# I would like to select cases in the monthly cps based on eligibility for the earner study

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/i-would-like-to-select-cases-in-the-monthly-cps-based-on-eligibility-for-the-earner-study/2241>\
**Category:** CPS\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/i-would-like-to-select-cases-in-the-monthly-cps-based-on-eligibility-for-the-earner-study/2241 "2018-03-28T13:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![nalsalam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@nalsalam](https://forum.ipums.org/u/nalsalam)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/i-would-like-to-select-cases-in-the-monthly-cps-based-on-eligibility-for-the-earner-study/2241/1 "2018-03-28T13:46:00Z")

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Being able to do so would dramatically reduce the size of the data I need to read into memory. However, ELIGORG does not appear among the available variables I can use to select cases. The coding has not changed over the years so I am puzzled.

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/i-would-like-to-select-cases-in-the-monthly-cps-based-on-eligibility-for-the-earner-study/2241/2 "2018-03-28T16:38:00Z")

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At the present time the Select Cases tool only supports a limited number of variables. Unfortunately, [ELIGORG](https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/ELIGORG#codes_section) is not one of these variables. As you point out, this would be a helpful feature. I’ll send a note to the IPUMS CPS team and ask them to add this functionality to the ELIGORG variable.

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/i-would-like-to-select-cases-in-the-monthly-cps-based-on-eligibility-for-the-earner-study/2241/3 "2018-03-28T16:52:00Z")

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Update: I just chatted with the IPUMS CPS Team and this should be no problem to add. This feature should be available by sometime next week.