****** LEHD Public Use CSV Naming Schema V4.1c-draft - CSV Naming Convention ****** Lars Vilhuber 13 April 2016 Table of Contents JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to display the table of contents. ( Printable_version ) Important [Important] This specification is draft. Feedback is welcome. Please write us at ces.qwi.feedback@census.gov. ***** 1. Purpose ***** The public-use data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program, including the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) and Job-to-Job Flows (J2J), are available for download with the following data schema. These data are available as Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files through the LEHD website’s Data page at http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/ and through LED Extraction Tool at http://ledextract.ces.census.gov/. This document describes the file naming schema for LEHD-provided CSV files. The contents (schema) are described in lehd_public_use_schema.html. ***** 2. Extends ***** This version extends v4.0. Any file compliant with LEHD or QWI Schema v4.0 will also be compliant with this schema. ***** 3. Supersedes ***** For the specified files, this is the first schema. ***** 4. Basic Schema ***** All files are preceded by a file type definition, followed by additional information on the aggregation level of the file, or some other identifier. [TYPE]_[DETAILS].[EXT] **** 4.1. QWIPU from the LED Extraction Tool **** Files downloaded through the LED Extraction Tool at http:// ledextract.ces.census.gov/ follow the following naming convention: [type]_[id].[EXT] where [id] is the Request ID (a unique string of characters) generated every time Submit Request'' is clicked. The ID references each query submission made to the database. **** 4.2. Other files **** Files downloaded from the LEHD website at http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data follow the following naming convention: [type]_[geohi]_[demo]_[fas]_[geocat]_[indcat]_[ownercat]_[sa].[EXT] where each component is described in more detail below. Schema files detailing legal values for each component can be downloaded from this website. ***** 5. Description of Filename Components ***** **** 5.1. Types **** ( naming_type.csv ) type Description Explanation url j2j Job-to-Job Flows Counts Counts of hires and tbd (J2J) separations, to and from employment and non- employment, summed across all establishments j2jod Job-to-Job Flows Origin- Origin and destination tbd Destination flows and earnings, tabulated by the destination establishment j2jr Job-to-Job Flows Rates Hiring and separation http:// rates, to and from lehd.ces.census.gov/ employment and data/j2j_beta.html nonemployment, summed across all establishments lodes LEHD Origin-Destination LEHD Origin-Destination http:// Employment Statistics Employment Statistics lehd.ces.census.gov/ (LODES) (LODES) used by data/#lodes OnTheMap. Version 7 and higher of LODES was enumerated by 2010 census blocks. Version 6 and lower of LODES were enumerated with 2000 census blocks. qwi Quarterly Workforce The Quarterly Workforce http:// Indicators Public Use Indicators (QWI) are a lehd.ces.census.gov/ Counts (QWIPU) set of economic data/#qwi indicators including employment, job creation, earnings, and other measures of employment flows. The QWI are reported using detailed firm characteristics (geography, industry, age, size) and worker demographics information (sex, age, education, race, ethnicity). qwir Quarterly Workforce Rates for flow variables tbd Indicators Public Use in the Quarterly Rates Workforce Indicators (QWI) qwirv Quarterly Workforce Variability measures for tbd Indicators Variability rates in the Quarterly Measures for Rates Workforce Indicators (QWI) qwiv Quarterly Workforce Variability measures for tbd Indicators Variability Quarterly Workforce Measures Indicators (QWI) **** 5.2. geohi **** ( naming_geohi.csv ) This component is based on the alphabetic FIPS state code equivalent to the numeric FIPS code in label_fipsnum.csv, based on FIPS_PUB_5-2. It is expanded to encompass additional codes denoting national coverage, or a collection of states. type Description all Collection of all available states us National data (50 states + DC) st Any legal 2-character state postal code (see naming_geohi.csv ) **** 5.3. demo **** ( naming_demo.csv ) type Description d No demographic detail rh Race by Ethnicity tabulations sa Sex by Age tabulations se Sex by Education tabulations **** 5.4. fas **** ( naming_fas.csv ) type Description f No firm size or age detail fa Tabulations by firm age fs Tabulations by firm size **** 5.5. geocat **** ( naming_geocat.csv ) type Description gc Counties gm Metropolitan/Micropolitan gn National (50 States + DC) gs States gw Workforce Investment Areas **** 5.6. indcat **** ( naming_indcat.csv ) type Description n all industries ns NAICS sectors n3 NAICS subsectors n4 NAICS industry groups **** 5.7. owncat **** ( naming_owncat.csv ) type Description of Federal government (QWI Code A01) op All Private (QWI Code A05) oslp State, local, and private ownership categories (QWI Code A00) **** 5.8. sa **** ( naming_sa.csv ) type Description s Seasonally adjusted u Not seasonally adjusted **** 5.9. ext **** ( naming_ext.csv ) type Description csv Comma-Separated file pdf PDF file (printable) xls Excel file (only select output) 6. Changes **** 6.1. This version from previous releases of this document **** * 2015-02-25: corrected flag values * 2015-02-25: documents are now identified by date, not revision * 2015-03-10: Correction of the TIGER vintage that is used for geographic references * 2015-03-11: Added URL for J2J * 2015-03-11: Correction of typo in type naming convention, rename of naming_fipsalpha.csv to naming_geohi.csv to be consistent. * 2015-03-17: Changing of naming convention for to-be-released files based on federal government from fg → of. At this time, no such files have been released. * 2015-04-24: Changes to alternate name of SepSnx and EmpSpv, tentative rate names * 2015-04-26: Changes to name of variable schema files (qwipu → qwi), addition of variability variable schema files. * 2015-04-28: Fixed small typos in QWI variable short names * 2015-05-18: Updated agg_level description, replaced agg_level.csv file * 2015-05-22: Fixed minor rendering bug for QWI rate variability names. No change to actual metadata. * 2015-06-09: Fixed a minor coding error in label_fipsnum.csv, added a concatenation of geography files as label_geography_all.csv. * 2015-08-07: Minor text change for agg_level, modified agg_level file. * 2015-08-12: Removed the last 4 rows of variables_j2jod.csv, since they are not on the current beta J2JOD files. * 2015-08-25: Added a extension component [ext] to the file naming convention to reflect availability of Excel files (and PDF files) * 2016-03-16: Removed extraneous empty lines * 2016-04-12: Fixed typo in variables_qwi.csv (FrmJbLsS, EarnHirNS and status variables) * 2016-04-13: Fixed typo in variables_qwi.csv (HirAS, HirNS, and status variables) * 2016-04-13: Fixed typo in variables_qwi*v.csv (HirAS, HirNS) **** 6.2. Version 4.1c-draft from 4.0 **** * added J2J, National QWI spec * added geohi category of ALL, US * added definitions of variability measures * added definitions of rates on separate file * added naming convention for additional files * added agg_level variable [Important] Important Some of the data products noted above do not exist yet. This revision: Wed Apr 13 08:36:12 EDT 2016 =============================================================================== Last updated 2016-04-13 08:36:12 EDT