IPUMS Higher Ed: descr: EARN

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EARN

Total earned income before deductions in previous year (public use)

Name	Short	Long
NSCG	CG	National Survey of College Graduates (SESTAT version)
SDR	DR	Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SESTAT version)
NSRCG	RG	National Survey of Recent College Graduates (SESTAT version)
SDR-X	DR-X	Survey of Doctorate Recipients (full survey)
ISDR-X	ID-X	International Survey of Doctorate Recipients (full survey)

EARN is a 7-digit numeric variable.

10000 = Bottom code
150000 = Top code
9999999 = Missing

Description

EARN provides a public-use and top-coded version of the respondent's earnings before deductions for the year prior to the survey.

This variable is comparable across available years and surveys.