Measuring Essential/Frontline Work Using PSID

This project (5U01AG079065-02) was funded to examine experiences of
health and economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic across generations
of American families and how families responded to these challenges. To do so
requires knowledge of each family member’s characteristics and the contexts
they experienced over the pandemic. Accordingly, we create a unique dataset
that enhances the rich population-representative panel data in the Health
and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Panel Study of Income
Dynamics (PSID) by linking comprehensive contextual data to
multiple life domains of each generation. This repository provides information
and codes for measuring essential work-related status of couples (both
partners) using their occupation and industry data, using the PSID. Researchers
can utilize these measures across various datasets that include occupation and
industry data. We have included occupation/industry crosswalks for this
purpose.

本项目（5U01AG079065-02）旨在研究跨代美国家庭在COVID-19疫情期间面临的健康与经济挑战，以及这些家庭如何应对此类挑战。为此，需了解每个家庭成员的特征及其在疫情期间所处的环境。因此，我们构建了一个独特的数据集——通过将全面的环境数据与每一代的多个生活领域相链接，该数据集增强了健康与退休研究（Health and Retirement Study, HRS）和收入动态面板研究（Panel Study of Income Dynamics, PSID）中丰富的、具有人口代表性的面板数据。本仓库提供了利用PSID中的职业和行业数据衡量夫妻（双方）关键工作相关状态的信息与代码。研究人员可在包含职业和行业数据的各类数据集中使用这些衡量指标。我们已为此纳入职业/行业对照表（crosswalks）。