****** LEHD Public Use Data Schema V4.1c-draft ****** 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. 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/ . This document describes the data schema for LEHD files. For each variable, a set of allowable values is defined. Definitions are provided as CSV files, with header variable definitions. The naming conventions of the data files is documented in lehd_csv_naming.html. Changes relative to the original v4.0 version are listed at_the_end. ***** 1. Basic Schema ***** Each file is structured as a CSV file. The first columns contain [identifiers], subsequent columns contain [indicators], followed by status_flags. **** 1.1. Generic structure **** Column name [ Identifier1 ] [ Identifier2 ] [ Identifier3 ] [ … ] [ Indicator 1 ] [ Indicator 2 ] [ Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Status Flag 1 ] [ Status Flag 2 ] [ Status Flag 3 ] [ … ] Note: A full list of indicators for each type of file are shown below in the Indicators section. While all indicators are included in the CSV files, only the requested indicators will be included in data outputs from the LED Extraction Tool. 1.2. Identifiers Records, unless otherwise noted, are parts of time-series data. Unique record identifiers are noted below, by file type. Identifiers without the year and quarter component can be considered a series identifier. *** 1.2.1. Mapping for Identifiers *** ( lehd_mapping_identifiers.csv ) Each of the released files has a set of variables uniquely identifying records (Identifiers). The table below relates the set of identifier specifications to the released files. The actual CSV files containing the identifiers for each set are listed after this table. Each identifier can take on a specified list of values, documented in the section on Categorical_Variables. identifiers QWI NQWI J2J J2JR J2JOD LODES lehd_identifiers_qwi 1 1 lehd_identifiers_j2j 1 1 lehd_identifiers_j2jod 1 *** 1.2.2. Identifiers for j2j *** ( lehd_identifiers_j2j.csv ) Variable Type label periodicity Char(1) Periodicity of report seasonadj Char(1) Seasonal Adjustment Indicator geo_level Char(1) Group: Geographic level of aggregation geography Char(8) Group: Geography code ind_level Char(1) Group: Industry level of aggregation industry Char(5) Group: Industry code ownercode Char(3) Group: Ownership group code sex Char(1) Group: Gender code agegrp Char(3) Group: Age group code (WIA) race Char(2) Group: race ethnicity Char(2) Group: ethnicity education Char(2) Group: education firmage Char(1) Group: Firm Age group firmsize Char(1) Group: Firm Size group year Num Time: Year quarter Num Time: Quarter agg_level Num Aggregation Level Indicator *** 1.2.3. Identifiers for j2jod *** ( lehd_identifiers_j2jod.csv ) Variable Type label periodicity Char(1) Periodicity of report seasonadj Char(1) Seasonal Adjustment Indicator geo_level Char(1) Group: Geographic level of aggregation of destination job geography Char(8) Group: Geography code of destination job ind_level Char(1) Group: Industry level of aggregation of destination job industry Char(5) Group: Industry code of destination job ownercode Char(3) Group: Ownership group code of destination job sex Char(1) Group: Gender code agegrp Char(3) Group: Age group code (WIA) race Char(2) Group: race ethnicity Char(2) Group: ethnicity education Char(2) Group: education firmage Char(1) Group: Firm Age group firmsize Char(1) Group: Firm Size group year Num Time: Year quarter Num Time: Quarter agg_level Num Aggregation Level Indicator geo_level_orig Char(1) Group: Geographic level of aggregation of origin job geography_orig Char(8) Group: Geography code of origin job ind_level_orig Char(1) Group: Industry level of aggregation of origin job industry_orig Char(5) Group: Industry code of origin job ownercode_orig Char(3) Group: Ownership group code of origin job firmage_orig Char(1) Group: Firm Age group of origin