Public Use Data for Addressing Return-to-Work Issues in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) with Administrative Data
| Release Date: | April 2013 |
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| Time Period of Data Collection: | 2005 - 2010 |
| Brief Description: | Administrative data: Outcomes for FECA Cases after 1 year (January 2005 - December 2010) and 3 years (January 2005 - December 2008). |
| Geographic Coverage: | National |
| Study Populations: | Federal Employees |
| Unit(s) of Observation: | Individuals |
| Topics: | Re-Entry |
| Research method: | Outcome Evaluation |
| DOL Partner Agency: | Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs |
| Sampling Method: | The analysis for this study relies primarily on administrative data collected by OWCP for the purpose of managing FECA cases. The first file, adra_feca_oneyear_with_laus, contains case-level information for cases in which OWCP first received a form applying for FECA benefits from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2010. This file does not include variables constructed to capture events measured more than one year after the report date. The second file, adra_feca_threeyear_with_laus, contains case-level information for cases in which OWCP first received a form applying for FECA benefits from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2008. This file includes all variables. |
- DATA_1_YEAR_addressing_return_to_work_issues.dta (Stata; 48.11 MB)
- Number of Variables: 35
- Summary of Variables: See Appendix A of Full Summary
- Number of Observations: 800,791
- DATA_3_YEAR_addressing_return_to_work_issues.dta (Stata; 53.6 MB)
- Number of Variables: 56
- Summary of Variables: See Appendix B of Full Summary
- Number of Observations: 546,049
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