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Person file from Population Synthesizer

The population synthesizer generates a household file and this person file. Variables below in UPPER CASE are drawn directly from PUMS records; variables in lower case are derived from PUMS variables.

File location: popsyn/personFile.<year>.csv

Name Definition Scale Join with …
HHID Unique household ID number Integer, any value All model files, synthetic population household file
PERID Unique person ID number Integer, any value Model files specific to persons and individual travel
AGE Person's age in years Integer, 0 and up
SEX Gender Integer
  • 1 - male
  • 2 - female
pemploy Employment status Integer
  • 1 - full-time worker
  • 2 - part-time worker
  • 3 - not in the labor force
  • 4 - student under 16
pstudent Student status Integer
  • 1 - pre-school through grade 12 student
  • 2 - university/professional school student
  • 3 - non-student
ptype Person type Integer
  • 1 - full-time worker
  • 2 - part-time worker
  • 3 - college student
  • 4 - non-working adult
  • 5 - retired
  • 6 - driving-age student
  • 7 - non-driving age student
  • 8 - child too young for school
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