EM1

The next questions are about your work history. Please think about the first year you worked for six months or more at a paid job, whether it was full-time or part-time. How old were you at that time? (Your best estimate is fine.)

IF VOL: 'NEVER WORKED', CODE '997'

IF VOL: 'NEVER WORKED SIX MONTHS', CODE '996'

 
EM2

Starting from the year you first worked for six months or more, and continuing up to the present, how many years were you employed at least six months out of the year? Count all years when you worked part-time or full-time at least half the year. (Your best estimate is fine.)

IF VOL 'NEVER WORKED SIX MONTHS,' CODE '996'

IF VOL 'NEVER WORKED,' CODE '997'

 
EM3

Of those years when you were employed for at least half the year, how many years were you employed 35 hours or more per week for six months or more? (Your best estimate fine.)

 
EM4a

From the year you first worked at least six months, counting up to the present time, what was the single longest period of time you were not working for pay at all, excluding any time you were a full-time student or were retired?

IF NONE, ENTER '97'

FIRST ENTER THE NUMBER

 
EM4b

ENTER THE UNIT OF TIME

1 DAYS

2 WEEKS

3 MONTHS

4 YEARS

 
EM6

What was the main reason you were not working during that longest period?

DO NOT READ LIST. CHECK ALL MENTIONS

 
EM6

What was the main reason you were not working during that longest period?

DO NOT READ LIST. CHECK ALL MENTIONS

 
EM6

What was the main reason you were not working during that longest period?

DO NOT READ LIST. CHECK ALL MENTIONS

 
EM6

What was the main reason you were not working during that longest period?

DO NOT READ LIST. CHECK ALL MENTIONS

 
EM6

What was the main reason you were not working during that longest period?

DO NOT READ LIST. CHECK ALL MENTIONS

 
EM7_1

What about your current employment situation -- are you working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student, or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL MENTIONS, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS

 
EM7_1

What about your current employment situation -- are you working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student, or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL MENTIONS, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS

 
EM7_1

What about your current employment situation -- are you working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student, or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL MENTIONS, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS

 
EM7_1

What about your current employment situation -- are you working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student, or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL MENTIONS, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS

 
EM7a

In the past 12 months, how many weeks did you spend in each of the following work situations? (There are 52 weeks in a year.)

First, how many weeks did you work either for pay or profit, whether part-time or full-time, including time spent on paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid maternity leave, or other paid leave?

 
EM7b

How many weeks were you not working because you were on unpaid leave, such as unpaid sick leave, disability leave, maternity leave, or something else?

 
EM7c

How many weeks were you unemployed and looking for a job?

 
EM7d

How many weeks were you not working at a paid job and not actively looking for work--for example, you were retired, disabled, a student, or at home caring for children?

 
EM7e

Last week did you do any work for either pay or profit?

1 YES

5 NO

6 (IF VOL) RETIRED

7 (IF VOL) DISABLED

8 (IF VOL) UNABLE TO WORK

 
EM7f

Does your disability prevent you from accepting any kind of work during the next six months?

 
EM7h

Last week, were you employed either for pay or profit either full or part time? Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.

 
EM7i

Does your disability prevent you from accepting any kind of work during the next six months?

 
EM7j

Do you have a disability that prevents you from accepting any kind of work during the next six months?

 
EM7k

What was the reason you were absent from work last week?

 
INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT: (SEE *EM1, *EM2, *EM7e, *EM7h, *EM8)

 
EM10

Is the disability due to a physical disorder, an emotional disorder, or a combination of physical and emotional?

 
EM10_1a

How much longer do you expect this (illness/disability) to keep you from being able to work?

FIRST ENTER THE NUMBER

ENTER 996 FOR 'PERMANENT'

 
EM10_1b

How much longer do you expect this (illness/disability) to keep you from being able to work?

ENTER THE UNIT OF TIME

1 DAYS

2 WEEKS

3 MONTHS

4 YEARS

 
EM11

Are you doing any work for pay at the present time?

IF NEC CLARIFY: 'Work for pay includes self-employment.'

 
EM12a

How long has it been since the last time you worked?

