([total number of between job gaps] = 0)

COMMENT: SKIP ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF GAPS

([total number of between job gaps] = 0)

COMMENT: SKIP ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF GAPS

INTERVIEWER: NOW ENTERING GAPS SECTION - PERIODS WHEN R WAS NOT WORKING.

PUT [Date of last interview] AND [2000 int (current) date] ON ROW C OF THE CALENDAR. DRAW A LINE TO CONNECT THESE DATES.

DRAW LINES ON ROW C TO REPRESENT PERIODS DURING WHICH THERE ARE NO LINES IN ROWS A OR B. USE DATES ENTERED IN ROWS A OR B TO INDICATE IN ROW C DATES R BEGAN AND ENDED EACH PERIOD OF NON-EMPLOYMENT.

([total number of between job gaps])

COMMENT: STAMP NUMBER OF BETWEEN-JOB GAPS

REPEAT ([BJGAPS-LOOP13 counter])

COMMENT: START LOOP TO GATHER INFORMATION ON BETWEEN JOB GAPS

([Number of gaps([index for loop about between job gaps- stop date()])])

COMMENT: STAMP ENDING DATE OF BETWEEN JOB GAP

([# days duration of gap()] >= 7)

COMMENT: Check to see if the total number of days is 7 or more to see if gaps should be asked about

You said you were not working between [Number of gaps([index for loop about between job gaps- start date()])] and [Number of gaps([index for loop about between job gaps- stop date()])]. During how many of those weeks were you looking for work or on layoff from a job -- during none, some or all of those weeks?

You said you were not working from [Number of gaps([index for loop about between job gaps- start date()])] and [Number of gaps([index for loop about between job gaps- stop date()])]. That would be about [calculated number of total weeks in b/t job gap()] week(s) when you were not working.

For how many of these weeks were you looking for work or on layoff from a job?

([calculated number of total weeks in b/t job gap()] - [Number of weeks r was looking for work while on layoff from job()])

COMMENT: CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF WEEKS NOT WORKING AS AN EMPLOYEE AND NOT WORKING FOR SELF

That leaves [Calculated number of weeks not working or self-employed()] week(s) that you were not working, looking for work.

What would you say was the main reason that you were not looking for work during that period?

UNTIL ([BJGAPS-LOOP13 counter], ([BJGAPS-LOOP13 counter] = [total number of between job gaps]))

COMMENT: END LOOP FOR BETWEEN JOB GAPS

([total number of employers reported] > 0)

COMMENT: did r report at least one job?

([is this job current?(1)]=1)

COMMENT: is this job current?

Have you been doing anything to find work during the last 4 weeks?

What are all of the things you have done to find work during the last 4 weeks?

(What are all of the things you have done to find work during the last 4 weeks?)

(INTERVIEWER: PROBE AFTER EACH RESPONSE: Anything else?
MARK ALL THAT APPLY. DO NOT READ LIST.)

INLIST ([Q5-62B],1)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT EMPLOYER DIRECTLY OR INTERVIEW FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],2)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],3)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],4)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT FRIENDS OR RELATIVES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],5)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT CENTER FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],6)

COMMENT: DID R SEND OUT RESUMES/FILL OUT APPLICATIONS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],7)

COMMENT: DID R PLACE OR ANSWER ADS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],8)

COMMENT: DID R CHECK UNION/PROFESSIONAL REGISTRIES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],9)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING ELSE ACTIVE FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-62B],10)

COMMENT: DID R LOOK AT ADS FOR JOB SEARCH

INLIST ([Q5-62B],11)

COMMENT: DID R ATTEND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS/COURSES FOR JOB SEARCH

INLIST ([Q5-62B],12)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING OTHER PASSIVE FOR JOB SEARCH

([employer directly or interview for job search?] = 1) or ([public employment agency] = 1) or ([private employment agency] = 1) or ([contact friends or relatives] = 1) or ([contact school/university employment center] = 1) or ([send out resumes/fill out applications] = 1) or ([place or answer ads] = 1) or ([check union/professional registries] = 1) or ([something else active] = 1)

COMMENT: DID R SEARCH FOR WORK USING ACTIVE JOB SEARCH METHODS?

([look at ads] = 1) or ([attend job training programs/courses] = 1) or ([other] = 1)

COMMENT: DID R SEARCH FOR WORK USING PASSIVE JOB SEARCH METHODS?

You said you have been trying to find work. How did you go about looking?

(You said you have been trying to find work. How did you go about looking?)

(INTERVIEWER: PROBE AFTER EACH RESPONSE: Anything else?
MARK ALL THAT APPLY. DO NOT READ LIST.)

