Job Mod

Updated through Version 7.3

TRIM Field (Table)	Description	Universe	Range Assign Full-time Minimum Wage Job	Action 2 Augment Existing Earnings	Action 3 Increase Hours Worked and Earnings by Specified Percentage
AdjustedGrossIncome (Adult)	Census simulated AGI	All tax filers [TaxFilerStatus = 1-5]	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations. This field should not be confused with AdjustedGrossIncome that is simulated by TRIM’s FederalTax code.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
BusinessSelfEmployment (Adult)	Own business self-employment earnings	All adults	-9,999 – variable	Leave unchanged; only changes to wage and salary income are simulated. Negative earnings do not trigger any action; a job is awarded only in months when earnings are zero. Used extensively in TRIM simulations as one of typically three components of earned income along with TotalWages and FarmSelfEmployment. Component in allocation of MonthlyEarnings.	Leave unchanged; only changes to wage and salary income are simulated. However, negative earnings (sum of all earned income components) may trigger an action award.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked.
ByUnemploymentCompensation (AdultMonthly)	Twelve monthly fractional values representing the portion of total annual unemployment compensation that is allocated to each month. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 1	Set all months = weeks in the month divided by weeks in a year.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
ByWeeksNotWorked (AdultMonthly)	Twelve monthly fractional values representing the allocation of weeks not worked during the year to the various months. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 1	If LastWeeksWorked = 52, set ByWeeksNotWorked equal to weeks in the month divided by weeks in a year. Else, if MonthlyWeeksWorked equals weeks in the month, set ByWeeksNotWorked to zero. Else, set ByWeeksNotWorked equal to (weeks in the month – MonthlyWeeksWorked) / (weeks in the year – LastWeeksWorked)	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
ByWeeksWorked (AdultMonthly)	Twelve monthly fractional values representing allocation of weeks worked during the year to the various months. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 1	If LastWeeksWorked = 0 or 52, set ByWeeksWorked equal to 4.33333/52, i.e., the equalized number of weeks in a month divided by number of weeks in a year. Else, set ByWeeksWorked equal to MonthlyWeeksWorked divided by LastWeeksWorked.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
ByWorkersCompensation (AdultMonthly)	Twelve monthly fractional values representing the portion of total annual workers compensation that is allocated to each month. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 1	Set all months = weeks in the month divided by weeks in a year.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
DetailedOtherIncome (Adult)	Miscellaneous income not reported elsewhere. Computed as follows. LastWorkersCompensation, if LastWorkersCompensationSource = 3 +LastPrimaryDisability, if LastPrimaryDisabilitySource = 7 +LastSecondaryDisability, if LastSecondaryDisabilitySource = 7 +LastTotalEducationalAssistance + LastOtherIncome if LastOtherSource = 10 or 19	All adults	Computed	Recompute as done originally prior to recomputation of GeneralOtherIncome. Component in allocation of MonthlyUnearnedIncome. Dependencies: GeneralOtherIncome	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
EitcAmount (Adult)	Census simulated earned income tax credit.	All persons	0 – variable	Leave unchanged. Used by TRIM’s Poverty module.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
FarmSelfEmployment (Adult)	Farm self-employment earnings	All adults	-9,999 – variable	Leave unchanged; only changes to wage and salary income will initially be simulated. Used extensively in TRIM simulations as one of typically three components of earned income along with TotalWages and BusinessSelfEmployment. Component in allocation of MonthlyEarnings.	Leave unchanged; only changes to wage and salary income are simulated. However, negative earnings (sum of all earned income components) do trigger an action award.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked.
