98
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Page 147 of 148
V437 "SQRT W-O HSNG-V330" NUM(3.0)
V438 "WAGE 2ND JOB BKT" NUM(1.0)
V439 "1968 WEIGHT" NUM(2.0)
Square root of V330, well-offness using real income net of housing outlays relative to
food needs (3 digits)
Bkt. Wage rate on second job
Weight
0
1 - 522
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 - 32
Actual value is zero
Actual value
Inap.: none; no second job
Under $1.00
$1.00 - 1.49
$1.50 - 1.99
$2.00 - 2.99
$2.50 - 2.99
$3.00 - 3.99
$4.00 - 5.99
$6.00 or more
NA
Actual weight
Note that the computation of V330 uses V31, Annual Food Std (Needs), which is in 1967
dollars.
All analysis on the entire sample using 1968 data only should be based on data weighted by
this variable to reduce the biases from differential sampling and response rates.
However, it is possible to use the SRC cross- section sample only, without weights, since
the response rates did not vary so much as to produce substantial biases.
Cross-section sample is identified by values of V3 (Family number) less than 3000
28
4,774
4,117
19
77
89
74
33
67
61
51
214
4,802
.58
99.42
85.74
.40
1.60
1.85
1.54
.69
1.40
1.27
1.06
4.46
100.00
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Filename = FAM1968
Page 148 of 148
V440 "CENSUS NEEDS STANDARD-1967" NUM(5.0)
Annual Needs Standard for the 1967 Family--CENSUS VERSION
1,596 - 6,070 Actual Census needs
This poverty threshold was taken from Census Bureau's website,
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/index.html We have used the table
entitled 'Income Thresholds at the Poverty Level by Sex of Head, Size of Family, and
Number of Related Children Under 18 Years Old, by Farm-Nonfarm Residence.' We used Non-
Farm Residence tabulations.

The threshold values are based on sex of Head, family size, the number of persons in the
family under age 18, and the age of the householder. Due to some of the limitations of our
extant files, we were unable to generate the number of months for those individuals who
moved out of multiple families in the same wave. A specific limitation for 1968 (year one
of the PSID) is that for all those original sample members present when we collected year
one data - we did not collect their move in dates (with the exception of newborns).
Therefore for needs calculations, we must assume that all persons present during the 1968
interview were present in the family for all the months January through December of 1967.
In years subsequent to 1968, for persons that move in or leave the family, we collect the
move in/move out month and year and therefore we can build month by month enumerations of
family members based on their move in/move out dates.
4,802 100.00
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