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Identifiers / Employer

Variables descriptions

empyerid -- Employer Identifier

  • Type and length: Character(14)
  • Description: Unique identifier for an employer. Two different jobs with the same employer would have different employer ids. The format of this field is: PPPPPPPPPPPPJJ P - person identifier J - job identifier for the job with this employer
  • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND employed during the reference year
  • Range and codes:
    • 99999999999996 : Interim Processing Code
    • 99999999999997 : Don't Know
    • 99999999999998 : Refusal
    • 99999999999999 : Not Applicable