job firmsize_orig Char(1) Group: Firm Size group of origin job *** 1.2.4. Identifiers for qwi *** ( lehd_identifiers_qwi.csv ) Variable Type label periodicity Char(1) Periodicity of report seasonadj Char(1) Seasonal Adjustment Indicator geo_level Char(1) Group: Geographic level of aggregation geography Char(8) Group: Geography code ind_level Char(1) Group: Industry level of aggregation industry Char(5) Group: Industry code ownercode Char(3) Group: Ownership group code sex Char(1) Group: Gender code agegrp Char(3) Group: Age group code (WIA) race Char(2) Group: race ethnicity Char(2) Group: ethnicity education Char(2) Group: education firmage Char(1) Group: Firm Age group firmsize Char(1) Group: Firm Size group year Num Time: Year quarter Num Time: Quarter 1.3. Indicators The following tables and associated mapping files list the indicators available on each file. The 'Indicator Variable' is the short name of the variable on the CSV files, suitable for machine processing in a wide variety of statistical applications. When given, the 'Alternate name' may appear in related documentation and articles. The 'Status Flag' is used to indicate publication or data quality status (see Status_Flags). The 'Indicator Name' is a more verbose description of the indicator. *** 1.3.1. National QWI and state-level QWI (QWIPU) *** ( variables_qwi.csv ) Indicator Variable Alternate name Status Flag Indicator Name Emp B sEmp Beginning-of-Quarter Employment: Counts EmpEnd E sEmpEnd End-of-Quarter Employment: Counts EmpS F sEmpS Full-Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts EmpSpv Fpv sEmpSpv Full-Quarter Employment in the Previous Quarter: Counts EmpTotal M sEmpTotal Employment - Reference Quarter: Counts HirA A sHirA Hires All: Counts (Accessions) HirN H sHirN Hires New: Counts HirR R sHirR Hires Recalls: Counts Sep S sSep Separations: Counts HirAEnd CA sHirAEnd End-of-Quarter Hires HirAEndR CAR sHirAEndR End-of-Quarter Hiring Rate SepBeg CS sSepBeg Beginning-of-Quarter Separations SepBegR CSR sSepBegR Beginning-of-Quarter Separation Rate HirAS FA sHirAS Hires All (Stable): Counts (Flows into Full-Quarter Employment) HirNS FH sHirNS Hires New (Stable): Counts (New Hires to Full-Quarter Status) SepS FS sSepS Separations (Stable): Counts (Flow out of Full-Quarter Employment) SepSnx FSnx sSepSnx Separations (Stable): Next Quarter: Counts (Flow out of Full-Quarter Employment) TurnOvrS FT sTurnOvrS Turnover (Stable) FrmJbGn JC sFrmJbGn Firm Job Gains: Counts (Job Creation) FrmJbLs JD sFrmJbLs Firm Job Loss: Counts (Job Destruction) FrmJbC JF sFrmJbC Firm Job Change: Net Change HirAEndRepl EI sHirAEndRepl Replacement Hires HirAEndReplr EIR sHirAEndReplr Replacement Hiring Rate FrmJbGnS FJC sFrmJbGnS Firm Job Gains (Stable): Counts FrmJbLsS FJD sFrmJbLsS Firm Job Loss (Stable): Counts FrmJbCS FJF sFrmJbCS Job Change (Stable): Net Change EarnS ZW3 sEarnS Full Quarter Employment (Stable): Average Monthly Earnings EarnBeg ZW1 sEarnBeg Beginning-of-Quarter Employment: Average Monthly Earnings EarnHirAS ZWFA sEarnHirAS Hires All (Stable): Average Monthly Earnings EarnHirNS ZWFH sEarnHirNS Hires New (Stable): Average Monthly Earnings EarnSepS ZWFS sEarnSepS Separations (Stable): Average Monthly Earnings Payroll W1 sPayroll Total Quarterly Payroll: Sum *** 1.3.2. National QWI and state-level QWI rates (QWIPUR) *** ( variables_qwir.csv ) Indicator Variable Alternate name Status Flag Indicator Name Base HirAR AR sHirAR Hiring Rate AvgEmp (Accessions) HirNR HR sHirNR New Hiring Rate AvgEmp HirRR RR sHirRR Recall Rate AvgEmp SepR SR sSepR Separation Rate AvgEmp HirAEndR CAR sHirAEndR End-of-Quarter Hiring AvgEmp Rate SepBegR CSR sSepBegR Beginning-of-Quarter AvgEmp Separation Rate HirASR FAR sHirASR Stable Hiring Rate AvgEmpS (Flows into Full- Quarter Employment) HirNSR FHR sHirNSR Stable New Hiring Rate AvgEmpS (New Hires to Full- Quarter Status) SepSR FSR sSepSR Stable Separation