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Master Income Files

There are 8 Master Income files that cover wages, occupations, household businesses, subsidies and other income.

Individual Occupation Master File

The Individual Occupation Master File contains information regarding the occupations of the survey individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates occupation data from 7 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH3

C91HH4

C93HH5

C97HH5

C00HH6

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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Individual Wage and Bonus Master File

The Individual Wage and Bonus Master File contain information regarding the individual wages, hours and months worked and bonuses received.  As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004.  Each year for an individual can have a primary and/or a secondary job.

This file consolidates wage and bonus data from 11 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH4
C89HH10B

C91HH5
C91HH11A

C93HH6
C93HH12A

C97HH6
C97HH12

C00HH8

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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Business Master Files 

1. Household Business File

The Household Business Master File contains information regarding the Household Business activity by Business since a household may be involved in more than one household business. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each business within a household.  A business can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates this business data from 6 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH9

C91HH10

C93HH11B

C97HH11A

C00HH13A

C04HT4

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2. Individual Business File

The Household Business Master File for Individuals contains information regarding the Household Business activity for individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 5 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates this business data from 7 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH9

C91HH10

C93HH5

C97HH5

C00HH7

C04AT1
C04CH1

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Subsidies Master Files

1. Food Subsidies File

The Food Subsidies Master File contains information regarding household subsidies by type of food. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household that received food subsidies.  A household can have from 1 to 3 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, and 1993 and from 1 to 9 types of food subsidies. 

This file consolidates food subsidies from 3 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH10A

C91HH11B

C93HH12B

None

None

None

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2. Other Household Subsidies File

The Household Subsidies Master File contains information regarding household subsidies. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  A Household can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates household subsidy data from 7 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH10A
C89HH10B

C91HH11C

C93HH12C

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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3. Individual Subsidies File 

The Individual Subsidies Master File contains information regarding subsidies for individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004. 

This file consolidates household subsidy data from 7 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH10A

C91HH11A

C93HH12B

C97HH12

C00HH8

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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Other Household Income Master File

The Other Household Income Master File contains information regarding other sources of income. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004. 

This file consolidates household subsidy data from 6 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH11

C91HH12

C93HH13

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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