FederalPension (Adult)	Computed federal government pension income consisting of: LastPrimarySurvivorIncome if LastPrimarySurvivorSource = 4 + LastSecondarySurvivorIncome if LastSecondarySurvivorSource = 4 + LastPrimaryDisability if LastPrimaryDisabilitySource = 5 + LastSecondaryDisability if LastSecondaryDisabilitySource = 5 + LastPrimaryRetirement if LastPrimaryRetirementSource = 4 + LastSecondaryRetirement if LastSecondaryRetirementSource = 4	All adults	Computed	Leave unchanged. None of components to be changed. Used by FederalTax.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
FederalRetirementDeduction (Adult)	Census simulated federal retirement payroll deduction	Federal workers [WorkerClass=2]	0 – 75,000	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
FederalTaxLiability (Adult)	Census simulated federal income tax liability	All tax filers [TaxFilerStatus = 1-5]	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
FicaDeduction (Adult)	Census simulated Social Security retirement payroll deduction amount	All wage earners [TotalWages, BusinessSelfEmployment, or FarmSelfEmployment > 0]	0 – 75,000	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
GeneralOtherIncome (Adult)	Income from alimony, child support and all other income, i.e.: ChildSupport + Alimony + OtherRegularContributions + DetailedOtherIncome	All adults	Computed	Recompute with recoded DetailedOtherIncome	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
InPensionPlan (Adult)	Included in pension plan at work 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian adults with an employer pension plan available at work last year [PensionAvailable = 1]	0 – 2	If 0, set = 2 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastAllocatedRegularUnemp	Allocated regular unemployment compensation benefits. As of the March 1998 CPS, this field is set to either zero or null. Prior to that time, it was allocated from LastTotalUnemploymentBenefit.	Adults who received unemployment compensation [LastUnemploymentCompFlag=1]	0 – variable	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastDetailedIndustry (AdultPrevious)	Detailed industry code, longest job last year	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 991	If < 10 or > 932, set = 741 (business services n.e.c.) Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns to identify government workers and in donor match. Used by PayrollTax for industry classification.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastDetailedOccupation (AdultPrevious)	Detailed occupation code, longest job last year	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 905	If < 3 or > 889, set = 999 (Out of range, indicating person has been assigned a job) Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastEarningsSource (AdultPrevious)	Source of earnings from longest job last year 0 NIU 1 wage and salary 2 own business self-employment 3 farm self-employment 4 without pay	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	0 – 4	If 0 or 4, set = 1 Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastFirmSize (AdultPrevious)	Number of persons working for employer at all locations 0 NIU 1 under 10 2 10-24 3 25-99 4 100-499 5 500-999 6 1000+	Adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces [LastWeeksWorked > 0 or PopulationStatus = 2]	0 – 6	If 0, set = 4 Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns and HIRSM	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastHoursPerWeek (AdultPrevious)	Hours per week usually worked last year	Adults who worked at all last year [LastWorked = 1 or LastWorkedTemporary = 1]	0 – 99	If < 40, set = 40 Used by AFDC and ChildCareExp to determine employment status and employment level. Used in ChildCareExp imputation. Used by FoodStamps to determine ABAWD status. Used by FederalTax in UsualHoursWorkedPerWeek and by ReportGenerator.	If less than the Action program rule, MinimumHoursPerWeek, set equal to MinimumHoursPerWeek.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked.
LastIndustryGroupRecode (AdultPrevious)	Industry group recode, longest job last year 0 NIU (children) 1 agriculture 2 mining 3 construction 4 lumber and wood products, except furniture 5 furniture and fixtures 6 stone, clay, glass, concrete products 7 primary metals 8 fabricated metals 9 not specified metal industries 10 machinery, except electrical 11 electrical machinery, equipment, supplies 12 motor vehicles and equipment 13 aircraft and parts 14 other transportation equipment 15 professional and photo equipment, watches 16 toys, amusements, and sporting goods 17 miscellaneous and not specified 18 food and kindred products 19 tobacco manufactures 20 textile mill products 21 apparel and other finished textile products 22 paper and allied products 23 printing, publishing, and allied industries 24 chemicals and allied products 25 petroleum and coal products 26 rubber and miscellaneous plastics products 27 leather and leather products 28 transportation 29 communication 30 utilities and sanitary services 31 wholesale trade 32 retail trade 33 banking and other finance 34 insurance and real estate 35 private household 36 business services 37 repair services 38 personal service except private household 39 entertainment and recreation services 40 hospitals 41 health services, except hospitals 42 educational services 43 social services 44 other professional services 45 forestry and fisheries 46 public administration 47 never worked	