Rate AvgEmpS (Flow out of Full- Quarter Employment) SepSnxR FSnxR sSepSnxR Stable Separation Rate: AvgEmpS Next Quarter (Flow out of Full-Quarter Employment) TurnOvrSR FTR sTurnOvrSR Turnover Rate (Stable) 2*EmpS FrmJbGnR JCR sFrmJbGnR Firm Job Gain Rate (Job AvgEmp Creation Rate) FrmJbLsR JDR sFrmJbLsR Firm Job Loss Rate (Job AvgEmp Destruction Rate) FrmJbCR JFR sFrmJbCR Firm Job Change Rate: AvgEmp Net Change Rate HirAEndReplR EIR sHirAEndReplR Replacement Hiring Rate AvgEmp FrmJbGnSR FJCR sFrmJbGnSR Firm Job Gain Rate AvgEmpS (Stable) FrmJbLsSR FJDR sFrmJbLsSR Firm Job Loss Rate AvgEmpS (Stable) FrmJbCSR FJFR sFrmJbCSR Job Change Rate AvgEmpS (Stable): Net Change Rate where the column Base indicates the denominator used to compute the rate, with AvgEmp = (Emp + EmpEnd)/2 and AvgEmpS = (EmpSpv + EmpS)/2. *** 1.3.3. Job-to-job flow counts (J2J) *** ( variables_j2j.csv ) Indicator Variable Alternate name Status Flag Indicator Name MHire all_doma2 sMHire Main Job Accessions - Counts MSep all_doms2 sMSep Main Job Separations - Counts MJobStart all_dest sMJobStart Main Job Starts - Counts (hires + main source of earnings changes) MJobEnd all_orig sMJobEnd Main Job Ends - Counts (separations + main source of earnings changes) EEHire ee_doma2 sEEHire EE Accessions - Counts EESep ee_doms2 sEESep EE Separations - Counts AQHire aq_doma2 sAQHire AQ Accessions - Short Duration Nonemployment Spell - Counts AQSep aq_doms2 sAQSep AQ Separations - Short Duration Nonemployment Spell - Counts J2JHire eeall_doma2 sJ2JHire Job-to-Job Accessions - Counts J2JSep eeall_doms2 sJ2JSep Job-to-Job Separations - Counts NEHire ne_doma2 sNEHire Main Job Accessions - Any Nonemployment Spell - Counts ENSep en_doms2 sENSep Main Job Separations - Any Nonemployment Spell - Counts NEPersist ne2_doma2 sNEPersist Main Job Accessions - Persistent Nonemployment Spell - Counts ENPersist en2_doms2 sENPersist Main Job Separations - Persistent Nonemployment Spell - Counts NEFullQ ne2p_doma2 sNEFullQ Main Job Accessions - Full-qtr Nonemployment Spell - Counts ENFullQ en2p_doms2 sENFullQ Main Job Separations - Full-qtr Nonemployment Spell - Counts MainB domB sMainB Main Job - Beginning of Quarter - Counts MainE domE sMainE Main Job - End of Quarter - Counts *** 1.3.4. Job-to-job flow rates (J2JR) *** ( variables_j2jr.csv ) Indicator Alternate name Status Flag Indicator Name Base Variable MHireR all_doma2_rate sMHireR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Accessions - Rate MSepR all_doms2_rate sMSepR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Separations - Rate MJobStartR all_dest_rate sMJobStartRate Main Job Starts - (MainB+MainE)/2 Rate MJobEndR all_orgin_rate sMJobEndRate Main Job Ends - (MainB+MainE)/2 Rate EEHireR eea_rate sEEHireRate EE Accessions - (MainB+MainE)/2 Rate EESepR ees_rate sEESepR EE Separations - (MainB+MainE)/2 Rate AQHireR aq_doma2_rate sAQHireR AQ Accessions - (MainB+MainE)/2 Short Duration Nonemployment Spell - Rate AQSepR aq_doms2_rate sAQSepR AQ Separations - (MainB+MainE)/2 Short Duration Nonemployment Spell - Rate J2JHireR eeall_doma2_rate sJ2JHireR Job-to-Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Accessions - Rate J2JSepR eeall_doms2_rate sJ2JSepR Job-to-Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Separations - Rate NEHireR ne_doma2_rate sNEHireR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Accessions - Any Nonemployment Spell - Rate ENSepR en_doms2_rate sENSepR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Separations - Any Nonemployment Spell - Rate NEPersistR ne2_doma2_rate sNEPersistR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Accessions - Persistent Nonemployment Spell - Rate ENPersistR en2_doms2_rate sENPersistR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Separations - Persistent Nonemployment Spell - Rate NEFullQR ne2p_doma2_rate sNEFullQR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Accessions - Full- qtr Nonemployment Spell - Rate ENFullQR en2p_doms2_rate sENFullQR Main Job (MainB+MainE)/2 Separations - Full-qtr Nonemployment Spell - Rate where the column Base indicates the denominator used to compute the rate. *** 1.3.5. Job-to-job flow Origin-Destination (J2JOD) *** ( variables_j2jod.csv ) Indicator Variable Alternate name Status Flag Indicator Name EE ee sEE Direct Job Flows - Counts AQHire aq_doma2 sAQHire Main Job Accessions - Short Nonemployment Spell - Counts EEFullQ fee sEEFullQ Stable Job to Stable Job Direct Flows - Counts AQFullQHire faq_doma2 sAQFullQHire Stable Job Accessions From Stable Jobs - Short Nonemployment Spell Between Jobs - Counts 1.4. Variability measures The following tables and associated mapping files list the variability measures available on each file. The 'Variability Measure' is the short name of the variable on the CSV files, suitable for machine processing in a wide variety of statistical applications. When given, the 'Alternate Name' may appear in related documentation and articles. The 'Variable Name' is a more verbose description of the variability measure. Six variability measures are published: * Total variability, prefixed by vt_ * Standard error, prefixed by st_, and computed as the square root of Total Variability * Between-implicate variability, prefixed by vb_ * Average within-implicate variability, prefixed by vw_ * Degrees of freedom, prefixed by df_ * Missingness ratio, prefixed by mr_ A missing variability measure indicates a structural zero in the corresponding indicator. This is currently not associated with a flag. *** 1.4.1. Generic structure *** Column name [ Identifier1 ] [ Identifier2 ] [ Identifier3 ] [ … ] [ Standard error for Indicator 1 ] [ Standard error for Indicator 2 ] [ Standard error for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Total variation for Indicator 1 ] [ Total variation for Indicator 2 ] [ Total variation for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Between-implicate variability for Indicator 1 ] [ Between-implicate variability for Indicator 2 ] [ Between-implicate variability for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Average within-implicate variability for Indicator 1 ] [ Average within-implicate variability for Indicator 2 ] [ Average within-implicate variability for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Degrees of freedom for Indicator 1 ] [ Degrees of freedom for Indicator 2 ] [ Degrees of freedom for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] [ Missingness ratio for Indicator 1 ] [ Missingness ratio for Indicator 2 ] [ Missingness ratio for Indicator 3 ] [ … ] Note: A full list of indicators for each type of file are shown in the Indicators section. In the tables below, only a sample of variability measures are printed, but the complete list is available in the linked CSV schema files. *** 1.4.2. National QWI and state-level QWI *** ( variables_qwiv.csv ) Variability measure Alternate name Variable name st_Emp st_B Standard error of Beginning-of-Quarter Employment: Counts st_EmpEnd st_E Standard error of End-of-Quarter Employment: Counts st_EmpS st_F Standard error of Full-Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts … vt_Emp vt_B Total variation of Beginning-of-Quarter Employment: Counts vt_EmpEnd vt_E Total variation of End-of-Quarter Employment: Counts vt_EmpS vt_F Total variation of Full-Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts … vb_Emp vb_B Between-implicate variability for Beginning- of-Quarter Employment: Counts vb_EmpEnd vb_E Between-implicate variability for End-of- Quarter Employment: Counts vb_EmpS vb_F Between-implicate variability for Full- Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts … … df_Emp df_B Degrees of freedom for VT of Beginning-of- Quarter Employment: Counts df_EmpEnd df_E Degrees of freedom for VT of End-of-Quarter Employment: Counts