Collecting Industry and Occupation Data Using the American Community Survey By Jennifer Cheeseman Day Presentation for Social Security Administration Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel May 5,

History of I& O Data Industry –first collected in 1820 census –continuous basis since 1910 Occupation –collected since 1850 census Class of worker –collected since 1910 census Questions describe the work activity and occupational experience of the American labor force. 2

I&O Data Uses: Government to formulate policy and programs for employment, career development and training to provide information on the occupational skills of the labor force in a given area to analyze career trends to help create estimates used in the allocation formulas or for eligibility criteria in many federal programs 3

I&O Data Uses: Businesses to measure compliance with antidiscrimination policies to decide where to locate new plants, stores, or offices to develop business plans to plan, budget, and pay benefits 4

I&O Data Uses: Researchers to analyze social and economic issues, such as –earnings inequality –labor force transitions –employment outcomes –returns to education 5

Examples of ACS I&O Data Uses National Science Foundation’s Survey of College Graduates –Uses 2009 ACS as sample based on field of degree and occupation EEO Special Tabulation –Equal Employment Opportunity Commission –Department of Justice – Civil Rights Division –Department of Labor – Office of Federal Contract Compliance –Office of Personnel Management 6

EEO Special Tabulation External benchmark for conducting comparisons between the racial, ethnic, and sex composition of each employer's workforce to its available labor market Used by organizations to develop and update their affirmative action plans 7

Surveys Using Census I & O Coding American Community Survey Current Population Survey Survey of Income and Program Participation American Time Use Survey National Crime Victimization Survey National Health Interview Survey New York City Housing Vacancy Survey National Survey of College Graduates 8

Edits Coding file for I&O Qualified coders Referralists QA Clerical coding Keyed from image (KFI) Data capture file Data capture Paper CATI CAPI Questionnaire completion (collection) ACS I & O Data Process 9

3 Modes of Data Collection Paper (mail out, mail back) Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI) Edits Coding CollectionCapture 10

ACS Paper Questionnaire 3 million addresses annually 5 demographic questions 21 housing questions 48 population questions –I&O Questions #

Everyone 15 and older who had a job during the past 5 years With a job last week –Only 1 job –Job with most hours If not working last week –Most recent job in past 5 years 12

ACS Questionnaire Class of Worker Item Class of worker categorizes people according to the type of ownership of the employing organization 13

ACS Questionnaire Industry Items Industry data describe the kind of business conducted by a person’s employing organization 3 industry questions 14

ACS Questionnaire Industry Type Check box Check box on industry type 15

ACS Questionnaire Occupation Items Occupation describes the kind of work a person does on the job 2 occupation questions 16

Data Capture at Jeffersonville, IN Edits Coding Capture Collection 17

Data Capture from Questionnaires Envelope check-in Form reviewed for cleanliness Forms’ spines guillotined Form scanned and image saved Written text keyed from image 18

Creation of Data Capture File About 45 keyers daily at National Processing Center Truncate write-ins to 60 characters for I&O items Illegal value responses identified 19

Data Capture File Age Sex Date of birth Educational attainment Class of worker checkbox Armed forces checkbox Employer name write-in Kind of business write-in Industry type checkbox Kind of work write-in Duties write-in Geographical information 20

Example of Write-ins 21 Industry Write-in (INW3)Occupation Write-in (OCW1) BANKASSISTANT VP LOAN DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANYPROJECT MANAGER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTERBRIDGE CARPENTER CROP CATTLE FARMALL JOBS THAT NEEDED DOING UNIVESITY HIGHER EDUCATIONASSISTANT DEAN/ADMINISTRATION CHILED CAREBBOSS PROPERTY MANAGEMENTPROPERTY MANAGER MEAT PROCESSING BOWLING ALLEY- SNACK BARNIGHT SUPERVISOR FOR SNACK BAR STEEL BRIDGE FABRICATORMACHINE PROGRAMMER-LAYOUT HIGH SCHOOLCOUNSELOR NON-PROFIT LAW FIRMATTORNEY UNIVERSIDADAYUDANTE DE PROGRAMA P E A N EDUCATIONINSTRUTOR OF ENGLISH RESTAURANTCOOK PIZZAHE MAKES PIZZAS BURYING PEOPLEI BURY THE DEAD MILITARYRADIO MAINTENANCE GOVERNMENTD

I & O Coding All ACS I&O coding is computer assisted clerical coding Over 200,000 ACS cases per month Batches of 100 cases at a time Capture Edits Coding Collection 22

Coding Process Qualified & unqualified coder Dependent verifier Referralist Quality assurance 23

I&O Coding System Industry, occupation, or military Index Industry code Occupation code 24

Census I&O Codes Unique set of codes for household surveys Collectability – observable detail on write-in Degree of aggregation varies by sector or major group Updated with NAICS and SOC changes 25

Industry Codes Census industry codes based on NAICS Covers all 20 sectors Classified based on NAICS two-digit through six-digit codes 269 Census industry codes NAICS Manual-Industry 26

Industry Code Crosswalk (excerpt) 27

Occupation Codes Census occupation codes based on SOC Covers all 23 major occupational groups Classification detail based on SOC two-digit through six-digit codes 539 Census occupation codes SOC Manual-Occupation 28

Occupation Code Crosswalk (excerpt) 29

Coding Indexes 30

Edits: Universe Check Capture Coding Edits Collection For each person record: Age > 15 Worked in past 5 years 31

Incomplete Data: Logical Edits Incomplete entries can be corrected using the Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations 32

Incomplete Data: Assignment from Donors Used to fill missing item when –missing code for industry, occupation, class of worker item –All labor force and income data are blank, all of these economic questions are assigned from a “similar” person who had provided all these data Donor respondent -- a “similar” person based on characteristics such as age, sex, educational attainment, income, employment status, and weeks worked 33

Consistency Check Evaluates consistency among all of the labor force, education, and income data IndustryOccupation Class of worker Education Labor force status Earnings 34

Example of an Edit: Occupation = Lawyers Where AGE > 15 and EMPLOYED and OCCUPATION CODE is “Lawyers” EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT < Master’s degree and INCOME per Week is less than $930 Make OCCUPATIONAL CODE = “Paralegals and legal assistants” 35

Data Products 36

More Information Census Occupation website: – Industry and Occupation Statistics branch –Telephone: –Telephone: