4 Appendix

4.1 Employment Status Recode Values

Table 4.1 contains values provided in the “Other-specify” field for employment status and the category to which the value was recoded for variable bas23_fin_jobstat.

Table 4.1: Recodes of employment status values from open-ended responses to specify 'Other' employement status
job_employed_osemployed_recode
24/7 CaregiverCaregiving (volunteered)
Actualmente sin empleoUnemployed
DiabledDisability (volunteered)
DidabledDisability (volunteered)
disabilityDisability (volunteered)
DisabilityDisability (volunteered)
DisableDisability (volunteered)
disable dont work!Disability (volunteered)
disabledDisability (volunteered)
DisabledDisability (volunteered)
Disabled because of medical malpracticeDisability (volunteered)
Disabled widowDisability (volunteered)
disablityDisability (volunteered)
Full time temp contractFull time
Full time work and full time post-grad schoolFull time
Got hurt at work an went to school but know home raising heart patient babyCaregiving (volunteered)
Home MakerKeeping house
I have a car.rarely use public transportation..only for downtown events to avoid exhorbitant parkingOther
I work for myself as a consultant, so I work the hours I agree to.Full time
I'm unable to work due to illnessDisability (volunteered)
In between jobsUnemployed
Leave me the fuck alone assholesOther
Looking for part time jobUnemployed
Mom's caregiverCaregiving (volunteered)
N/aN/A or unknown
N/AN/A or unknown
NoneN/A or unknown
Not working, no benefits/support, and not counted as unemployedOther
on disabilityDisability (volunteered)
On DisabilityDisability (volunteered)
On holdOther
Retired and work part timePart time
SabaticalOther
Self employedOther
Self EmployedOther
Self-employedOther
Self-employed, part timePart time
SSIDisability (volunteered)
Stay at home momKeeping house
Student - full time internship, part time jobPart time
Unemployed and not yet started new jobUnemployed
Unemployed; in career transitionUnemployed
WFH FULLTIMEFull time
Why does Johns Hopkins exploit the black community in Baltimore? Why is JHU such a racist universityOther
Working independently on several projects.Other

4.2 Race Recode Values

Table 4.2 contains values provided in the “Other-specify” field for employment status and the racial categories to which each value was recoded. The following codes were used:

  • bl: Black
  • wh: White
  • as: Asian
  • ai: American Indian
  • mu: Multiracial (for respondents who expressly indicated multiracial identity, e.g., “mixed” or “bi-racial”)
  • hs: Latinx
Table 4.2: Recodes of race/ethnicity variables from open-ended responses to specify 'Other' race
dem_race_oswhaiblhsnamuas
"Mutt". English, Irish, German, Polish, Native, true def of "american"1100000
AFRICAN0010000
AMERICAN0000100
Afro American0010000
Afro Latino0011000
American Descendant of Slavery0010000
Annunaki1000000
Arab1000000
Aren't we all of mixed blood at least a tiny bit?0000100
Ashkenazi1000000
Bi-racial0000010
Black American/ Native American descent0110000
Black Caribbean0010000
Cameroonian0010000
Carribean0010000
Central American/Indigenous0001000
Haitian0010000
Hardcore PUNK ROCKER0000100
Hispanic0001000
Hispanic/Latino0001000
Hispano0001000
Human0000100
IRISH1000000
Indian0000001
Ispano0001000
Israelite1000000
Italian1000000
Jewish1000000
Latin0001000
Latina0001000
Latino0001000
Latinoamericano0001000
Leave me the fuck alone0000100
Melanated0010000
Middle Eastern1000000
Mixed0000010
Multiple0000010
Multiracial0000010
Muslim0000100
Mutt - English, Irish, Dutch' German, American Indian (Cherokee).1100000
N/a0000100
NATIVE AMERICAN NORTHERN MEXICO0100000
Native American0100000
Other0000100
Pashtun0000001
Polish/Lithuanian1000000
Semitic1000000
White/American Indian1100000
Who cares. JHU is a racist institution who steals and sells body parts from the black community.0000100
Wish to not disclose0000100
biracial0000010
hispanic0001000
human0000100
irish/ italian1000000
kooop0000100
middle eastern1000000
mixed0000010
mixed/black & white1010000
native born coloured0010000
not interested in this question at all0000100
other0000100