df_EmpS df_F Degrees of freedom for VT of Full-Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts … mr_Emp mr_B Missingness ratio for Beginning-of-Quarter Employment: Counts mr_EmpEnd mr_E Missingness ratio for End-of-Quarter Employment: Counts mr_EmpS mr_F Missingness ratio for Full-Quarter Employment (Stable): Counts *** 1.4.3. National QWI and state-level QWI rates *** ( variables_qwirv.csv ) Variability measure Alternate name Variable name st_HirAR st_AR Standard error of Hiring Rate (Accessions) st_HirNR st_HR Standard error of New Hiring Rate st_HirRR st_RR Standard error of Recall Rate … vt_HirAR vt_AR Total variation of Hiring Rate (Accessions) vt_HirNR vt_HR Total variation of New Hiring Rate vt_HirRR vt_RR Total variation of Recall Rate … vb_HirAR vb_AR Between-implicate variability for Hiring Rate (Accessions) vb_HirNR vb_HR Between-implicate variability for New Hiring Rate vb_HirRR vb_RR Between-implicate variability for Recall Rate … … df_HirAR df_AR Degrees of freedom for VT of Hiring Rate (Accessions) df_HirNR df_HR Degrees of freedom for VT of New Hiring Rate df_HirRR df_RR Degrees of freedom for VT of Recall Rate … mr_HirAR mr_AR Missingness ratio for Hiring Rate (Accessions) mr_HirNR mr_HR Missingness ratio for New Hiring Rate mr_HirRR mr_RR Missingness ratio for Recall Rate *** 1.4.4. Job-to-job flow counts (J2J) *** Soon. *** 1.4.5. Job-to-job flow rates (J2JR) *** Soon. *** 1.4.6. Job-to-job flow Origin-Destination (J2JOD) *** Soon. 2. Categorical Variables Categorical variable descriptions are displayed above each table, with the variable name shown in parentheses. Unless otherwise stated, every possible value/label combination for each categorical variable is listed. Please note that not all values will be available in every table. **** 2.1. agegrp **** ( label_agegrp.csv ) agegrp label A00 All Ages (14-99) A01 14-18 A02 19-21 A03 22-24 A04 25-34 A05 35-44 A06 45-54 A07 55-64 A08 65-99 **** 2.2. education **** ( label_education.csv ) education label E0 All Education Categories E1 Less than high school E2 High school or equivalent, no college E3 Some college or Associate degree E4 Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree E5 Educational attainment not available (workers aged 24 or younger) **** 2.3. ethnicity **** ( label_ethnicity.csv ) ethnicity label A0 All Ethnicities A1 Not Hispanic or Latino A2 Hispanic or Latino **** 2.4. firmage **** ( label_firmage.csv ) firmage label 0 All Firm Ages 1 0-1 Years 2 2-3 Years 3 4-5 Years 4 6-10 Years 5 11+ Years N Firm Age Not Available **** 2.5. firmsize **** ( label_firmsize.csv ) firmsize label 0 All Firm Sizes 1 0-19 Employees 2 20-49 Employees 3 50-249 Employees 4 250-499 Employees 5 500+ Employees N Firm Size Not Available **** 2.6. ownercode **** ( label_ownercode.csv ) ownercode label A00 All (1-5) A01 Federal government A05 All Private (5) **** 2.7. periodicity **** ( label_periodicity.csv ) periodicity label A Annual data Q Quarterly data **** 2.8. quarter **** ( label_quarter.csv ) quarter label 1 1st Quarter of the Year (January-March) 2 2nd Quarter of the Year (April-June) 3 3rd Quarter of the Year (July-September) 4 4th Quarter of the Year (October-December) **** 2.9. race **** ( label_race.csv ) race label A0 All Races A1 White Alone A2 Black or African American Alone A3 American Indian or Alaska Native Alone A4 Asian Alone A5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone A6 Some Other Race Alone (Not Used) A7 Two or More Race Groups **** 2.10. seasonadj **** ( label_seasonadj.csv ) seasonadj label S Seasonally adjusted U Not seasonally adjusted **** 2.11. sex **** ( label_sex.csv ) sex label 0 All Sexes 1 Male 2 Female **** 2.12. Industry **** *** 2.12.1. Industry levels *** ( label_ind_level.csv ) ind_level label A All Industries S NAICS Sectors 3 NAICS Subsectors 4 NAICS Industry Groups *** 2.12.2. Industry *** ( label_industry.csv ) Only a small