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 47	If LastDetailedIndustry < 10 or > 932, set LastIndustryGroupRecode = 36 (business services—for consistency with other industry classification changes required for TRIM simulations) Note: Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastMajorIndustry (AdultPrevious)	Major industry code, longest job last year 0 NIU (children) 1 Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 2 Mining 3 Construction 4 Durable goods 5 Nondurable goods 6 Transportation, communication & other public utilities 7 Wholesalel trade 8 Retail trade 9 Finance, insurance, and real estate 10 Business and repair services 11 Personal services including private households 12 Entertainment and recreation services 13 Professional and related services 14 Public Administration 15 Never worked	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 15	If LastDetailedIndustry < 10 or > 932, set LastMajorIndustry = 10 (business and repair services) Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns in CalculateKPMGIndGroup	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastMajorOccupation (AdultPrevious)	Major occupation, longest job last year 0 NIU (children) 1 executive, administrative and managerial occupations 2 professional specialty occupations 3 technicians and related support occupations 4 sales occupations 5 administrative support occupations, including clerical 6 private hosehold occupations 7 protective service occupations 8 service occupations, except household and protective 9 farming, forestry, and fishing occupations 10 precision production, craft, and repair occupations 11 machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 12 transporation and material moving occupations 13 handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 14 armed forces 15 never worked	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked>0]	0 – 15	If LastDetailedOccupation < 3 or >889, set LastMajorOccupation = 99 (Out of range, to indicate job has been assigned) Used by AlienPrep (code of 14) to determine whether person is a veteran. Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns (code of 14) to exclude persons in armed forces from labor force	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastNonworkerWeeksLooking (AdultPrevious)	Nonworkers: weeks looking for work or on layoff last year	Adults not working at all last year but looking for work [LastSpentTimeLooking = 1]	0 – 52	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations. Used in monthly allocation of annual income amounts.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastNonworkerWksLookingRecode (AdultPrevious)	Recoded number of weeks nonworker spent looking for work last year. 0 NIU (children) 1 = none 2 = 1-4 weeks looking 3 = 5-14 weeks looking 4 = 15-26 weeks looking 5 = 27-39 weeks looking 6 = 40+ weeks looking 7 = Workers	Adults in labor force who did not work last year [LastWeeksWorked = 1-52]	0 – 7 [prior to 1996 sim year: 0 – 6]	Set = 7 If sim year prior to 1996, set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastNumberEmployees (AdultPrevious)	Number of persons working for employer at all locations 0 = NIU 1 = Under 25 2 = 25-99 3 = 100-499 4 = 500-999 5 = 1000+	Adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces [LastWeeksWorked > 0 or PopulationStatus = 2]	0 – 5	If 0, then set = 3 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastNumberOfEmployers (AdultPrevious)	Number of employers last year (If more than one at the same time, count as one employer.) 0 = NIU 1 = 1 employer 2 = 2 3 = 3+	Adults who worked at all last year [LastWorked=1 or LastWorkedTemporary=1]	0 – 3	If 0, then set = 1 Not used in TRIM simulations. Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastNumberOfStretchesLooking (AdultPrevious)	Number of stretches spent looking for work or on layoff (Were the weeks looking all in one stretch?) 0 NIU 1 = yes, 1 stretch 2 = no, 2 stretches 3 = no, 3 or more stretches	Adult part-year workers who looked for work or were on layoff last year [LastPartYearWorker > 0]	0 – 3	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations. Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastOccupationGroupRecode (AdultPrevious)	Occupation group recode, longest job last year 0 NIU (children) 1 public administration 3 other managers, salaried 4 other managers, self-employed (LJCW=6) 5 management related occupations 6 accountants and auditors 7 architects and surveyors 8 engineers 9 natural scientists and mathematicians 10 computer systems analysts and scientists 11 health diagnosing exc. physicians & dentists 12 physicians and dentists 13 health assessment and treating occupations 14 teachers, librarians, and counselors 15 teachers except postsecondary 16 other professional specialty occupations 17 health technologists and technicians 18 engineering and science technicians 19 technicians except health, engineering, and science 20 sales occupations, supervisors and proprietors 21 sales representatives, commodities and finance 22 other sales occupations 23 computer equipment operators 24 secretaries, stenographers, and typists 25 financial records processing occupations 26 other administrative support occupations, including clerical 27 private household occupations 28 protective service occupations 29 food service occupations 30 health service occupations 31 cleaning and building service occupations 32 personal service occupations 33 farm operators and managers 34 