FIRST ENTER THE NUMBER

(IF VOL) CURRENTLY WORK CODE: 997

 
EM12b

ENTER THE UNIT OF TIME

1 DAYS

2 WEEKS

3 MONTHS

4 YEARS

 
EM13

INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT: (SEE *EM7_1)

 
EM14

Why did you leave your last job--were you fired or laid off, did the company close down, did you quit, choose to retire, or did something else happen?

CHECK ALL MENTIONS. DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS.

 
EM14

Why did you leave your last job--were you fired or laid off, did the company close down, did you quit, choose to retire, or did something else happen?

CHECK ALL MENTIONS. DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS.

 
EM15

What kind of work do you normally do? That is, what is your job called? (IF NEC: Tell me what are some of your main duties.)

IF MORE THAN ONE JOB, DESCRIBE THE ONE AT WHICH THE RESPONDENT WORKED THE MOST HOURS. RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE IN AN F2 REMARK AND SELECT JOB CATEGORY BELOW THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES. SEE EXAMPLES OF MAIN OCCUPATION CATEGORIES, TYPE NUMBER OF MAIN HEADING FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD. (E.G. '4.')

 
EM16

What kind of place do you work for? What do they (make/do)? / What kind of place is your business? What do you (make/do)?

IF MORE THAN ONE JOB, DESCRIBE THE ONE AT WHICH THE RESPONDENT WORKED THE MOST HOURS. RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE IN AN F2 REMARK AND SELECT AN INDUSTRY CATEGORY BELOW THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES.

 
EM17

About how many hours do you work for pay in an average week? (Your best estimate is fine.)

IF NEC: Work for pay includes self-employment

IF NEC: Please tell me how many hours you work, if it is different from how many hours you are paid for.

IF LESS THAN ONE HOUR PER WEEK, ENTER '97'

 
EM18

Thinking about the last job you had [(from which you retired)], did you have an employer on that job or were you self-employed?

1 SELF-EMPLOYED

2 NOT SELF-EMPLOYED

 
EM19

What kind of work did you do? That is, what was your job called? [Tell me what were some of your main duties?]

IF MORE THAN ONE JOB, DESCRIBE THE ONE AT WHICH THE RESPONDENT WORKED THE MOST HOURS. RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE IN AN F2 REMARK AND SELECT JOB CATEGORY BELOW THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES. SEE EXAMPLES OF MAIN OCCUPATION CATEGORIES, TYPE NUMBER OF MAIN HEADING FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD. (E.G. '4.')

 
EM20

What kind of place did you work for? What did they make or do? / What kind of place was your business? What did you make or do?

IF MORE THAN ONE JOB, DESCRIBE THE ONE AT WHICH THE RESPONDENT WORKED THE MOST HOURS. RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE IN AN F2 REMARK AND SELECT AN INDUSTRY CATEGORY BELOW THAT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES.

 
EM21

INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT: (SEE *EM7_1)

 
EM22

Do you have any problems with your physical or emotional health that would prevent you from working for pay if you wanted to?

 
EM22a

Is this a physical health problem, an emotional problem, or a combination of physical and emotional?

 
EM23

Are you limited in the kind or amount of work you can do because of any problems with your physical or emotional health?

 
EM23a

Is this a physical health problem, an emotional problem, or a combination of physical and emotional?

 
EM23b

On a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents no money at all and 100 represents the amount of money you could expect to earn if you had no health problems, what number describes how much a person with your health, education, and training could expect to earn if they tried to get a job? You can use any number between 0 and 100 to answer.

(IF R VOL: 'SOMEONE IN MY HEALTH COULD NOT GET A JOB', CODE THE RESPONSE '997').

 
EM24

How many full days of work did you miss in the last 30 days?

 
EM25

Did you miss that one day because of problems with your own health, the health of someone else, or for some other reason?

RECORD ALL MENTIONS

1 R S OWN HEALTH

2 HEALTH OF SOMEONE ELSE

3 SOME OTHER REASON

 
EM25

Did you miss that one day because of problems with your own health, the health of someone else, or for some other reason?

RECORD ALL MENTIONS

 
EM26

How many of these days did you miss because of problems with your own health?

 
EM27

(Not counting full days you missed work,) How many days in the past 30 did you either come in late for work or go home early?

 
EM28

How many hours of work did you miss on that day?

 
EM29

Did you miss this time because of problems with your own health, the health of someone else, or for some other reason?

