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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