# Reason for working a second job **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 25, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/reason-for-working-a-second-job/6935 "2026-01-25T15:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Katharine\_Abraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@Katharine\_Abraham](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Katharine_Abraham)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/reason-for-working-a-second-job/6935/1 "2026-01-25T15:27:39Z")
The periodic Work Schedules Supplement includes a question about the reasons a person worked a second job. I see a number of variables from the Work Schedules Supplement in the database (variable names beginning with WS), but I don’t see this one. Was it included in the IPUMS database and, if so, what is the variable name? ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Strahof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/ivan_strahof/32/626_2.png) [@Ivan\_Strahof](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Ivan_Strahof)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/reason-for-working-a-second-job/6935/2 "2026-01-30T19:18:36Z")
IPUMS CPS has not integrated this variable into our system. We have been working to integrate additional supplement variables, so I will share your interest with the team. If you require this data, you can download the unharmonized supplement from [the NBER’s repository](https://www.nber.org/research/data/current-population-survey-cps-supplements-work-schedules). You may then merge the sample with the rest of the harmonized data in an IPUMS CPS extract using the variables [HRHHID](https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/HRHHID), [HRHHID2](https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/HRHHID2), and PULINENO ([LINENO](https://cps.ipums.org/cps-action/variables/LINENO) in IPUMS) as linking keys. If you email us directly at ipums@umn.edu, we may be able to share the source data from earlier iterations of the supplement.