col_name,description
hisp_rrace,"Combination of Hispanic and Race column. Groups respondents into the following categories: Hispanic, White non Hispanic, Black non Hispanic, Asian non Hispanic, and Other race/two or more races"
uninsured,Indicator variable for if a respondent is uninsured. This is 1 if the respondent reported that they have none of the available insurnace ooptions or only have insurance through the Indian Health Service. It is 0 if the respondents have some type of health insurance (excluding the Indian Health service)
insured_public,"Indicator variable for if a respondent has public insurance. This is 1 if the respondent reported thaty had Medicare, Medicaid, or VA Health Insurance"
inc_loss,"Indicator variable for if a respondent (or anyone in their houshold) experienced a loss in employment income since March 13, 2020. This is essentially a recoding of the wrkloss variable with -88 and -99 coded as NA, 1 coded as 1 and 2 coded as 0. This question was changed in the survey instrument with the beginning of phase 3.1. Values will be NA for week 28 onward. We do not recommend that users of this data compare the inc_loss and inc_loss_rv variables."
inc_loss_rv,"Indicator variable for if a respondent (or anyone in their houshold) experienced a loss in employment income in the last four weeks. This is essentially a recoding of the wrklossrv variable with -88 and -99 coded as NA, 1 coded as 1 and 2 coded as 0. This question was introduced in the survey instrument with the beginning of phase 3.1. Values will be NA for prior to week 28. We do not recommend that users of this data compare the inc_loss and inc_loss_rv variables."
expect_inc_loss,"Indicator variable for if a respondent (or anyone in their household) expects to experience a loss in employment income in the next 4 weeks due to the coronavirus. this is essentially a recoding of the expctloss variable with -88 and -99 coded as NA, 1 coded as 1 and 2 coded as 0. Question only asked through week 33. Value will be NA for week 34 onward."
payment_not_conf,"Indicator variable for if a respondent has little or no confidence in paying rent/mortgage next month or has already deferred payment for next months rent/mortgage. Note this excludes people who oen their homes free and clear or occupy thier house without payment of rent. They are coded as 1 if mortconf is  1,2 or ; s 0 if mortconf is 3 or 4; and NA otherwise. This question was only asked through week 45. Values will be NA for week 46 onward."
rent_not_conf,Indicator variable for if a respondent has little or no confidence in paying thier rent next month or has already deferred. This is a limited to renters (ie tenure ==3). This question was only asked through week 45. Values will be NA for week 46 onward.
mortgage_not_conf,Indicator variable for if a respondent has little or no confidence in paying thier mortgage next month or has already deferred. This is a limited to owners paying mortgage (ie tenure ==2). This question was only asked through week 45. Values will be NA for week 46 onward.
rent_caughtup,Indicator variable for if a respondent's household is currently caught up on rent. This is a limited to renters (ie tenure ==3)
mortgage_caughtup,Indicator variable for if a respondent's household is currently caught up on mortage. This is a limited to owners paying mortgage (ie tenure ==2)
food_insufficient,"Indicator variable for if a respondents household has sometimes or often had not enough to eat in the last 7 days. This is essentially a recoding of the curfoodsuff variable where 3 and 4 are coded as 1, 1 and 3 are coded as 0, and -88 and -99 are coded as NA"
spend_savings,Indicator variable for if a respondent reported using money from savings or selling assets in last 7 days to meet spending needs
spend_credit,Indicator variable for if a respondent reported using money from credit cards or loans in last 7 days to meet spending needs
spend_ui,Indicator variable for if a respondent reported using money from unemployment insurance (UI) benefit payments in last 7 days to meet spending needs
spend_stimulus,Indicator variable for if a respondent reported using money from stimulus (economic impact) payment in last 7 days to meet spending needs
anxious_score,"A recoding of the anxious variable to correctly reflect the numerical scores used to determine symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Specifically not at all = 0, several days = 1, more than half the days = 2, and nearly every day = 3. Starting in week 34, question changed from asking about past 7 days to asking about past two weeks."
worry_score,"A recoding of the worry variable to correctly reflect the numerical scores used to determine symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Specifically not at all = 0, several days = 1, more than half the days = 2, and nearly every day = 3. Starting in week 34, question changed from asking about past 7 days to asking about past two weeks."
interest_score,"A recoding of the interest variable to correctly reflect the numerical scores used to determine symptoms of major depresive disorder. Specifically not at all = 0, several days = 1, more than half the days = 2, and nearly every day = 3. Starting in week 34, question changed from asking about past 7 days to asking about past two weeks."
down_score,"A recoding of the worry variable to correctly reflect the numerical scores used to determine symptoms of major depressive disorder. Specifically not at all = 0, several days = 1, more than half the days = 2, and nearly every day = 3. Starting in week 34, question changed from asking about past 7 days to asking about past two weeks."
anxiety_signs,Indicator variable for if the respondent is showing signs of generalized anxiety disorder. This is coded as 1 if the sum of anxious_score and worry_score is >= 3. Respondents with missing responses to both questions are coded as NA and 0 otherwise
depression_signs,Indicator variable for if the respondent is showing signs of major depressive disroder. This is coded as 1 if the sum of down_score and interest_score is >= 3.  Respondents with missing responses to both questions are coded as NA and 0 otherwise
depression_anxiety_signs, Indicator variable if the respondent is showing either signs of major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. Respondents with missing responses to both anxiety_signs and depression_signs are coded as NA
expense_dif,Indicator variable for if a respondent reported difficulty for their household to pay for usual household expense n the last 7 days 
telework,Indicator variable for if at least one adult in this household substitutes some or all of their typical in-person work for telework because of the coronavirus pandemic. Question only asked through week 27. Value will be NA for week 28 onward.
metalhealth_unmet,"Indicator variable for if respondent needed but did not get counseling or therapy from a mental health professional in the past 4 weeks, for any reason. This question was only asked through week 45. Values will be NA for week 46 onward."
eviction_risk,Indicator variable for if the household will very likely or extremely likely have to leave this home or apartment within the next two months because of eviction. 
foreclosure_risk,Indicator variable for if the houeshold will very likely or extremely likely have to leave this home within the next two months because of foreclosure
learning_fewer,Indicator variable for if the student(s) in the household spend less time on all learning activities relative to a school day before the coronavirus pandemic during the last 7 days. Question only asked through week 27. Value will be NA for week 28 onward.
spend_snap,Indicator variable for if household members are using SNAP to meet their spending needs in the past 7 days
week_num,The week number that the survey data is from
state,2 digit abbrevation of the state that respondents are from
state_name,The full name of the state that respondents are from
csa_title,The name of the larger Combined statistical area that the respondent is from. Note the Census only reports the Metropolitan Statistical Area (aks the CBSA)
cbsa_title,The full name of the Core based statistical area that the respondent is from