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A subsample of the 2019 Current Population Survey (CPS) consisting of data on individuals aged 30 to 59 (inclusive)

Usage

cps

Format

cps

A data frame with 4,013 rows and 17 columns:

statefips

Two-character state code, including DC

gender

Gender (Male, Female)

metro

Metropolitan-area (Metro, Non-Metro)

race

Race category (Black, White, Other)

hispanic

Hispanic (Hispanic, Non-hispanic)

marstatus

Marital status (Married, Divorced, Widowed, Never married)

lfstatus

Labor-force status (Employed, Unemployed, Not in LF)

ottipcomm

Earnings include overtime, tips, and/or commissions (Yes, No)

hourly

Hourly-worker status (Hourly, Non-hourly)

unionstatus

Union status (Union, Non-union)

age

Age (in years)

hrslastwk

Hours worked last week

unempwks

Number of weeks unemployed

wagehr

Hourly wage (in dollars); only for hourly employees

earnwk

Earnings last week (in dollars)

ownchild

Number of children in household

educ

Highest education level attained (in years)