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Person file from Population Synthesizer

The population synthesizer generates a household file and this person file. Variables below in UPPER CASE are drawn directly from PUMS records; variables in lower case are derived from PUMS variables.

Name Definition Scale Join with …
HHID Unique household ID number Integer, any value All model files, synthetic population household file
PERID Unique person ID number Integer, any value Model files specific to persons and individual travel
AGE Person's age in years Integer, 0 and up
SEX Gender Integer, 1 - male; 2 - female
pemploy Employment status Integer, 1 - full-time worker; 2 - part-time worker; 3 - not in the labor force; 4 - student under 16
pstudent Student status Integer, 1 - pre-school through grade 12 student; 2 - university/professional school student; 3 - non-student
ptype Person type Integer, 1 - full-time worker; 2 - part-time worker; 3 - college student; 4 - non-working adult; 5 - retired; 6 - driving-age student; 7 - non-driving age student; 8 - child too young for school

Included in Travel Model 1.0 Files (Dropped from Travel Model 1.5 Files)

Name Definition Scale Join with …
RELATE Relationship to householder Integer, 1 - householder; 2 - husband/wife; 3 - natural born child; 4 - adopted child; 5 - step child; 6 - sibling; 7 - parent; 8 - grandchild; 9 - parent-in-law; 10 - son/daughter-in-law; 11 - other relative; 12 - brother/sister-in-law; 13 - nephew/niece; 14 - grandparent; 15 - uncle/aunt; 16 - cousin; 17 - roomer/boarder; 18 - housemate/roommate; 19 - unmarried partner; 20 - foster child; 21 - other nonrelative; 22 - institutionalized GQ person; 23 - non-institutionalized GQ person
ESR Employment status Integer, 0 - under sixteen; 1 - employed, at work; 2 - employed, with a job but not at work; 3 - unemployed; 4 - armed forces, at work; 5 - armed forces, with a job but not at work; 6 - not in labor force
GRADE Grade of students or children under 3 Integer, 0 - not a student; 1 - nursery school; 2 - kindergarten; 3 - grade 1 to 4; 4 - grade 5 to 8; 5 - grade 9 to 12; 6 - college undergraduate; 7 - graduate or professional school
PNUM Person number unique to the household Integer, 1 and up
PAUG Augmented (imputed data) person flag Integer, 0 - not augmented; 1 - augmented
DDP Data-defined (imputed data) person flag Integer, 0 - collected; 1 - imputed by edit; 2 - imputed by substitution
WEEKS Weeks worked in 1999 Integer, 0 to 52
HOURS Hours worked per week in 1999 Integer, 0 to 99
MSP Marital status Integer, 0 - N/A; 1 - Now married, spouse present; 2 - Now married, spouse absent; 3 - Widowed; 4 - Divorced; 5 - Separated; 6 - Never married
POVERTY Poverty status Real, 0 - unrelated children/military; >0 percentage of poverty rate, up to 500 percent
EARNS Personal income Integer, up to $325,000
pagecat Age category Integer, 0 - less than five; 1 - five to eleven; 2 - twelve to fifteen; 3 - sixteen and seventeen; 4 - eighteen to twenty-four; 5 - twenty-five to thirty-four; 6 - thirty-five to forty-nine; 7 - fifty to sixty-four; 8 - sixty-five to seventy-nine; 9 - eighty and older
padkid Person is adult kid living at home Integer, 1 - adult child at home; 2 - not adult child at home

-- Main.DavidOry - 07 Jun 2011

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