# ERNOTP and ERNOTHD in IPUMS CPS

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/ernotp-and-ernothd-in-ipums-cps/6094>\
**Category:** CPS\
**Created:** [September 17, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ernotp-and-ernothd-in-ipums-cps/6094 "2024-09-17T14:19:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yinuo\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/90ced4/32.png) [@Yinuo\_Zhang](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Yinuo_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ernotp-and-ernothd-in-ipums-cps/6094/1 "2024-09-17T14:19:41Z")

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I was browsing some variables on CENSUS questionnaire and two of them are ERNOTP and ERNOTHD.

Do these variables exist in IPUMS CPS? Thank you so much for your help!

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**Author:** ![Yinuo\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/90ced4/32.png) [@Yinuo\_Zhang](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Yinuo_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ernotp-and-ernothd-in-ipums-cps/6094/2 "2024-09-19T13:38:10Z")

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Just to clarify -  
ERNOTP((How/At (your/his/her) MAIN job, how) much (do/does) (you/he/she) usually receive JUST  
in overtime pay, tips or commissions, before taxes or other deductions?) and ERNOTHD  
are the acronyms used in questionnaires, not in the data dictionary.

Do answers to these two questions exist in IPUMS CPS? Thank you so much!

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**Author:** ![Isabel\_Pastoor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/isabel_pastoor/32/788_2.png) [@Isabel\_Pastoor](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Isabel_Pastoor)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ernotp-and-ernothd-in-ipums-cps/6094/3 "2024-09-19T15:46:51Z")

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These are items in the survey for outgoing rotation groups, but are not included in the publicly available CPS data; accordingly, they are not available via IPUMS CPS. However, we offer the variable [OTPAY](https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/OTPAY#codes_section), which corresponds to the original CPS variable ERNUOT (see page 27 of the [CPS labor force items question booklet](https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/questionnaires/Labor%20Force.pdf)). This variable reports whether an individual usually receives overtime, tips, or commissions.