Current Population Survey, March/April 2002 Match File: Child Support

Information for this file was collected for Current Population Surveys in March and April, 2002. The March portion of this file, also known as the Annual Demographic File, provides the usual monthly labor force data, as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive work experience information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons aged 15 and over, as well as data concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason for not working full time, total income and income components, and residence on March 1, 2002. This file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided group health insurance and pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. Also included are demographic characteristics such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Hispanic origin for each person in the household. The April portion of this file, the child support supplement, contains responses from all persons aged 15 and over, with children present in the household.

本数据集的相关信息采集自2002年3月与4月的当前人口调查（Current Population Surveys）。该文件的3月部分又称年度人口特征档案文件（Annual Demographic File），既提供常规月度劳动力统计数据，也涵盖工作经历、收入、非现金福利与人口迁移等补充调查内容。针对15岁及以上人群，该部分包含全面的工作经历相关信息，涵盖就业状态、职业与行业类别，同时收录工作周数、每周工作时长、非全职就业原因、总收入及收入构成项，以及2002年3月1日的居住住址等统计数据。本文件还包含九类非现金收入来源的相关数据：食品券、学校午餐计划、雇主提供的团体健康保险与养老金计划、个人健康保险、医疗补助计划（Medicaid）、医疗保险（Medicare）、军民医疗保健计划（CHAMPUS）或军队医疗服务，以及能源补助。此外，还收录了家庭内每位成员的人口统计特征，包括年龄、性别、种族、家庭亲属关系及西班牙裔族裔身份。本文件的4月部分为子女抚养补充调查模块，采集了所有家中有子女的15岁及以上人群的回复数据。