farm occupations, except managerial 35 related agricultural occupations 36 forestry and fishing occupations 37 mechanics and repairers 38 construction trades and extractive occupations 39 carpenters 40 supervisors, production occupations 41 precision metal working occupations 42 other precision production occupations 43 machine operators and tenders, exc. Precision 44 fabricators, assemblers, and hand-working occupations 45 production inspectors, testers, samplers, and eighers 46 transportation operators 47 material moving equipment operators 48 construction laborers 49 freight, stock and material handlers 50 other specified handlers, equipment cleaners and helpers 51 laborers, except construction 52 armed forces 53 never worked	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 53	If LastDetailedOccupation < 3 or > 889, set LastOccupationGroupRecode = 99 (Out of range, to indicate job has been assigned) Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastOtherAllocatedPublicAssist (AdultPrevious)	Other public assistance income allocated from LastPublicAssistanceAmount	Adults receiving other public assistance [LastPublicAssistanceType = 2,3]	Computed	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastOtherBusinessSelfEmpIncome (AdultPrevious)	Other own business self-employment earnings	Adults who had work other than their primary work last year [LastOtherWorkEarnings=1]	-9,999 – variable	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastOtherFarmSelfEmpIncome (AdultPrevious)	Other own farm self-employment earnings	Adults who had work other than their primary work last year [LastOtherWorkEarnings=1]	-9,999 – variable	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastOtherIncome (AdultPrevious)	Amount of income not reported elsewhere	Adults receiving other income	0 – 99,999	If LastOtherSource is 11 or 12, set LastOtherIncome to 0. (Set prior to any recoding of dependencies.) Not used in TRIM simulations. Component of DetailedOtherIncome and WorkersCompensation. Dependencies: DetailedOtherIncome OtherPublicAssistance RegularUnemployment WorkersCompensation	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastOtherSource (AdultPrevious)	Source of LastOtherIncome 0 = NIU 1 = Social Security 2 = private pensions 3 = AFDC 4 = other PA 5 = interest 6 = dividends 7 = rents or royalities 8 = estate or trust income 9 = state disability payments (workmen compensation) 10 = disability payments (own insurance) 11 = unemployment compensation 12 = strike benefits 13 = annuities or paid-up insurance policies 14 = N/A 15= N/A 16 = N/A 17 = N/A 18 = N/A 19 = anything else	Adults receiving other income	0 - 19	If 11-12, set to 0. (Reset in conjunction with LastOtherIncome.) Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastOtherWageOrSalary (AdultPrevious)	Amount of other wage or salary earnings (from other than longest job last year)	Adults who had other work last year [LastOtherWork Earnings = 1]	0 – variable	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastOtherWorkEarnings (AdultPrevious)	Received earnings from work other than longest job last year? 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	0 – 2	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastPartYearWeeksLooking (AdultPrevious)	Part-year workers: weeks looking or on layoff last year	Adults who worked part-year last year	0 – 51	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations. Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Same as Action 1 if recoded LastWeeksWorked >= 48; else set to minimum of original LastPartYearWeeksLooking or (52 – recoded LastWeeksWorked)	Unaltered.
LastPartYearWeeksLookingFlag (AdultPrevious)	Indicates whether a part-year worker was looking for work or was on layoff the previous year. 0 = NIU or no time spent looking or on layoff 1 = Some weeks spent looking for work or on layoff last year	Adults who worked part-year last year [LastWeeksWorked = 1-49]	0 – 1	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	If recoded LastPartYearWeeksLooking > 0, LastPartYearWeeksLookingFlag is set to 1; else it is 0.	Unaltered.
LastPartYearWeeksLookingRecode (AdultPrevious)	Part-year workers: weeks looking for work or on layoff recode 0 = NIU (children) 1 = none 2 = 1-4 weeks 3 = 5-10 weeks 4 = 11-14 weeks 5 = 15-26 weeks 6 = 27-39 weeks 7 = 40-49 weeks 8 = Full-year worker 9 = Nonworking adult	Adults who worked part year last year [LastWeeksWorked=1-49]	0 – 9 [prior to 1996 sim year: 0 – 7]	Set = 8 (full-year worker) If sim year prior to 1996, set = 0 (full-year worker) Not used in TRIM simulations.	Recoded on basis of recoded LastPartYearWeeksLooking.	Unaltered.
LastPrimaryBusinessSelfEmp (AdultPrevious)	Own business self-employment earnings from longest job last year	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	Computed	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked
LastPrimaryFarmSelfEmployment (AdultPrevious)	Farm self-employment earnings from longest job last year	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	Computed	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked
LastPrimaryRetirement (AdultPrevious)	Amount of primary retirement income	Adults receiving any retirement income	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged, but eliminate from the Target Population any person receiving retirement income who also is of retirement age. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered. Include retired persons in job action.
