Employment
Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to ten at th
Would you say your own health, in general, is:
Is your personal income higher, lower, or about the same as it was five years ag
Five years from now, do you expect your personal income to be higher, lower, or
Approximately, how many hours a week do you spend on each of the following tasks
On a five-point scale, where 5 means extremely important and 1 means not at all
Thinking about your work situation over the last 7 days, have you been employed
Self-employed
How many different jobs for pay do you currently have? Please think about all so
In a typical week (7 days), how many hours do you work at your primary job?
Which of the following best describes why you have more than one job?
In your current employment situation (across all jobs), on a five-point scale, w
Among the following characteristics, has your employment situation (across all j
In a typical week (7 days), how many hours do you work? If you have more than on
How does your typical number of weekly work hours (across all jobs) compare to y
In the past 7 days, did you work in your primary or secondary job as an independ
In the past 7 days, were you an on-call worker in your primary or secondary job?
Contract workers are employed by a company that provides them or their services
Some people find short tasks or jobs through companies that connect them directl
Is your primary or secondary job a temporary job? Temporary jobs last only for a
Are you paid by a temporary staffing agency?
Opportunity to do best work (1-5)
My developed is encouraged (1-5)
My opinions count at work (1-5)
Thinking about your primary job, on a five-point scale, where 5 means strongly a
Would you say that you are overqualified, perfectly qualified, or underqualified
How much of your work time at your primary job involves each of the following ta
How often do you solve problems at your primary job using advanced mathematics,
Typically, how long are the documents that you read as part of your primary job?
Do you consider your primary job to be ...?
At your primary job, do you have the opportunity to learn new skills that will b
Which of the following best describes your career advancement opportunities at y
Think about your primary job, does your employer offer you each of the following
Thinking about your primary job, does your employer withhold some of your pay fo
In your primary job, what type of on-the-job training have you received?
Do you currently have the level of education and/or training you need for the ty
Please briefly state your job title or describe the type of work you do in your
Which occupation category best describes your primary job?
Please briefly describe the type of business or industry of your primary job.
What kind of business activity would you say best describes the organization whe
Please briefly describe the type of business or industry of your primary job. Fo
Approximately, how many employees work for your organization at your primary job
How long have you worked at your primary job?
According to how you define a good job, are you currently working at the best jo
What reason best explains why you no longer work at your previous job that you c
Which of the following best describes how you feel about your current work situa
Why are you not currently looking for new work? Please select all that apply.
What is the main reason you were not employed or self-employed in the last 7 day
Would you be willing to relocate to a different state for a new job?
Would you have been able to begin work had you been offered a job within the las
In the past four weeks, have you been actively looking for employment?
What information would be most useful to you in finding a new job? Please select
What information would be most useful to you in finding a new job? Other
What is your gender?
What is your age?
Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin - such as Mexican, Puerto Rican,
Race: White
Race: Black
Race: Asian
Race: American Indian
Race: Native Hawaiian
Race
How many adults in your household are 18 years of age or older?
Do you have children, under the age of 6, living in your household?
Education: Less than High School
Education: High School grad
Education: Started but not finished trade school
Education: Trade school grad
Education: Started but not finished 2 year tech institute
Education: 2 year tech institute grad
Education: Started but not finished Associates Degree
Education: Completed Associates Degree
Education: Started but not finished 4 year Bachelor's Degree
Education: Completed 4 year Bachelor's Degree
Education: Started but not completed graduate degree
Education: Completed a Masters Degree
Education: Completed a professional degree (MD, JD, EdD)
Education: Completed a Doctorate Degree
Education
Which of the following best describes your field of study for your highest level
Have you obtained a professional certification? A professional certification is
Are you a member of a labor union?
What is your current marital status?
In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, or
Were you born in the United States or in another country?
Have you ever been incarcerated?
Do you receive support from any of the following programs? Please select all tha
income this year--in 2019
Household annual income
household income this year--in 2019
Please select your language preference:
Labor income, 2020
Labor income, 2019
Wealth, assets
Is your personal income higher, lower, or about the same as it was 12 months ago
Twelve months from now, do you expect your personal income to be higher, lower,
Have you experienced any of the following changes to your employment as the resu
How many times have you been laid-off, furloughed, or let go as the result of co
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, among the following characteristics
I am treated with respect (1-5)
In the past 12 months, what type of on-the-job training have you received?
Thinking about your on-the-job training during the past 12 months, how useful wa
Including yourself, approximately, how many employees work for your organization
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, have you spent any time working rem
Are you currently working remotely (from home)?
To what extent are employees currently working on-site at your place of work?
How likely do you think it is that you will be exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19)
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic situation, have you - Changed your occup
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic situation, have you - Seriously consider
Is your job something your state government considers an essential job function
Please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following: If I get sic
Please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following: If I had con
Please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following: My employer
Which of the following do you think are the TWO most important problems facing t
If you had to pick just one, which do you think is more important?
