CSAL Phase 1 US Demographic Survey

CSAL Item Number: 57

CSAL Question: What is the easiest way for you to tell us your usual gross wage or salary for your current job? Please give as good an approximation as you can. By gross, we mean before deductions for tax and UIC, CPP etc. (social security contributions). Please include any regular overtime pay, regular bonuses, tips and commissions. Don’t include annual bonuses or holiday pay.

CSAL Response Options: Would it be . . . 1=per hour (proceed to question 57b), 2=per day (proceed to question 57c), 3=per week (proceed to question 57d), 4=per two weeks (proceed to question 57e), 5=per month (proceed to question 57f), 6=per year (proceed to question 57g), 7=piece rate (proceed to question 57a), 8=I get no salary or wage at all (proceed to question 58), 777=Don’t Know, 888=No Response

Source: The 2012 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and adapted for the United States by the U.S Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2016 from https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/final_en_bq.htm.

Source ID: D_Q16a

CSAL question form: Verbatim to source

CSAL response options form: Verbatim to source

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