Methodology and Documentation
Details of March Income Supplement Sample Increase
2002 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy (PDF format)
2001 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy
2000 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy Statement
1999 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy Statement
1998 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy
1997 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy
1996 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Questions
Interviewers
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Since September 1995)
Making Estimates
Producing Summary Statistics
Universe Tables
Estimating Sampling Errors
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy Statement
1995 Methodology and Documentation
Methodology Overview
Sampling and Weighting
Sampling
Weighting
Data Collection
Description
Questions
Interviewers
Reviewing and Revising the Data (Same as Basic)
Description
Imputation of Unreported Data Items
Industry Classification
Occupation Classification
Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings
Geographic Coding: World Countries
Geographic Coding: Metro Areas (Valid prior to September 1995)
Making Estimates
Producing Summary Statistics
Universe Tables
Estimating Sampling Errors
Data Quality
Source and Accuracy
1994 Methodology and Documentation
Source and Accuracy
1993 Methodology and Documentation
Source and Accuracy
1992 Methodology and Documentation
Source and Accuracy
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