How many children, under the age of 6, currently live in your household?
How many children, between the ages of 6 and 17, currently live in your househol
Do you want to be a member of a union?
As of today, do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, have you received support from any
Received support from PPP
Using your best estimate, what is your personal annual income, earned from work
Using your best estimate, what is your total annual household income?
Thinking about the past 12 months, which of the following best describes how you
Using your best estimate, what was your personal annual income in 2019, earned f
Have there been times in the past 30 days when you... Did not have enough money
Have there been times in the past 30 days when you... Were worried you would be
Have there been times in the past 30 days when you... Were not able to pay a bil
Have there been times in the past 30 days when you...  Needed to borrow money fr
If you had an emergency and needed to liquidate or cash in all of your assets, h
time of survey completion in numeric code
Job Quality Index (new method)
Job Quality Index (2019 method)
Job Quality Index unweighted by importance
Good job, using old index
Mediocre job, using old index
Bad job, using old index
Good job, using new index
Mediocre job, using new index
Bad job, using new index
Good job, using simple unweighted index
Mediocre job, simple unweighted index
Bad job, using simple unweighted index
detailed industry category, recoded from verbatim
sector code, recoded from verbatim
industy code, recoded from verbatim
JobTitle
detailed occupational category, recoded from verbatim
major occupational category, recoded from verbatim
minor occupational category, recoded from verbatim
unique respondent ID
Currently employed
Have worked remotely since pandemic
Have sometimes worked remotely during pandemic
Have never worked remotely during pandemic
Categorization of work location
2019-2020 Improvement in job averaged across dimensions 1-5 scale
2018-2019 Improvement in job averaged across dimensions 1-5 scale
Job quality stayed same on all dimensions
Job quality got worse--averaged across all dimensions
Job quality got better--averaged across all dimensions
2018-2019 Job quality stayed same on all dimensions
2018-2019 Job quality got worse--averaged across all dimensions
2018-2019 Job quality got better--averaged across all dimensions
5-year change in job evaluation using Q39a_b
Job quality change from one year ago (Q39 series)
2020 current job evaluation exceeds previous year evaluation
2020 current job evaluation less than previous year evaluation
2020 current job evaluation same as previous year evaluation
Job quality last year using Q39 series
age of respondent
square of age
Male
Born outside USA
less than high school
Q55_highest_edu==High school degree or diploma
some college or vocational school
associates degree
bachelor's degree
graduate degree
Republican
Democrat
Belonging to more than one race
American Indian
Hispanic
RACE==White
Q38_2_company_size==1
Q38_2_company_size==2 - 4
Q38_2_company_size==5 - 9
Q38_2_company_size==10 - 19
Q38_2_company_size==20 - 99
Q38_2_company_size==100 - 499
Q38_2_company_size==1000+
Hours of work in group categories
Hours0_19
Hours20_34
Hours35_39
Hours40_44
Hours45_54
Hours55_or_more
Hold multiple jobs
App/mobile-phone based job
temporary job
Job considered essential by state government
In union now or in last job
Small businesses (less than 100)
Mid-sized businesses (100-999)
Large businesses (1000 or more)
All or more workers on-site
Exposure to COVID-19 at work is likely
Strongly agree employer provides sick leave
Strongly agree comfortable raising health concerns
Strongly agree employer cares about health
Strongly agree employer takes safety precauitions
Laid off either temporarily or permanently
Income varied quite often from month-to-month over year
Couldn't afford food of shelter (Q87 series d b)
Age 18-34
age 35-49
Age 50-64
Age 65 and over
manufacturing
information
other sector
professional and technical services
Restaurants and hospitality
Retail or wholesale
Q35_soc_name==Architecture and engineering
Q35_soc_name==Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
Q35_soc_name==Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
Q35_soc_name==Business and financial operations
Q35_soc_name==Community and social service
Q35_soc_name==Computer and mathematical
Q35_soc_name==Construction and extraction
Q35_soc_name==Education, training, and library
Q35_soc_name==Farming, fishing, and forestry
Q35_soc_name==Food preparation and serving-related
Q35_soc_name==Healthcare practitioners and technical
Q35_soc_name==Healthcare support
Q35_soc_name==Installation, maintenance, and repair
Q35_soc_name==Legal
Q35_soc_name==Life, physical, and social science
Q35_soc_name==Management
Q35_soc_name==Office and administrative support
Q35_soc_name==Other (please specify) (Programmer: fill-in response; allow 100 ch
Q35_soc_name==Personal care and service
Q35_soc_name==Production
Q35_soc_name==Protective service
Q35_soc_name==Sales and related
Q35_soc_name==Transportation and material moving
Occupation is a professional role
Occupation is food preparation or personal services