LastPrimaryRetirementSource (AdultPrevious)	Source of primary retirement income 0 = NIU 1= company or union pension 2 = federal government retirement 3 = US Military Retirement 4 = State or local government employee retirement 5 = US Railroad Retirement 6 = regular payments from annuities or paid insurance policies 7 = regular payments from IRA or Keogh accounts 8 = other or do not know	Adults receiving any retirement income	0	Leave unchanged, but eliminate from the Target Population any person receiving retirement income who also is of retirement age. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastPrimaryWageOrSalary (AdultPrevious)	Wage and salary earnings from longest job last year	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	Computed	Increment by HourlyWageRate * 40 hours per week * weeks per month in every month a job is awarded up to the AnnualEarningsCeiling. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Increment by HourlyWageRate * MinimumHoursPerWeek * weeks per month for every month a job is awarded up to the AnnualEarningsCeiling. If HourlyWageRate is set to –1, calculate and use in the above equation the workers’ existing monthly wage rate and the number of weeks actually worked. (Also deduct the monthly portion of the original value any month a job action is taken, since it is replaced by a newly calculated value.)	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked.
LastPublicAssistanceAmount (AdultPrevious)	Reported public assistance income	Adults receiving public assistance [LastPublicAssistanceFlag=1]	0 – 24,999	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastReasonNotWorking (AdultPrevious)	Main reason not working last year 0 = NIU 1 = Ill or disabled 2 = taking care of home 3 = going to school 4 = could not find work 5 = n/a [formerly: Armed Forces] 6 = retired 7 = other	Adults not working at all last year [LastWorked = 2]	0 – 7	Set = 0 Used by FedTax, PubOrSubsidizedHousing, FoodStamps and SSI to determine disability. Used by OutOfPocketHealthExp to determine if person is a child and by PubOrSubsidizedHousing to determine if person is a student. Used by Medicare in IsReceivingSocialSecurityDis. Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastReasonPartTime (AdultPrevious)	Reason worked part-time last year 0 = NIU 1 = could not find full-time work 2 = wanted part-time 3 = slack work 4 = other	Adults usually working part-time or who worked some part-time last year	0 – 4	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Set = 0 if MinimumHoursPerWeek >= 35 hours, else leave unchanged.	Unaltered.
LastReceivedSupplementalUnemp (AdultPrevious)	Received supplemental unemployment benefits 0 = Not in universe 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults who received unemployment compensation [LastUnemploymentCompFlag = 1]	0 – 2	Set = 2 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastReceivedUnionBenefit (AdultPrevious)	Received union unemployment or strike benefits 0 = Not in universe 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults who received unemployment compensation [LastUnemploymentCompFlag=1]	0 – 2	Set = 2 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastRemainingActivity (AdultPrevious)	Part-year workers: Remaining activity last year 0 = NIU 1 = Ill or disabled 2 = taking care of home 3 = going to school 4 = n/a [formerly: Armed Forces] 5 = retired 6 = no work available 7 = other	Adults in labor force part-year last year	0 – 7	Set = 0 (NIU) Used by ChildCareExp to determine if person is unemployed. Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns to determine person type. Used by Medicare in IsReceivingSocialSecurityDis Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Set = 0 if MinimumHoursPerWeek >= 35 hours, else leave unchanged.	Unaltered.
LastSecondaryRetirement (AdultPrevious)	Amount of secondary retirement income	Adults receiving any retirement income	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged. Eliminate from the Target Population any person receiving retirement income who also is of retirement age. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered. Include retired persons in the target population.
LastSecondaryRetirementSource (AdultPrevious)	Source of secondary retirement income 0 = NIU 1 = company or union pension 2 = federal government retirement 3 = US Military Retirement 4 = State or local government employee retirement 5 = US Railroad Retirement 6 = regular payments from annuities or paid insurance policies 7 = regular payments from IRA or Keogh accounts 8 = other or do not know	Adults receiving any retirement income	0 – 8	Leave unchanged. Eliminate from the Target Population any person receiving retirement income who also is of retirement age. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered. Include retired persons in the target population.
LastSocialSecurity (AdultPrevious)	Social Security income last year	Adults receiving Social Security	0 – 50,000	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastSpentTimeLooking (AdultPrevious)	Spent time looking for work last year 0 = Not in universe 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults not working at all last year	0 – 2	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastTimeByYear (AdultPrevious)	Full/part-time by full/part-year 0 = NIU (children) 1 = full-year, full time 2 = full year, part-time 3 = part-year, full-time 4 = part-year, part-time 5 = nonworking adult	All adults; prior to 1996 sim year, only adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked = 1-52]	0 – 5 [prior to 1996 sim year: 0 – 4]	Set = 1 Used by FoodStamps to identify students.	Recode following all monthly job actions. Determine part-time or full-time work by MinimumHoursPerWeek, where 35+ hours is full-time. Use recided LastWeeksWorked to determine whether person works the entire year, where 48+ weeks is full-year.	Recode part time to full time if increase in usual hours worked changes a person’s status. Full time is 35+ hours per week.