subset of available values shown. The 2007 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) is used for all years. For a full listing of all valid NAICS codes, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/. industry label 00 All NAICS Sectors 000 All NAICS Subsectors 0000 All NAICS Industry Groups 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 111 Crop Production 1111 Oilseed and Grain Farming 1112 Vegetable and Melon Farming … 2382 Building Equipment Contractors 2383 Building Finishing Contractors 2389 Other Specialty Trade Contractors 31-33 Manufacturing 311 Food Manufacturing 3111 Animal Food Manufacturing 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing … **** 2.13. Geography **** *** 2.13.1. Geographic levels *** ( label_geo_level.csv ) geo_level label C Counties M Metropolitan/Micropolitan N National (50 States + DC) S States W Workforce Investment Areas Geography labels are provided in separate files by state. Note that cross-state CBSA will have state-specific parts, and thus will appear in multiple files. A separate label_fipsnum.csv contains values and labels for all entities of geo_level n or s, and is a summary of separately available files. *** 2.13.2. National and state-level values *** ( label_fipsnum.csv ) geography label 00 National (50 States + DC) 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 04 Arizona 05 Arkansas 06 California 08 Colorado … 45 South Carolina 46 South Dakota 47 Tennessee 48 Texas 49 Utah 50 Vermont 51 Virginia 53 Washington *** 2.13.3. Detailed state and substate level values *** For a full listing of all valid geography codes (except for WIA codes), see http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html. Note about geography codes: Four types of geography codes are represented with this field. Each geography has its own code structure. * State is the 2-digit FIPS code. us stands for national scope. * County is the 5-digit FIPS code. * Metropolitan/Micropolitan codes are constructed from the 2-digit state FIPS code and the 5-digit CBSA code provided by the Census Bureau’s Geography Division. o In the QWI, the metropolitan/micropolitan areas are the state parts of the full CBSA areas. o In J2J, tabulations are based on the complete metropolitan/ micropolitan area. * The WIA code is constructed from the 2-digit state FIPS code and the 6- digit WIA identifier provided by LED State Partners. The 2014 vintage of Census TIGER geography is used for all tabulations as of the R2014Q3 release. For convenience, a composite file containing all geocodes is available as label_geography_all.csv. State Format file US label_geography_us.csv AK label_geography_ak.csv AL label_geography_al.csv AR label_geography_ar.csv AZ label_geography_az.csv CA label_geography_ca.csv CO label_geography_co.csv CT label_geography_ct.csv DC label_geography_dc.csv DE label_geography_de.csv FL label_geography_fl.csv GA label_geography_ga.csv HI label_geography_hi.csv IA label_geography_ia.csv ID label_geography_id.csv IL label_geography_il.csv IN label_geography_in.csv KS label_geography_ks.csv KY label_geography_ky.csv LA label_geography_la.csv MA label_geography_ma.csv MD label_geography_md.csv ME label_geography_me.csv MI label_geography_mi.csv MN label_geography_mn.csv MO label_geography_mo.csv MS label_geography_ms.csv MT label_geography_mt.csv NC label_geography_nc.csv ND label_geography_nd.csv NE label_geography_ne.csv NH label_geography_nh.csv NJ label_geography_nj.csv NM label_geography_nm.csv NV label_geography_nv.csv NY label_geography_ny.csv OH label_geography_oh.csv OK label_geography_ok.csv OR label_geography_or.csv PA label_geography_pa.csv RI label_geography_ri.csv SC label_geography_sc.csv SD label_geography_sd.csv TN label_geography_tn.csv TX label_geography_tx.csv UT label_geography_ut.csv VA label_geography_va.csv VT label_geography_vt.csv WA label_geography_wa.csv WI label_geography_wi.csv