Details of Element: Present Employment Status
Component of Abbreviated Genetics Survey

Unique Name: prems
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 3346 1326 4672
Number of Distinct Participants 1114 552 1666
Year First Collected 1959 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1990 1990 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 Never employed
    1 Stopped work due to illness or other responsibilty
    2 Involuntary unemployment
    3 FT, usual work
    4 PT, usual work
    5 FT or PT, not usual work
    6 Student
    9 Other or don't know
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 9.
Masterfile Index: 402-01-02
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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