LastTotalEarnings (AdultPrevious)	Earnings from longest job or business last year	Civilian adults who worked last year or current Armed Forces	-9,999 – variable	Increase any existing amount by the amount of increase to LastPrimaryWageOrSalary.	Same as Action 1.	Increased by percent specified in IncreaseToHoursWorked
LastTotalRetirement (AdultPrevious)	Total amount of retirement income	Adults receiving any retirement income	0 – 199,198	Leave unchanged. Eliminate from the Target Population any person receiving retirement income who is also of retirement age. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastTotalUnemploymentBenefit (AdultPrevious)	Total unemployment compensation benefits	Adults who received unemployment compensation [LastUnemploymentCompFlag=1]	0 – 99,999	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastUnemploymentCompFlag (AdultPrevious)	Received unemployment compensation 0 = Not in universe 1 = Yes 2 = No	All adults	0 – 2	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
LastWeeklyEarnings (AdultPrevious)	Weekly earnings last year	Adults who worked last year (includes Armed Forces) [LastWeeksWorked 0]	Computed	Compute: (TotalWages + BusinessSelfEmployment + FarmSelfEmployment) / LastWeeksWorked Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
LastWeeksInLaborForce (AdultPrevious)	Weeks in labor force last year	All adults, including those in the armed forces	0 – 52	Set = 52 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastWeeksLostInLayoff (AdultPrevious)	Lost work due to layoff 0 = Not in universe 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults who worked 50 or 51 weeks last year [LastWeeksWorked = 50, 51]	0 – 2	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastWeeksPartTime (AdultPrevious)	Weeks worked part-time last year	Adults usually working part-time or who worked some part-time last year	0 – 52	If > 0, it is adjusted downward by the number of weeks in the month for each month a person is awarded a job if original MonthlyWeeksWorked exceeds 0 for the recoded month. (Lower bound of 0 is imposed.) Not used in TRIM simulations.	If > 0 and MinimumHoursPerWeek >= 35, adjust downward in conjunction with month by month job action, with floor of 0.	If a person moves from part-time to full time status, as reflected by LastTimeByYear, and the original value of LastWeeksPartTime is greater than or equal to (LastWeeksWorked*0.5) then set equal to zero; else leave unchanged.
LastWeeksWorked (AdultPrevious)	Weeks worked last year, even for a few hours [include paid vacation and sick leave]	Adults working at all last year [Lastworked =1 or LastWorkedTemp = 1]	0 – 52	Set = 52 Output by AFDC. Used by FederalTax, ReportGenerator, EmpSponsoredHealthIns.	If < 52, adjust upward in conjunction with month by month job action, with ceiling of 52.	Unaltered.
LastWeeksWorkingRecode (AdultPrevious)	Part-year workers: weeks in labor force recode 0 = NIU 1 = 1-13 weeks 2 = 14-26 weeks 3 = 27-39 weeks 4 = 40-47 weeks 5 = 48-49 weeks 6 = 50+ weeks	Adults who worked part-year last year [LastWeeksWorked = 1-49]	0 – 6	Set = 6 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Recompute from LastWeeksWorked after all monthly actions have been taken.	Unaltered.
LastWorked (AdultPrevious)	Worked at a job or business last year 0 = NIU 1 = Yes 2 = No	All adults	0 – 2	Set = 1 Not used in TRIM simulations. Used to allocate annual earned income amounts to MonthlyEarnings.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastWorkedPartTime (AdultPrevious)	Worked some part-time last year 0 = NIU 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults usually working full-time last year [LastHoursPerWeek=35+]	0 – 2	Set = 2 Used by JobMod to identify part-time workers.	Recompute from LastHoursPerWeek.	If a person moves from part-time to full time status, as reflected by LastTimeByYear, and the original value of LastWorkedPartTime is 1, then set to 2; else leave unchanged.
