Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 1 | Emp1 | 482 | At the time of the injury, what was your primary employment status? | 2004-04-01 - Variable Added |
Form 2 | Emp1F | 669 | What is your current employment status? | 2004-04-01 - Variable Added |
EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Definition
Form 1
The purpose of the preinjury employment variables is to record the extent to which participants were engaging in productive work and, also, their personal earning power [Earn] at the time of injury. Whether employment was legal or illegal is not relevant to coding any of the employment variables. (But see NOTE below about collecting information about illegal employment.)
Code employment status in the month prior to injury.
Determine primary employment status using the following prioritization, regardless of the number of hours worked: competitive employment, degree-oriented education, taking care of house or family, job-directed/on-the-job training, supported employment, sheltered employment, non-directed coursework, volunteer work, retirement (age-related), retirement (disability-related), and no productive activity.
Form 2
Code employment status at the time of the follow-up.
Employment Status Codes
2- Full Time Student Regular class
3 - Part Time Student Regular class
5 - Competitively Employed Minimum wage or greater, legal or illegal employment, *includes on leave with pay - not related to index injury.
8 - Special Employed Sheltered workshop, supportive employment, has job coach
10 - Unemployed: Looking Looking for work in the 4 weeks prior to injury
13 - Unemployed: Not looking Not looking for work in 4 weeks prior to injury for any reason
14 - Hospitalized Without Pay During Most of 4 Weeks Prior to Injury During Most of 4 Weeks Prior to Injury
Form
[X] Form 1
[X] Form 2
Source
Form 1 - Pre-Injury History (participant or proxy)
Form 2 - Interview, Mail-out (participant or proxy)
Details
Competitive Employment is employment for which an individual is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals who are not disabled.
If patient is in the hospital at the time of follow-up, employment status is that status existing at the time of admission to the hospital.
If participant is employed for only part of the month prior to the injury, code employment status as during the majority of the work days during that month.
If participant has been hired but has not yet started work, they should NOT be coded as competitively employed.
Students - Code student as full-time or part-time based on self-report.
- If participant is a student at the time of injury, but has not gone back to school yet at time of follow-up, they are still considered a student.
- If participant is not a student at the time of injury, but is planning on attending school, they should NOT be considered a student.
- If participant is regularly attending GED classes and not working, code Employment Status as “3-Part Time Student”.
Special Employment
- If participant returns to previous job, but is unable to complete all the duties they previously were responsible for without the assistance of others, code as ‘08 - Special Employment (sheltered workshop, supportive employment, has job coach)’.
Retirement
- Code “9 - Retired: Age-related” if respondent indicates that retirement was due to age (use respondent’s definition).
- If participant reports retiring due to fatigue (presumably “Retired: Disability” due to the brain injury) and due to the job not being the kind of work they were trained to do (ie “Retired: Other”), code according to the coding priority. The coding priority lists “Retired: Disability” but does not list “Retired: Other”, so “retired, disability” is the higher priority and is the correct code.
- The term “retired” can be used even if there has never been any competitive employment, so that based on age, one may consider themselves as retired.
Illegal Employment
- Competitive employment includes work that is illegal (e.g., selling drugs) as well as illegally engaging in legal work (e.g., non-citizens doing construction work without proper work authorization documentation).
- Do not ask the respondent if employment at the time of injury was legal or illegal. That distinction is not needed for any of the employment questions. If in the course of the interview you learn that some or all employment was illegal, continue asking the employment questions as long as providing that information does not become uncomfortable for the respondent and would therefore risk jeopardizing the rest of the interview.
Military
- Active Duty soldiers who have not yet returned to work should be coded as “13 - Unemployed: Not Looking”, and the rest of the employment variables as “NA - No competitive employment”.
Other
- Competitive sub-minimum wage employment such as baby-sitting, newspaper delivery, and piecework should be coded “55 - Other.”
- If participant works in a foreign country, assume wage is not sub-minimum unless there is information to the contrary.
- Worker’s compensation and temporary disability should both be coded “55-Other”.
- Participants who are working in a “trial job” through workers compensation and not receiving any separate payment should be coded as “55 - Other”.
Characteristics
Starting 7/1/01, data are entered into a new field that uses the additional coding categories implemented on 7/1/01. The old field has been retained in the database. Data for all cases is available in the calculated variable “EMPLOYMENT”, which merges these two fields.
