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2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020
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PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Absent from work last week (PR2020A_ABSENT)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 327
End: 327
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">L. Answer questions 36-39 if this person did not work last week. Otherwise, skip to question 40a.</span></p>

<p>36a. Last week, was this person on layoff from a job?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 36c</span><br />[] No</div><p>36b. Last week, was this person temporarily absent from a job or business?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, maternity leave, other family/personal reasons, bad weather, etc., -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 39</span><br />[] No -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 37</span></div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor dispute, etc.)
4 Not reported
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the absent from work last week.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2020: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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