INLIST ([Q5-63B],1)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT EMPLOYERS DIRECTLY OR INTERVIEW FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],2)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],3)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],4)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT FRIENDS OR RELATIVES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],5)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],6)

COMMENT: DID R SEND OUT RESUMES OR FILL OUT APPLICATIONS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],7)

COMMENT: DID R PLACE OR ANSWER ADS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],8)

COMMENT: DID R CHECK UNION/PROFESSIONAL REGISTERS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],9)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING OTHER ACTIVE FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],10)

COMMENT: DID R LOOK AT ADS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],11)

COMMENT: DID R ATTEND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS/COURSES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-63B],12)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING OTHER PASSIVE FOR JOB SEARCH?

([contact employers directly or interview] = 1) or ([contact public employment agency] = 1) or ([contact private employment agency] = 1) or ([contact friends or relatives] = 1) or ([contact school/university employment agency] = 1) or ([send out resumes or fill out applications] = 1) or ([place or answer ads] = 1) or ([check union/professional registers] = 1) or ([other] = 1)

COMMENT: DID R SEARCH FOR WORK USING ACTIVE JOB SEARCH METHODS?

Can you tell me more about what you did to search for work?

(Can you tell me more about what you did to search for work?)

(INTERVIEWER: PROBE AFTER EACH RESPONSE: Anything else?
MARK ALL THAT APPLY. DO NOT READ LIST.)

INLIST ([Q5-64B],1)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT EMPLOYER DIRECTLY OR INTERVIEW FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],2)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],3)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],4)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT FRIENDS OR RELATIVES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],5)

COMMENT: DID R CONTACT SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT CENTER FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],6)

COMMENT: DID R SEND OUT RESUMES/FILL OUT APPLICATIONS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],7)

COMMENT: DID R PLACE OR ANSWER ADS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],8)

COMMENT: DID R CHECK UNION/PROFESSIONAL REGISTERS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],9)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING OTHER ACTIVE FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],10)

COMMENT: DID R LOOK AT ADS FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],11)

COMMENT: DID R ATTEND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS/COURSES FOR JOB SEARCH?

INLIST ([Q5-64B],12)

COMMENT: DID R DO SOMETHING OTHER PASSIVE FOR JOB SEARCH?

([contact employers directly or interview] = 1) or ([public employment agency] = 1) or ([private employment agency] = 1) or ([contact friends relatives] = 1) or ([contact school/university employment center] = 1) or ([semd out resumes/fill out applications] = 1) or ([place or answer ads] = 1) or ([check union/professional registries] = 1) or ([something else active] = 1)

COMMENT: DID R SEARCH FOR WORK USING ACTIVE JOB SEARCH METHODS?

Last week, could you have started a job if one had been offered?

Why is that?

Before you started looking for work, what were you doing: working, going to school, or something else?

Did you lose or quit that job, or was it a temporary job that ended?

([Did R lose or quit that job, or was it a temporary job that ended? ] != 99)

COMMENT: DOES Q5-68B HAVE AN ENTRY?

When did you last work at that job or business?

When did you last work at a job or business?

(INTERVIEWER: ASK IF NECESSARY, OTHERWISE VERIFY:)

What was the month and year that you last worked?

As of the end of last week, how long had you been looking for work?

(INTERVIEWER: ENTER TIME UNIT AND PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE.)

(As of the end of LAST WEEK, how long had you been looking for work?)

(ENTER NUMBER OF WEEKS)

(As of the end of LAST WEEK, how long had you been looking for work?)

(ENTER NUMBER OF MONTHS)

(As of the end of LAST WEEK, how long had you been looking for work?)

(ENTER NUMBER OF YEARS)

([Time unit R reported for amount of time spent looking for work] = 2) and ([Months R spent looking for jobs] >= 1) and ([Months R spent looking for jobs] <= 4)

COMMENT: HAS R BEEN LOOKING FOR WORK FOR BETWEEN 1 AND 4 MONTHS?

We would like to have that in weeks, if possible. Exactly how many weeks had you been looking for work?

Have you been looking for a full-time job of 35 hours or more per week?

Even though you are working now, have you been looking for other work in the past 4 weeks?

What was the main reason you were looking for (a new job/other work) during the last 4 weeks?

What are all of the things you have done to find (a new job/other work) during the last 4 weeks?

(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

Are you currently looking for work?

Why did you stop looking for (a new job/other work)?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

How many job offers did you receive as a result of your job search?

(INTERVIEWER: IF "NONE", ENTER "00".)

What was the (highest) wage that you were offered as a result of your job search? (PROBE IF NECESSARY:) Is that per hour, day, week, or what?

(INTERVIEWER: ENTER TIME UNIT OF AMOUNT BELOW. ENTER AMOUNT IN NEXT SCREEN.)

(What was the (highest) wage that you were offered as a result of your job search?)

(PROBE IF NECESSARY:) Is that per hour, day, week, or what?)

Do you, or are you planning to accept that offer?

Why is that?

Do you intend to (continue to) look for (other) work of any kind in the next 12 months?