*As of 1/1/06, all cases with “77” were recoded as “55”, in order to allow “77” to be used for “refused”.
Variables
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
482 | 2 | Full Time Student ( Regular class ) |
482 | 3 | Part Time Student ( Regular class ) |
482 | 4 | Special Education / Other Non-Regular Education |
482 | 5 | Competitively Employed ( Minimum wage or greater, legal or illegal employment, *includes on leave with pay - not related to index injury. ) |
482 | 7 | Taking Care of House or Family |
482 | 8 | Special Employed ( Sheltered workshop, supportive employment, has job coach ) |
482 | 9 | Retired: Age-related |
482 | 10 | Unemployed: Looking ( Looking for work in the 4 weeks prior to injury ) |
482 | 11 | Volunteer Work |
482 | 12 | Retired: Disability |
482 | 13 | Unemployed: Not looking ( Not looking for work in 4 weeks prior to injury for any reason ) |
482 | 14 | Hospitalized Without Pay During Most of 4 Weeks Prior to Injury ( During Most of 4 Weeks Prior to Injury ) |
482 | 15 | Retired: Other |
482 | 16 | On Leave From Work: Not receiving pay |
482 | 55 | Other |
482 | 666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
482 | 777 | Refused |
482 | 888 | Not Applicable |
482 | 999 | Unknown |
669 | 2 | Full Time Student ( Regular class ) |
669 | 3 | Part Time Student ( Regular class ) |
669 | 4 | Special Education / Other Non-Regular Education |
669 | 5 | Competitively Employed ( Minimum wage or greater, legal or illegal employment, *includes on leave with pay not due to index injury ) |
669 | 7 | Taking Care of House or Family |
669 | 8 | Special Employed ( Sheltered workshop, supportive employment, has job coach ) |
669 | 9 | Retired: Age-related |
669 | 10 | Unemployed: Looking ( Looking for work in the last 4 weeks ) |
669 | 11 | Volunteer Work |
669 | 12 | Retired: Disability |
669 | 13 | Unemployed: Not Looking ( Not looking for work in last 4 weeks for any reason ) |
669 | 14 | Hospitalized Without Pay ( Not looking for work in the last 4 weeks ) |
669 | 15 | Retired: Other |
669 | 16 | On Leave from Work: Not receiving pay ( Not receiving pay ) |
669 | 17 | Medical leave with pay or Workers Comp ( Due to initial index injury ) |
669 | 55 | Other |
669 | 666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
669 | 777 | Refused |
669 | 999 | Unknown |
History
Date | Description |
|---|---|
1994-08-19 | Deleted NOTE : regarding collecting data from subject and SO. |
1994-08-19 | Added CODE : "88 - Not Applicable: No Secondary Employment Status " |
1999-10-01 | Changed CODE : added "has job coach" to code "8 - Special Employed". |
1999-10-01 | Added NOTE : to prioritize employment status if more than one. |
2001-07-01 | Changed DEFINITION : replaced "at annual evaluation" with "in the month prior to the annual evaluation". |
2001-07-01 | Changed CODE : replaced "7 - Homemaker" with "7 - Taking care of house or family". |
2001-07-01 | Changed CODE : "(looking for work in the last 4 weeks)" to definition of "10 - Unemployed: Looking". |
2001-07-01 | Added CODE : "12 - Retired: Disability". |
2001-07-01 | Added CODE : "13 - Unemployed (not looking for work in the last 4 weeks)". |
2001-07-01 | Added CODE : "14 - Hospitalized Without Pay (during most of the last 4 weeks)". |
2001-07-01 | Added CODE : "15 - Retired : Other". |
2001-07-01 | Deleted NOTE : source of income support for disability as a criterion for classification. |
2001-07-01 | Changed NOTE : revised the prioritization list as follows: "taking care of house or family" replaces "home management (homemaker)", "job-directed/on-the-job training" reverses position with "supported employment", "volunteer work" replaces "volunteer activity", "retirement (age-related), retirement (disability-related)" replaces "active leisure/retirement, disability-related retirement". |
2001-07-01 | Added NOTE : that for the code"9 - Retired: Age-related", accept the respondent's statement as to whether age was the cause of retirement. |
2002-04-01 | Changed CODE (EmpWk, EmpWkF) : added “not competitively employed during prior year” to code “88 - NA”. |
2002-07-01 | Added NOTE : about minimum wage in foreign country. |
2002-07-01 | Added NOTE : about coding if did not work all days in prior month. |
2002-07-01 | Changed CODE (EmpWkF) : changed code 88 from "not competitively employed" to "no competitive employment in the last year". |
2003-01-01 | Added NOTE : to use priority list to determine primary status, regardless of hours worked. |