WV label_geography_wv.csv WY label_geography_wy.csv **** 2.14. Aggregation level **** ( label_agg_level.csv ) Measures within the J2J and QWI data products are tabulated on many different dimensions, including demographic characteristics, geography, industry, and other firm characteristics. For Origin-Destination (O-D) tables, characteristics of the origin and destination firm can be tabulated separately. Every tabulation level is assigned a unique aggregation index, represented by the agg_level variable. This index starts from 1, representing a national level grand total (all industries, workers, etc.), and progresses through different combinations of characteristics. There are gaps in the progression to leave space for aggregation levels that may be included in future data releases. agg_level is currently reported only for J2J data products. The following variables are included in the agg_level.csv file: * agg_level - index representing level of aggregation reported on a given record. * worker_char - demographic (worker) characteristics reported on record. * firm_char - firm characteristics reported on record. In origin- destination tabulations, these will be the characteristics of the destination firm. * firm_orig_char - characteristics of origin firm reported on record (O- D tabulations, only) * j2j - Flag: Aggregation level available on J2J counts tables * j2jr - Flag: Aggregation level available on J2J rates tables * j2jod - Flag: Aggregation level available on J2J O-D tables. * qwi - Flag: Aggregation level available on QWI (placeholder for future integration) The characteristics available on an aggregation level are repeated using a series of flags following the standard schema: * geo_level - geographic level of table, as per 2.13.1. * ind_level - industry level of table, as per 2.12.1. * by_ variables - flags indicating other dimensions reported, including ownership, demographics, firm age and size. These flags will be expanded to include origin characteristics in a later release. A shortened representation of the file is provided below, the complete file is available in the link above. agg_level worker_char firm_char firm_orig_char j2j j2jr j2jod qwi geo_level 1 1 1 1 0 N 2 Sex 1 1 1 0 N 3 Age 1 1 1 0 N 4 Sex * Age 1 1 1 0 N 5 Race 1 1 1 0 N 9 Ethnicity 1 1 1 0 N 13 Race * 1 1 1 0 N Ethnicity … 129 Firm Size 1 1 1 0 N 257 NAICS Sector 1 1 1 0 N 1025 State 1 1 1 0 S … 12353 Destination Origin [Firm 0 0 0 0 N [Firm Age] Age] 13313 Destination Origin [Firm 0 0 1 0 S [State] Age] 13377 Destination Origin [Firm 0 0 1 0 S [Firm Age * Age] State] … 3. Status flags ( label_flags.csv ) Each status flag in the tables above contains one of the following valid values. The values and their interpretation are listed in the table below. Important [Important] Note: Currently, the J2J tables only contain status flags -1 and 1. Status flags with values 10 or above only appear in online applications, not in CSV files. flag label -2 no data available in this category for this quarter -1 data not available to compute this estimate 1 OK 5 Value suppressed because it does not meet US Census Bureau publication standards. 6 Value calculated from other released measures - no significant distortion 7 Value calculated from other released measures - some of which have significantly distorted data 9 Data significantly distorted - fuzzed value released 10 Aggregate of cells - no significant distortion 11 Aggregate of cells not released because component cells do not meet U.S. Census Bureau publication standards 12 Aggregate of cells - some of which have significantly distorted data 4. Changes **** 4.1. 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) **** 4.2. 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 This revision: Wed Apr 13 08:35:56 EDT 2016 =============================================================================== Last updated 2016-04-13 08:35:56 EDT