Public Use Data | U.S. Department of Labor

Public use data files and documentation are available for researchers to use for their own analysis. Most of the data files below were produced for U.S. Department of Labor-funded evaluations.
Title of Study	Description	Files
2018 Employee and Worksite Perspectives of the Family and Medical Leave Act National Surveys	Survey data files from the 2018 employee and worksite FMLA surveys	Public Use File Documentation Guide 2018 FMLA Employee Survey Employee SAS data set (.sas7bdat) Employee SAS formats (.sas7cdat) Employee Stata data set (.dta) Codebook Employee Codebook (.xlsx) Employee Codebook (.pdf) SAS/STATA Programs Employee SAS read in program to assign formats (.sas) Employee SAS sample code (.sas) Employee Stata sample code (.do) 2018 FMLA Worksite Survey Worksite SAS data set (.sas7bdat) Worksite SAS formats (.sas7cdat) Worksite Stata data set (.dta) Codebook Worksite Codebook (.xlsx) Worksite Codebook (.pdf) SAS/STATA Programs Worksite SAS read in program to assign formats (.sas) Worksite SAS sample code (.sas) Worksite Stata sample code (.do)
Young Parents Demonstration (YPD) Evaluation This study was sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development and Research, Division of Research and Evaluation.	Survey data files: Participant Tracking System (PTS) and Participant 18-month Follow-up Survey	Public Use Data File Guide Data Dictionary Data
Worker Classification Knowledge Survey	Survey data files: 2014-2015 telephone interviews with 8,503 adult workers across the U.S.	Documentation Data File (.sas7bcat)
Evaluation of the ARRA COBRA Subsidy: Final Report	Survey data files: COBRA Subsidy Survey	Documentation Documentation Addendum Data File - Survey (.csv) Data File - Survey (.sas7bdat) Data File - Formats (.sas7bcat)
Unmeasured Effects? Assessing the Impact of Full-day Kindergarten on Maternal Employment	Administrative data: Indiana Department of Education data and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages	Documentation - Employment Documentation - Achievement Data File - Employment (.dta) Data File - Achievement (.dta)
Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes	Survey data files: Current Population Survey Basic Monthly data	Documentation Data File (.dta)
Effects of Relaxing the Job Search Requirement on Job Match Quality	Administrative data: 1986–87 Washington Alternative Work Search experiment (merged with nine years of follow-up administrative wage records)	Documentation Data File (.dta)
Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety	Administrative data: OSHA enforcement data and NLRB election records	Data File (.dta)
Addressing Return-to-Work Issues in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) with Administrative Data	Administrative data: Outcomes for FECA Cases after 1 year (January 2005 - December 2010) and 3 years (January 2005 - December 2008).	Documentation Data File - 1 Year (Stata) Data File - 3 Years (Stata)
Family Medical Leave Act Surveys (2012)	Survey data files: Employee and Worksite Surveys	Documentation Data File - Employee (.dta) Data File - Employee (.sas7bdat) Data File - Worksite (.dta) Data File - Worksite (.sas7bdat)
How Are Women Served by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs?	Administrative data: 2007 exits and 2009 exits from the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs.	Documentation Data File - 2007 (.dta) Data File - 2007 (.sas7bdat) Data File - 2009 (.dta) Data File - 2009 (.sas7bdat) SAS - Data labels program
Using Administrative Data to Address Federal Contractor Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws	Administrative data file: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Information System (OFIS) records for reviews closed during FY2003 through FY 2012. See data documentation for additional sources.	Documentation Data File (Stata)
Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge. Survey of Public Opinion of the U.S. Working Population on Worker Rights	Survey data file.	Data File Codebook Data user's note

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