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SAS Variable Name: CHFAM

Description:

Reason for changing employer or job: family-related reasons

Question:

Why did you change your employer or your job? (Marked "Family-related reasons (e.g., children, spouse's job moved)").

Domain:

1993

Changed employer and/or job between April 1988 and the week of April 15, 1993 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

1995

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 15, 1993 and April 15, 1995 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

1997

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 15, 1995 and April 15, 1997 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

1999

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 15, 1997 and April 15, 1999 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

2001

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 15, 1999 and April 15, 2001 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

2003

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 15, 2001 and October 1, 2003 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

2006

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of October 1, 2003 and April 1, 2006 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

2008

Changed employer and/or job between the weeks of April 1, 2006 and October 1, 2008 (working respondents in NSCG and SDR only)

Categorical Values:

• To view the table of 1993 Item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1995 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1997 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1999 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2001 NSRCG item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2001 SDR item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2003 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2006 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2008 item tallies, click here.

Survey Component Availability



Year	SESTAT Integrated Database		NSRCG		NSCG		SDR
	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use
1993	Available	Available	X	NF	NF	Available	Available	NF
1995	Available	Available	X	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
1997	Available	Available	X	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
1999	Available	X	X	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
2001	NF	NF	X	X	NS	NS	Available	X
2003	Available	X	X	X	Available	Available	Available	X
2006	X	Available	X	X	Available	NF	Available	X
2008	Available	X	X	X	Available	NF	Available	X

KEY:
Available = Variable is available
X = Variable was collected, but is not available on this file
S = Variable was not collected, but similar information is available in other files. Refer to Domain information.
NS = Survey not conducted
NF = This file was not created

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1993

NSCG: B10.e
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B10.e


1995


NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


1997


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): B03.e
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): B03.e

NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


1999


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): B03.e
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): B03.e

NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


2001


NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


2003


NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


2006


NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5


2008


NSCG: B03.5
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: B03.5

Quality and other technical information related to this item:

1993
Reinterview data showed moderate inconsistency for categories 'b', 'c', and 'd' and fairly reliable consistency for categories 'f' and 'g'. Prior to editing, nearly 40 percent of the NSCG mail respondents included an "other" category, compared with 5.6 percent of the SDR respondents. Although category 'g' ("laid off" or "job terminated") was intended to capture involuntary job departures, many respondents indicated an involuntary job departure in "other" (the company had been closed, sold, bought out, or gone bankrupt). Frequent "other" responses that were not back-coded included: (1) moved or relocated, (2) health (NSCG only), (3) job security (NSCG only), and (4) funding (SDR only).

This question asked respondents to mark a "yes" or "no" response for each of 9 different response categories. Some respondents only marked the "yes" responses, converting this into a "mark all that apply" question. Consequently, item nonresponse on the raw, unedited NSCG data was high, ranging from a high of 48 percent (the "other" category) to a low of 12.8 percent. This item had high item nonresponse (8.7 percent) for even the edited SDR mail data.


General
For the 1993 NSCG and SDR surveys, this question asked which factors affected the respondent's decision to make a job change, and was worded as follows: "Did these factors influence your decision to change employers or occupations between April 1988 and the week of April 15, 1993?"

Beginning with the 1995 NSCG and SDR surveys, the wording of the question was changed to: "Why did you change your employer or your job?"

Topic Areas associated with this data element:

D- Work History Related Data

EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES
EMPLOYMENT DUTIES
JOB
JOB ACTIVITIES
JOB DUTIES
PAST EMPLOYMENT
PAST JOB
PAST WORK
PROFESSION
WORK
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK DUTIES

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