RECORD ALL MENTIONS

1 R S OWN HEALTH

2 HEALTH OF SOMEONE ELSE

3 SOME OTHER REASON

 
EM29

Did you miss this time because of problems with your own health, the health of someone else, or for some other reason?

RECORD ALL MENTIONS

 
EM30

On average, about how many hours of work did you miss on each of those days?

 
EM31

How many of those days was your reduced time at work because of problems with your own health?

 
EM32

How many days in the past 30 did you either come in early, work late, or work on your day off in order to catch up on your work?

 
EM34

How many extra hours of work did you put in that day?

 
EM35

Altogether, about how many extra hours of work did you put in on those days combined?

 
EM36a

(RB, PG 53)

The next questions are about the time you spent at work over the past 30 days. Looking at page 53 in your booklet, how often during that time did you have each of the following experiences:

How often was your speed of work or productivity higher than expected?

(IF NEC: All of the time, most, some, a little, or none of the time?)

1 ALL

2 MOST

3 SOME

4 A LITTLE

5 NONE

 
EM36b

How often was your speed of work or productivity lower than expected?

 
EM36c

How often did you do no work at times when you were supposed to be working?

 
EM36d

How often did you find yourself not working as carefully as you should?

 
EM36e

How often was the quality of your work lower than expected?

 
EM36f

How often did you find yourself daydreaming and not concentrating on your work?

 
EM36g

How often did you have trouble getting along with others at work?

 
EM36h

How often did you have difficulty controlling your emotions when you were around people at work?

 
EM36i

How much of the time did you avoid interactions with others at work?

 
EM36j

During the time you were at work in the past 30 days, how often did health problems limit you in the kind or amount of work you could do compared to usual?

 
EM37

(RB, PG 54)

On the scale from 0-to-10 on page 54 in your booklet, where 0 is the worst job performance anyone could have at your job and 10 is the performance of a top worker, what number describes your overall job performance on the days you worked during the past 30 days?

DOES NOT APPLY 97

 
EM38

Using the same 0-to-10 scale, how would you rate your usual job performance over the past year or two?

DOES NOT APPLY 97

 
EM39

How would you rate the usual performance of most workers on your job using the same 0-to-10 scale?

DOES NOT APPLY 97

 
EM40

Did you experience any special work success or achievement at any time during the past 30 days?

1 YES

5 NO

 
EM41

Did you have any special work failure at any time during the past 30 days?

 
EM42

Did you make any big mistake at work at during the past 30 days that either caused an accident or that created a safety risk for yourself or for others?

 
EM43

Do you directly supervise anyone on your job?

 
EM43a

How many people do you directly supervise?

 
EM44a

(RB, PG 54)

Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 0?

 
EM44b

(RB, PG 54) (Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?)

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 2?

 
EM44c

(RB, PG 54) (Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?)

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 4?

 
EM44d

(RB, PG 54) (Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?)

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 6?

 
EM44e

(RB, PG 54) (Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?)

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 8?

 
EM44f

(RB, PG 54) (Think back to the 0-to-10 scale that you used to describe your own work performance. Imagine that you supervised 6 people who, on that same scale, had ranks of 0,2,4,6,8, and 10. Imagine also that you had $600 to pay these people altogether for one day of work and that you could pay them according to their relative values. You could give each worker as little or as much as you wanted, but the total must add up to $600. How would you distribute the $600 among the six workers?)

How much would you give to the worker with a score of 10?

 
SE2

The next questions are about your [(spouse/partner)]. How many years of school has your [(spouse/partner)] completed?

IF NEC PROBE: 'What is your best estimate?'

 
SE4

What is your [(spouse's/partner's)] current employment status? Is [(he/she)] working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL THAT APPLY, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS

1 EMPLOYED

2 SELF-EMPLOYED

3 RETIRED

4 HOMEMAKER

5 STUDENT

6 OTHER

97 (IF VOL) NEVER WORKED

 
SE4

What is your [(spouse's/partner's)] current employment status? Is [(he/she)] working now for pay, self-employed, looking for work, disabled, temporarily laid off, retired, a homemaker, a full-time or part-time student or something else?

DO NOT READ LIST, CHECK ALL THAT APPLY, DO NOT PROBE FOR OTHERS