3/30/00 Final version of the 1993 Family file, reissued The final version of the 1993 Family file, release 3, was issued on 3/30/00. It includes the following corrections. 1. Values for V22470 [B16 PAY/HR-PD HOURLY (HD-E)] and V22823 [D16 PAY/HR-HOURLY (WF-E)] have been changed. These dollar amounts, current wage rates for presently employed heads and wives/"wives" who were paid hourly, were rounded down to the next whole dollar in release 2. See below for the corrected and uncorrected distributions. 2. The values for V20601 (RELEASE NUMBER) have been changed to 3; previously they were 2. The 1993 family codebook (93fam.txt) has been revised to reflect these changes and re-issued. RELEASE 3 (CORRECTED) HOURLY WAGES OF HEAD V22470 B16 PAY/HR-PD HOURLY (HD-E) Number: 870 Type: Num Width: 6 Decimals: 2 Location: 1591-1596 B16. What is your hourly wage rate for your regular work time? The values for this variable represent dollars and cents per hour. 661 0.01-997.99 Actual amount 0 998.00 $998.00 or more 2966 999.00 NA; DK 6350 0.00 Inap.: not working for money now; is not paid an hourly wage Missing Data: 999.00 Valid N: 9842 Minimum: 0.00 Maximum: 950.00 Mean: 4.24 Std Dev: 20.52 RELEASE 2 (UNCORRECTED) HOURLY WAGES OF HEAD V22470 B16 PAY/HR-PD HOURLY (HD-E) Reference: 870 Type: Num Width: 6 Decimals: 2 Location: 1591-1596 B16. What is your hourly wage rate for your regular work time? The values for this variable represent dollars and cents per hour. 661 0.01-997.99 Actual amount 0 998.00 $998.00 or more 2966 999.00 NA; DK 6350 0.00 Inap.: not working for money now; is not paid an hourly wage Missing Data: 999.00 Valid N: 7011 Minimum: 0.00 Maximum: 180.00 Mean: 1.25 Std Dev: 6.36 RELEASE 3 (CORRECTED) HOURLY WAGES OF WIFE/"WIFE" V22823 D16 PAY/HR-HOURLY (WF-E) Number: 1223 Type: Num Width: 6 Decimals: 2 Location: 2275-2280 D16. What is her hourly wage rate for her regular work time? The values for this variable represent dollars and cents per hour. 319 0.01-997.99 Actual amount 0 998.00 $998.00 or more 1565 999.00 NA; DK 8093 0.00 Inap.: no wife/"wife" in FU; not working for money now; is not paid an hourly wage Missing Data: 999.00 Valid N: 9911 Minimum: 0.00 Maximum: 997.00 Mean: 2.42 Std Dev: 23.64 RELEASE 2 (UNCORRECTED) HOURLY WAGES OF WIFE/"WIFE" V22823 D16 PAY/HR-HOURLY (WF-E) Reference: 1223 Type: Num Width: 6 Decimals: 2 Location: 2275-2280 D16. What is her hourly wage rate for her regular work time? The values for this variable represent dollars and cents per hour. 319 0.01-997.99 Actual amount 0 998.00 $998.00 or more 1565 999.00 NA; DK 8093 0.00 Inap.: no wife/"wife" in FU; not working for money now; is not paid an hourly wage Missing Data: 999.00 Valid N: 8412 Minimum: 0.00 Maximum: 150.00 Mean: 0.43 Std Dev: 3.40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2 changes, issued 2/14/98 were: 1. Values for V22405 (NUMBER IN FAMILY UNIT) and V23321 (# OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS) have been changed. For about 60% of all 1993 families, those where the head was married, the values of these two variables in release 1 were one greater than they should have been. See below for the corrected and uncorrected distributions. 2. The values for V20601 (RELEASE NUMBER) have been changed to 2; previously they were 1. The 1993 family codebook (93fam.txt) has been revised to reflect these changes and re-issued. RELEASE 2, NUMBER IN FAMILY UNIT Cumulative V22405 Frequency Frequency ___________________________ 1 2299 2299 2 2603 4902 3 1865 6767 4 1760 8527 5 885 9412 6 361 9773 7 109 9882 8 54 9936 9 25 9961 10 8 9969 11 4 9973 12 3 9976 13 1 9977 RELEASE 1, NUMBER IN FAMILY UNIT Cumulative V22405 Frequency Frequency ______________________________ 1 2299 2299 2 920 3219 3 2359 5578 4 1505 7083 5 1596 8679 6 803 9482 7 320 9802 8 95 9897 9 46 9943 10 20 9963 11 7 9970 12 4 9974 13 2 9976 14 1 9977 # OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - RELEASE 2 Cumulative V23321 Frequency Frequency ____________________________ 1 2054 2054 2 2508 4562 3 1878 6440 4 1871 8311 5 958 9269 6 431 9700 7 156 9856 8 62 9918 9 37 9955 10 9 9964 11 6 9970 12 5 9975 14 2 9977 # OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - RELEASE 1 Cumulative V23321 Frequency Frequency ______________________________ 1 2054 2054 2 943 2997 3 2286 5283 4 1549 6832 5 1678 8510 6 854 9364 7 383 9747 8 125 9872 9 60 9932 10 26 9958 11 8 9966 12 6 9972 13 3 9975 15 2 9977