2003-10-01 | Changed DEFINITION : an instruction to use the priority list to determine primary and secondary, if more than two employment statuses. |
2003-10-01 | Added NOTE : to code as employed if hired prior to evaluation but has not yet started work. |
2004-01-01 | Added NOTE : to code education as full-time or part-time based on self-report. |
2004-07-01 | Changed CODES : Replaced "4 weeks prior to injury" with "last 4 weeks" for descriptions of employment status "10 - Unemployed: Looking", "13 -Unemployed: Not looking", "14 - Hospitalized Without Pay". |
2004-07-01 | Changed NOTE (EmpWk, EmpWkF) : changed time period from "since the last evaluation" to "in the last year" |
2004-12-03 | Added NOTE : if participant reports retiring due to fatigue how to code. |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : definition of illegal employment. |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : appropriate strategy to use in collecting information if employment was illegal. |
2006-01-01 | Added CODE: "16 - on leave from work not receiving pay". |
2006-01-01 | Changed CODE : added "includes on leave with pay" to code "5 - Competitively Employed" |
2006-01-01 | Changed CODE : "77 - Other" to " 55 - Other" |
2006-01-01 | Added CODE : "77 - Refused". |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : to code "99 - Unknown" if data collector does not ask because employment was illegal. |
2006-06-26 | Added NOTE : if participant has been hired but has not yet started work, they should NOT be coded as competitively employed. |
2008-04-01 | Added NOTE: If a person has been hired but has not yet started work, they should NOT be coded as competitively employed. |
2008-06-28 | Added NOTE: if participant returns to previous job, but is unable to complete all the duties they previously were responsible for without the assistance of others, code as '08 - Special Employment (sheltered workshop, supportive employment, has job coach)'. |
2009-03-03 | Added NOTE: if participant is not working, but regularly attending GED classes, code Employment Status as "3-Part Time Student". |
2009-04-01 | Deleted NOTE : If participant is in jail, code "55 - Other". |
2009-08-18 | Added NOTE: participants who are working in a "trial job" through workers compensation and not receiving any separate payment should be coded as "other". |
2011-05-18 | Added NOTE : if participant is not a student at the time of injury but planning to attend school, code as a non-student. |
2013-01-01 | Added NOTE (EmpWk, EmpWkF) : about coding infrequent employment. |
2014-10-01 | Added NOTE: Worker's compensation and temporary disability should both be coded "55-Other". |
2014-10-01 | Added NOTE (EmpWk, EmpWkF) : Weeks worked should be calculated by multiplying the number of months by 4. |
2016-01-15 | Added CODE Form 2 : "17 - Medical leave with pay or Workers Comp (Due to intitial index injury)". |
2016-01-15 | Changed CODE : added "not due to index injury" to "5 - Competitively Employed". |
2016-01-15 | Added NOTE: If on medical leave with pay or Worker's Compensation due to initial TBI, then code as "17 - Medical Leave with pay or Worker's Compensation". |
2016-09-30 | Added NOTE : the term “retired” can be used even if there has never been any competitive employment, so that based on age, one may consider themselves as retired. |
2020-09-30 | Added NOTE : Competitive Employment is employment for which an individual is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals who are not disabled. |
2021-12-23 | Added Instruction to Form 1 Data Entry : "Determine status using the following prioritization, regardless of the number of hours worked: competitive employment, degree-oriented education, taking care of house or family, job-directed/on-the-job training, supported employment, sheltered employment, non-directed coursework, volunteer work, retirement (age-related), retirement (disability-related), and no productive activity." (This was already on Form 2) |
2023-01-15 | Removed NOTES: references to coding secondary employment were removed. |
EMPLOYMENT - CALCULATED
Variables
Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 1 | EMPLOYMENT | 484 | At time of injury, what was your employment status? | 1989-10-01 - Variable Added |
Form 2 | DAYSTo1stEmpF | 617 | Days From Injury to Employment | 1989-10-01 - Variable Added |
Form 2 | EMPLOYMENTF | 672 | Employment Followup | 1989-10-01 - Variable Added |
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
484 | 2 | Full Time Student |
484 | 3 | Part Time Student |