LastWorkedTemporary (AdultPrevious)	Did temporary work last year 0 = NIU 1 = Yes 2 = No	Adults not working at a job last year [LastWorked = 2]	0 – 2	If 0, set = 2 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastWorkerClass (AdultPrevious)	Class of worker, longest job last year 0 = NIU, missing 1 = private 2 = federal government 3 = state government 4 = local government 5 = self-employed, incorporated (considered private) 6 = self-employed, not incorporated, or farm 7 = without pay	Adults who worked last year [LastWeeksWorked > 0]	0 – 7	If 0 or 7, set = 1 Used by EmpSponsoredHealthIns to determine industry classification, whether a person is in the work force, and in the donor match. Used by PayrollTax to determine industry classification.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
LastWorkersCompensation (AdultPrevious)	Amount of workers compensation received	Adults receiving workers compensation or other payments as a result of a job-related injury or illness	0 – 99,999	Set = 0 (Disabled persons eliminated from Target Population) Not used in TRIM simulations. Component of DetailedOtherIncome and WorkersCompensation (which are used in allocation of MonthlyUnearnedIncome). Dependencies: WorkersCompensation DetailedOtherIncome	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
LastWorkersCompensationSource (AdultPrevious)	Source of LastWorkersCompensation 0 = NIU 1 = state workmens compensation 2 = employer or employers insurance 3 = own insurance 4 = other	Adults receiving workers compensation or other payments as a result of a job-related injury or illness	0 – 4	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
MarginalTaxRate (Adult)	Census simulated marginal tax rate	All tax filers [TaxFilerStatus = 1-5]	0 – 50 (implied decimal E^-2)	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
MonthlyEarnings (AdultMonthly)	The portion of total annual earning allocated to each month of the year. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – variable	Set each month = total annual adjusted earnings * ByWeeksWorked[month]	Same as Action 1.	Recomputed: (TotalWages + BusinessSelfEmployment + FarmSelfEmployment) ByWeeksWorked (month)*
MonthlyLaborForceActivity (AdultMonthly)	Labor force activity for each month of the year. Values are set during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines. This field will have a value other than 1 (working) if MonthlyWeeksWorked is less than the number of weeks in a month. In months in which a person worked part of the month, this code indicates what the person was doing the rest of the month. Looking for work is coded if weeks looking for work allocated to a month are at least 1/3 of the non-working period for the month. The remaining values are derived from RemainingActivity or LastReasonNotWorking. 1 = Working 2 = Not coded 3 = Not coded 4 = Looking for work 5 = Ill or disabled 6 = Care for home/family 7 = Going to school 8 = Not coded 9 = Retired 10 = Discouraged 11 = Other	All adults	0 – 11	Set all months = 1	Recode in conjunction with monthly job actions. Set to working in months in which a job is awarded.	Unaltered.
MonthlyUnemploymentComp (AdultMonthly)	The portion of total annual unemployment compensation allocated to each month of the year. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – variable	Set all months = 0	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
MonthlyWeeksOfUnemployment (AdultMonthly)	The number of weeks each month a person is unemployed. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 5	Set all months = 0	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
MonthlyWeeksWorked (AdultMonthly)	The number of weeks each month a person is employed. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – 5	Set all months = number of weeks in the month	Reset the value for each month a job action is taken, setting MonthlyWeeksWorked equal to the number of weeks in the month.	Unaltered.
MonthlyWorkersComp (AdultMonthly)	The portion of total annual workers compensation allocated to each month of the year. Values are computed during the conversion of an input file by the monthly allocation routines.	All adults	0 – variable	Set all months = 0	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
OtherPublicAssistance (Adult)	Public assistance income set equal to LastOtherAllocatedPublicAssitance + LastOtherIncome (if LastOtherSouce = 4)	All adults	Computed	Leave unchanged. Used in eligibility tests in ChildCareExp, PubOrSubsidizedHousing, and FoodStamps.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
PensionAvailable (Adult)	Employer pension plan is available 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian adults who worked at all last year [LastWorked = 1 or LastWorkedTemporary=1]	0 – 2	If 0, set = 2 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
PublicAssistance (Adult)	Computed public assistance income: SSI + AFDC + OtherPublicAssistance	All adults	Computed	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
RegularUnemployment (Adult)	Regular unemployment compensation benefits. As of the March 1998 CPS, this field is set to either zero or null. Prior to that time, it is a computed amount equal to the sum of LastAllocatedRegularUnemployment and LastOtherIncome, if LastOtherSource = 1	All adults	Computed	Set = 0. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
