Master Income Files
There are 8 Master Income
files that cover wages, occupations, household businesses, subsidies and other
income.
Individual Occupation Master File
The
CHNS 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 7 years of
data as designated by the WAVE
variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 or
2006.
This
file consolidates occupation data from 9 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH3
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C91HH4
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C93HH5
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C97HH5
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C00HH6
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C04ADULT C04CHILD
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C06ADULT C06CHILD
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information.
Individual
Wage and Bonus Master File
The
CHNS 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 7 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey
year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 or 2006. Each year for an individual can have a
primary and/or a secondary job.
This
file consolidates wage and bonus data from 13 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH4 C89HH10B
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C91HH5 C91HH11A
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C93HH6 C93HH12A
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C97HH6 C97HH12
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C00HH8
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C04ADULT C04CHILD
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C06ADULT C06CHILD
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Business
Master Files
1. Household Business File
The
CHNS 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 7 years of data
as designated by the WAVE variable
which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 or
2006.
This
file consolidates this business data from 6 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH9
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C91HH10
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C93HH11B
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C97HH11A
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C00HH13A
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C04HT4
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C06HT4
|
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information.
2.
Individual Business File
The
CHNS 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 7 years of
data as designated by the WAVE
variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 or
2006.
This
file consolidates this business data from 9 survey files:
|
1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
|
2006
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C89HH9
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C91HH10
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C93HH5
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C97HH5
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C00HH7
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C04AT1 C04CH1
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C06AT1 C06CH1
|
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more information.
Subsidies
Master Files
1. Food Subsidies File
The
CHNS Subsidies by Food 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:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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C89HH10A
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C91HH11B
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C93HH12B
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After
1993, subsidy data was no longer collected by food.
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information.
2. Other
Household Subsidies File
The
CHNS 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 7 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993,
1997, 2000, 2004 or 2006.
This
file consolidates household subsidy data from 8 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH10A C89HH10B
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C91HH11C
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C93HH12C
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C97HH
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C00HH
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C04HH
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C06HH
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information.
3. Individual Subsidies File
The
CHNS Household 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 7 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993,
1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006.
This
file consolidates household subsidy data from 9 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH10A
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C91HH11A
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C93HH12B
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C97HH12
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C00HH8
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C04ADULT C04CHILD
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C06ADULT C06CHILD
|
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information.
Other
Household Income Master File
The
CHNS 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, 2004 and 2006.
This
file consolidates household subsidy data from 7 survey files:
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1997
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2000
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2004
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2006
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C89HH11
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C91HH12
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C93HH13
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C97HH
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C00HH
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C04HH
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C06HH
|
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