484 | 4 | Special Education/Other Non-Regular Education |
484 | 5 | Competitively Employed |
484 | 7 | Taking Care of House or Family |
484 | 8 | Special Employed |
484 | 9 | Retired |
484 | 10 | Unemployed |
484 | 11 | Volunteer |
484 | 12 | Other |
484 | 888 | Not Applicable |
484 | 999 | Unknown |
617 | 66666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
617 | 77777 | Refused |
617 | 88888 | No Competitive Employment Since Injury |
617 | 88899 | Began Competitive Employment in Prior Follow-up Year |
617 | 99999 | Unknown When Competitive Employment Began |
672 | 2 | Full Time Student |
672 | 3 | Part Time Student |
672 | 4 | Special Education / Other Non-Regular Education |
672 | 5 | Competitively Employed |
672 | 7 | Taking Care of House or Family |
672 | 8 | Special Employed |
672 | 9 | Retired |
672 | 10 | Unemployed |
672 | 11 | Volunteer Work |
672 | 12 | Other |
672 | 888 | Not Applicable |
672 | 999 | Unknown |
History
No history found for the Domain.
FIRST EMPLOYMENT
Definition
Date the person with brain injury began competitive employment after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. Includes illegal employment (see Employment Status [EMPFirstF] for more information and for data collection instructions).
Form
[ ] Form 1
[X] Form 2
Source
Form 2 - Interview, Mail-out (participant or proxy)
Details
The first day of work in which reimbursement was at or above the minimum wage.
If the exact date is unknown, estimate to the nearest half-month and code the day in the middle of that half month.
Length of employment does not matter (e.g., employed for 1 day counts).
If on disability payments and return to work, count this as the first day (if competitive).
Ask this question if the participant has been competitively employed since the last evaluation even if not currently competitively employed.
If participant has been hired but has not begun work, code as “08/08/8888 - Not Applicable: No post-injury competitive employment”.
Variables
Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 2 | EmpFirstF | 670 | When did you start working in a regular job following your injury? (If no post-injury employment, code as | 2001-07-01 - Variable Added |
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
670 | 06/06/6666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
670 | 07/07/7777 | Refused |
670 | 08/08/8888 | Not Applicable: No post-injury competitive employment |
670 | 08/08/8899 | Not Applicable: Competitive employment reported at prior evaluation |
670 | 09/09/9999 | Unknown |
History
Date | Description |
|---|---|
2002-07-01 | Changed CODE : "08/08/8888" from “not competitively employed” to ”no post-injury competitive employment”. |
2002-07-01 | Added NOTE : ask this question even if participant is not currently competitively employed. |
2006-01-01 | Added DEFINITION : that this includes illegal employment. |
2006-01-01 | Added CODE : "07/07/7777 = Refused" |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : code "09/09/9999 - Unknown" if data collector does not ask question because first employment was illegal (or may have been). |
2006-01-01 | DELETED NOTE : to exclude illegal employment. |
OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY
Definition
OCC - The major census occupational category in which the patient’s occupation is included for his/her primary occupation in the year prior to injury.
OCCF - The major census occupational category in which the patient’s occupation is included for his/her primary occupation in the month prior to follow-up evaluation.
Instructions from Bureau of Census for collecting this information appear to not distinguish legal from illegal employment. The TBIMS Data Committee clarified that illegal employment is to be included (to take effect 1/1/06). See Employment Status for more information and for data collection instructions.
Form
[X] Form 1
[X] Form 2
Source
Form 1 - Pre-Injury History (participant or proxy)
Form 2 - Interview, Mail-out (participant or proxy)
Details
Form 2 - Code only if Employment Status is coded “05 - Competitively Employed” or “08 - Special Employed” for either the primary or secondary occupation. Otherwise this variable must be coded “888 - Not Applicable.”
Code the patient’s primary occupation. For a list of the specific occupations in each coding category, see the “1990 Census of Population Occupational Classification System”, pages 9-22 of this document: See External Link. For instructions using this document see External Links.
