Current Population Survey, August 2007: Veterans Supplement

The data contain seven weight variables: Household Weight -- HWHHWGT -- Used for tallying household characteristics.; Family Weight -- PWFMWGT -- Used only for tallying family characteristics.; Longitudinal Weight -- PWLGWGT -- Found only on adult records matched from month to month (used for gross flows analysis).; Outgoing Rotation Weight -- PWORWGT -- Used for tallying information collected only in outgoing rotations.; Final Weight -- PWSSWGT -- Used for most tabulations, controlled to independent estimates for (1) States; (2) Origin, Sex, and Age; and (3) Age, Race, and Sex. Used for tallying just labor force items.; Veterans Weight -- PWVETWGT -- Used to tally any estimates from the Veterans Supplement data whether or not basic labor force items were used. The veterans weight should also be used to tally any estimates for veterans and non-veterans from the basic CPS.; Composited Final Weight -- PWCMPWGT -- Used to create BLS's published labor force statistics.; Users are strongly encouraged to refer to the User Guide for detailed information on how to use the weights, as well as how they were derived.