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    • abscid -- Absence identifier
    • abspay2 -- Pay during absence in refyear
    • began2 -- Flag - Absence started during refyear
    • enddat2 -- End date of absence within refyear
    • ended2 -- Flag - This absence spell ended during refyear
    • jobid -- Identifier for job or employment spell with employer
    • lookfg2 -- Flag - Looked for work during absence in refyear
    • mtlook2 -- Vector - Months looked for work during absence, refyear
    • nbwks2 -- Number of weeks the absence lasted within refyear
    • strdat2 -- Start date of absence within refyear
    • year2 -- Refyear

    Variables descriptions

    abscid -- Absence identifier

    • Type and length: Numeric(2)
    • Description: Unique identifier for an absence from a job or employment spell with an employer. Paid vacation is not considered an absence. The same absence spell that crosses over two reference years should retain the same "abscid". Two distinct absence spells within the same employment spell would each have a distinct "abscid". Two concurrent absences with different employers would each have a distinct "abscid".
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
    • Range and codes:
      • 00:95 :
      • 96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 97 : Don't Know
      • 98 : Refusal
      • 99 : Not Applicable

    abspay2 -- Pay during absence in refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Full, partial or no pay received during absence within reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Full pay
      • 2 : Partial pay
      • 3 : No pay
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    began2 -- Flag - Absence started during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate if this absence spell began during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year for one week or longer excl. paid vacation
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    enddat2 -- End date of absence within refyear

    • Type and length: Character(8)
    • Description: End date of absence within reference year. If absence is not ended, ENDDAT2 will be December 31 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
    • Range and codes:
      • 18000101:99951231 :
      • 99969696 : Interim Processing Code
      • 99979797 : Don't know
      • 99989898 : Refusal
      • 99999999 : Not applicable

    ended2 -- Flag - This absence spell ended during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate if this absence spell ended during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year for one week or longer excl. paid vacation
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    jobid -- Identifier for job or employment spell with employer

    • Type and length: Numeric(2)
    • Description: Unique identifier for a job or employment spell with an employer. The same employment spell that crosses over two reference years should retain the same "jobid". Two distinct employment spells with the same employer within the same reference year would each have a distinct "jobid".
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 and employed during the survey reference period
    • Range and codes:
      • 00:95 :
      • 96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 97 : Don't Know
      • 98 : Refusal
      • 99 : Not Applicable

    lookfg2 -- Flag - Looked for work during absence in refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate if a person looked for work at any time between start and end date of absence, within reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation AND reason for absence was seasonal layoff
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    mtlook2 -- Vector - Months looked for work during absence, refyear

    • Type and length: Character(12)
    • Description: Monthly flag to indicate in which months a person looked for work between start and end date of absence, within reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year AND reason seasonal layoff AND looked for wk absence
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    nbwks2 -- Number of weeks the absence lasted within refyear

    • Type and length: Numeric(2)
    • Description: Number of weeks absence lasted within reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year AND reason seasonal layoff AND looked for wk absence
    • Range and codes:
      • 00:53 :
      • 96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 97 : Don't Know
      • 98 : Refusal
      • 99 : Not Applicable

    strdat2 -- Start date of absence within refyear

    • Type and length: Character(8)
    • Description: Start date of absence within reference year. If absence began prior to reference year, STRDAT2 will be January 1 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
    • Range and codes:
      • 18000101:99951231 :
      • 99969696 : Interim Processing Code
      • 99979797 : Don't know
      • 99989898 : Refusal
      • 99999999 : Not applicable

    year2 -- Refyear

    • Type and length: Numeric(4)
    • Description: Reference year.
    • Population:
    • Range and codes:
      • 1800:9995 :
      • 9996 : Interim Processing Code
      • 9997 : Don't Know
      • 9998 : Refusal
      • 9999 : Not Applicable
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