Classification Principles listed in the Standard Occupational Classification User Guide may be followed to assist in coding occupational categories. Newer Standard Occupational Classifications may also be used to help categorize occupations not included in the list of 1990 Census Occupation Codes. (see External Link - Standard Occupational Classification User Guide)
If an occupation can be found using the newer SOC Classification and Coding Structure, try to identify other occupations in the same Minor Group that are included in the list of 1990 Census Occupation Codes. Select the 1990 classification that includes other occupations in the same SOC Classification and Coding Minor Group. If other occupations in the same Minor Group are not included in the list of 1990 Census Occupation Codes, try to find other occupations in the same Major Group. Note: There is a search function on the left side of the SOC webpage that is extremely helpful for finding occupations under their Major Group.
Example: Interpreter; Major Group = Arts, Design Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations; Minor Group = Media and Communication Workers; Other occupations under Media and Communication Workers = Public Relations Specialists and Announcers; 1990 Classification for Public Relations Specialists and Announcers = Professional Specialty Occupations.
Data collectors should clarify duties involved with ambiguous job titles to ensure accurate assignment of occupational category as needed.
Links
1990 Census Occupation Codes
Standard Occupational Classification User Guide
Reference
1990 Occupational Classification System, Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, pp 9-22. See External Links
Variables
Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 1 | OCC | 531 | If you were employed in the year before the injury, what type of job (not the name of the company) were you working at? | 1989-10-01 - Variable Added |
Form 2 | OCCF | 728 | What kind of work do you currently do? | 1989-10-01 - Variable Added |
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
531 | 1 | Executive, Administrative, and Managerial |
531 | 2 | Professional Specialty |
531 | 3 | Technicians and Related Support |
531 | 4 | Sales |
531 | 5 | Administrative Support Including Clerical |
531 | 6 | Private Household |
531 | 7 | Protective Service |
531 | 8 | Service, Except Protective and Household |
531 | 9 | Farming, Forestry, and Fishing |
531 | 10 | Precision Production, Craft, and Repair |
531 | 11 | Machine Operators, Assemblers, and Inspectors |
531 | 12 | Transportation and Material Moving |
531 | 13 | Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers, and Laborers |
531 | 14 | Military Occupations |
531 | 777 | Refused |
531 | 888 | Not Applicable |
531 | 999 | Unknown |
728 | 1 | Executive, Administrative, and Managerial |
728 | 2 | Professional Specialty |
728 | 3 | Technicians and Related Support |
728 | 4 | Sales |
728 | 5 | Administrative Support |
728 | 6 | Private Household |
728 | 7 | Protective Service |
728 | 8 | Service, except Protective and Household |
728 | 9 | Farming, Forestry, and Fishing |
728 | 10 | Precision Production, Craft, and Repair |
728 | 11 | Machine Operators, Assemblers, and Inspectors |
728 | 12 | Transportation and Material Moving |
728 | 13 | Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers, and Laborers |
728 | 14 | Military Occupations |
728 | 777 | Refused |
728 | 888 | Not Applicable |
728 | 999 | Unknown |
History
Date | Description |
|---|---|
1994-01-01 | Deleted NOTE : referring to a new census code for homemaker. |
1994-02-01 | Added "1970" to clarify which codes are being used. |
1994-09-13 | Converted to using the 1990 Census codes and only coding major category of occupation instead of specific classification. |
1995-07-01 | Added NOTE : clarifying when to code variable in relationship to variable EMP. |
2001-07-01 | Changed DEFINITION : substituted “in the month prior to injury” for “at the time of injury”. |
2002-01-01 | Added NOTE : to code this variable if EMP is "5 - Competitively employed" or "8 - Special employment" in either primary or secondary occupation. |
2004-01-01 | Deleted NOTE : referring to primary and secondary employment status. |
2006-01-01 | Added DEFINITION : that this includes illegal employment. |
2006-01-01 | Added CODE : "77 - Refused". |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : to code "99 - Unknown" if data collector does not ask question because employment was illegal. |
2008-10-01 | Added NOTE : about coding of prostitution and drug dealing. |
2014-04-01 | Added NOTE : about using newer Standard Occupational Classifications to help categorize occupations not included in the list of 1990 Census Occupation Codes, including an example of how to crosswalk back to 1990 categories. |
2016-04-01 | Added NOTE: about clarifying ambiguous job titles as needed. |