Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 1 | Earn | 479 | If you were employed in the year before the injury, what were your annual earnings (total salary) for the year before injury? Include only earnings from work - do not include income from investments, lawsuits, lottery, etc. | 2001-07-01 - Variable Added |
Form 2 | EarnF | 665 | What is your total annual salary, based on your current job(s)? | 2001-07-01 - Variable Added |
FINANCE
EARNINGS
Definition
Earn - Dollar earnings from all jobs held by patient during the year prior to injury. Includes illegal employment (see Employment Status for more information and for data collection instructions).
EarnF - Annualized income from competitive employment, based on all competitive employment at the time of the evaluation. Calculate the person’s income for the next year as if he/she were to continue to earn at the rate at the time of the follow-up evaluation. Do not take into account anticipated future changes in income - no matter how large or how temporary the present rate of earning.
Includes illegal as well as legal employment (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 - Ask this question only if person is currently competitively employed, because this is a measure of projected income based on current competitive employment.
Include only competitive, above-minimum wage employment. Include salary, commissions, tips, and bonuses.
Code pre-tax income (gross annual income).
Exclude income support, investment income, settlements and other non-employment sources of income such as pension, or disability income support.
If patient is illegally employed and–in the data collector’s judgement - it would be inappropriate to ask about this participant’s income, then use code’999. Unknown’.
If data collector does not ask this question because participant was illegally employed, code ‘999. Unknown’.
Do not ask ‘how much did you earn last year?’ as this may be incorrect due to different current salary earnings.
Income earned as a result of owning a business in which participant is not truly competitively employed should be considered an investment rather than a salary and should be coded under the Family Income variable.
Characteristics
In 2003, one Model System had difficulty obtaining this information.
Variables
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
479 | 1 | $9,999 or less |
479 | 2 | $10,000 - $19,999 |
479 | 3 | $20,000 - $29,999 |
479 | 4 | $30,000 - $39,999 |
479 | 5 | $40,000 - $49,999 |
479 | 6 | $50,000 - $59,999 |
479 | 7 | $60,000 - $69,999 |
479 | 8 | $70,000 - $79,999 |
479 | 9 | $80,000 - $89,999 |
479 | 10 | $90,000 - $99,999 |
479 | 11 | $100,000 or More |
479 | 666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
479 | 777 | Refused |
479 | 888 | Not Applicable: No competitive employment in the last year |
479 | 999 | Unknown |
665 | 1 | $9,999 or less |
665 | 2 | $10,000 - $19,999 |
665 | 3 | $20,000 - $29,999 |
665 | 4 | $30,000 - $39,999 |
665 | 5 | $40,000 - $49,999 |
665 | 6 | $50,000 - $59,999 |
665 | 7 | $60,000 - $69,999 |
665 | 8 | $70,000 - $79,999 |
665 | 9 | $80,000 - $89,999 |
665 | 10 | $90,000 - $99,999 |
665 | 11 | $100,000 or More |
665 | 666 | Variable Did Not Exist |
665 | 777 | Refused |
665 | 888 | Not Applicable: Not currently competitively employed |
665 | 999 | Unknown |
History
Date | Description |
|---|---|
2001-08-20 | Added CODE : '66 - Variable did not exist'. |
2001-10-01 | Changed DEFINITION : to emphasize this is an annualized estimate based on current jobs. |
2001-10-01 | Added DEFINITION : to take into account definite future changes in income. |
2002-01-01 | Added NOTE : that this is pretax earnings. |
2002-01-01 | Changed DEFINITION : to instruct not to take into account known future changes in earning. |
2002-01-01 | Added NOTE : that this variable can be collected along with FAMILY INCOME AND SOURCE |
2002-04-01 | Changed CODE : added “not competitively employed” to code 88. |
2002-07-01 | Changed CODE : 88 from "not competitively employed" to "no competitive employment", to indicate that 88 should be used only if person has not been competitively employed for the entire year prior to injury. |
2002-07-01 | Added NOTE : to ask this question only if person is currently competitively employed. |
2004-01-01 | Added NOTE : to include tips. |
2004-01-01 | Added NOTE : explaining why to include only participants who are competitively employed. |
2004-04-01 | Changed DEFINITION : removed reference to "annual" evaluation. |
2006-01-01 | Changed DEFINITION : that this includes illegal employment. |
2006-01-01 | Added NOTE : to code '99=Unknown' if data collector did not ask question because employment was illegal. |
2007-01-01 | Added NOTE : to not ask how much person made last year. |
2009-04-01 | Changed CODE :illegal employment from 55 to 99. |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Definition
Household income during the past year (from time of data collection back 12 months)
Form
[ ] Form 1
[X] Form 2
Source
Form 2 - Interview, Mail-out (participant or best source)
Details
This variable will be coded at each Form 2 follow-up. Preface the question as needed by saying, ‘’How much money people have often determines what services they have access to and how healthy they can be after an injury. For this reason, we are interested in knowing the household income of people in our study. I am going to ask you to estimate how much money was made in your entire household during the past year (12 months preceding today). You do not have to tell me the exact amount. I am going to read some choices and you can just tell me which one applies to your household. Be assured that your answers will be stored in a database that does not include your name, and we will not be talking to any government agency about your income. When I ask you to estimate your household income, this means your combined family income. I mean your income PLUS the income of all family members living in this household (including cohabiting partners, and armed forces members living at home). Please consider the following types of income that you may receive: wages and salaries; self-employment income (including business and farm); social security and railroad retirement; disability pension; SSI; cash assistance from state or county welfare; non-cash assistance (e.g., food stamps); interest income from banks and investment accounts; dividend income from stocks and mutual funds; net rental income; royalties, estates, and trusts; child support, alimony, or contributions from other family members; VA payments, workers comp, or unemployment comp. What is your best estimate of the total income of all family members in your household from all sources, before taxes, in the last year?’’
If the participant does not know the household income, then ask if there is another person that you can speak with who may be able to answer. Word the question in the same manner.
For participants who live with one or more roommates who contribute to household expenses, but who do not otherwise contribute funds for the needs and care of the person with injury, do not include their income.
The participant should be considered the best source to define who they consider ‘’family’’ to be. If at college or temporary address, take what the participant considers their permanent home/family to be.
See external link for more strategies to assist in collecting Household Income.
Links
Script and strategies to facilitate successful data collection of Household Income
Reference
The categories chosen were based on the 2008 income statistics at the following site: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0689.pdf
Variables
Form Type | Variable | ID | Question | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Form 2 | HHIncomeF | 705 | I am going to read a list of income categories. Which category best describes your total family income for the past year. Include the income of any family member who was living with you, as well as your own income when choosing the category. | 2012-10-01 - Variable Added |
Codes and Values
ID | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
705 | 1 | Less than $25,000 |
705 | 2 | $25,000 - $49,999 |
705 | 3 | $50,000 - $99,999 |
705 | 4 | $100,000 - $149,999 |
705 | 5 | $150,000 - $199,999 |
705 | 6 | $200,000 or More |
705 | 77 | Refused |
705 | 66 | Variable Did Not Exist |
705 | 99 | Unknown |
History
Date | Description |
|---|---|
2013-10-01 | Added NOTE : The participant should be considered the best source to define who they consider "family" to be. If at college or temporary address, take what the participant considers their permanent home/family to be. |
2014-04-01 | Added LINK : Script and strategies to facilitate successful data collection of Household Income |