SampleHourlyEarnings (Adult)	Current hourly earnings	Civilian wage and salary workers in one of the two outgoing rotation groups who are paid hourly [SamplePaidHourly = 1]	0 – 99	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SampleHoursWorked (Adult)	Usual hours currently worked per week -4 = Variable hours -1 = NIU	All adults	-4 – -1	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SamplePaidHourly (Adult)	Worker is currently paid hourly 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian wage and salary workers in one of the two outgoing rotation groups [SampleEarningsEligUniverse = 1]	0 – 2	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SampleUnionCoverage (Adult)	Does worker currently have labor union or employee association coverage on current job? 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian wage and salary workers in one of the two outgoing rotation groups [SampleEarningsEligUniverse = 1]	0 – 2	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SampleUnionMember (Adult)	Is worker currently a member of a labor union or employee association on current job? 0 = NIU 1 = yes 2 = no	Civilian wage and salary workers in one of the two outgoing rotation groups [SampleEarningsEligUniverse = 1]	0 – 2	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SampleWeeklyEarnings (Adult)	Current weekly earnings before deductions	Civilian wage and salary workers in one of the two outgoing rotation groups [SampleEarningsEligUniverse = 1]	0 – variable	Leave unchanged. Current year. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
StateTaxLiability (Adult)	Census simulated state income tax liability	All tax filers [TaxFilerStatus = 1-5]	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
SupplementalUnemployment (Adult)	Supplemental unemployment benefits. As of the March 1998 CPS, this field is set to either zero or null. Prior to that time, it was set equal to LastAllocatedSupplementalUnemployment.	All adults	Computed	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
TaxableIncome (Adult)	Census simulated taxable federal income.	All adults	0 – 99, 999	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
TaxFilerStatus (Person)	Census simulated tax filer status 1 = joint, both < 65 2 = joint, only one < 65 3 = joint, both 65+ 4 = head of household 5 = single 6 = nonfiler	All persons	0 – 6	Leave unchanged. Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Same as Action 1.
TotalWages (Adult)	Total wage and salary earnings	LastWeeksWorked > 0 or PopulationStatus = 2 (Armed Forces)	0 – variable	Recompute: Sum of LastPrimaryWageOrSalary and LastOtherWageOrSalary. Used extensively in TRIM simulations as one of typically three components of earned income along with BusinessSelfEmployment and FarmSelfEmployment. Component in allocation of MonthlyEarnings. Dependencies: AdjustedGrossIncome LastWeeklyEarnings	Same as Action 1.	Incremented by percent specified by IncreaseToHoursWorked.
UnemploymentCompensation (Adult)	Unemployment compensation income amount. As of the March 1998 CPS, this is equal to LastTotalUnemploymentBenefit, which is read directly from the CPS input file. Prior to that time, it was a computed amount, the sum of RegularUnemployment, SupplementalUnemployment, and UnionUnemploymentBenefits.	All adults	0 – 99,999	Set = 0 Used directly only in TRIM3's CostAvoidance simulation. Frequently used as a component of TRIM3' variable list instructions. Component in allocation of MonthlyUnearnedIncome.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.
UnionUnemploymentBenefits (Adult)	Union unemployment or strike benefits. As of the March 1998 CPS, this field is set to either zero or null. Prior to that time, it was a computed amount equal to the sum of LastAllocatedUnionBenefit and LastOtherIncome (if LastOtherSource = 12).	All adults	0 – variable	Set = 0 Not used in TRIM simulations.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
VeteransPayments	Veterans income received	All adults	0 – 99,999	Leave unchanged. Used in FederalTax, PubOrSubsidizedHousing, FoodStamps, and SSI to determine disability. (Disabled persons excluded from JobMod Target Population.) Component in allocation of MonthlyUnearnedIncome.	Same as Action 1.	Unaltered.
WorkersCompensation (Adult)	Workers compensation income amount computed as: LastWorkersCompensation, if LastWorkersCompensationSource = 1,2,4 + LastPrimarySurvivorIncome, if LastPrimarySurvivorSource = 6, 10 + LastSecondarySurvivorIncome, if LastSecondarySurvivorSource = 6,10 + LastPrimaryDisability, if LastPrimaryDisabilitySource = 1, 10 + LastSecondaryDisability, if LastSecondaryDisabilitySource = 1,10 + LastOtherIncome, if LastOtherSource = 9	All adults	Computed	Set = 0 (Disabled persons excluded from Target Population.) Used directly only in TRIM3's CostAvoidance simulation. Frequently used as a component of TRIM3' variable list instructions. Component in allocation of MonthlyUnearnedIncome.	Same as Action 1. Do not recode if chosen action is to augment existing wages with workers’ existing wage rate only in weeks worked—i.e., increase hours worked only.	Unaltered.