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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Metadata
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Class of worker (PR2020A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 319
End: 320
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">M. Answer questions 42a - f if this person worked in the past 5 years. Otherwise, skip to question 43.</span></p>

<p>42. Description of employment
<br /><span class="ital"> The next series of questions is about the type of employment this person had last week. <br />If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which the most hours were worked. If this person did not work last week, describe the most recent employment in the past five years.</span><div class="i1">a. Which one of the following best describes this perso[name]'s employment last week or the most recent employment in the past 5 years?</div><div class="i2"><span class="ital">Mark (X) one box.</span><br /><br />Private sector employee<br />[] For-profit company or organization<br />[] Non-profit organization (including tax-exempt and charitable organizations)<br />Government employee<br />[] Local government (for example: city, county, or municipio)<br />[] State government (including school districts and state universities)<br />[] Active duty U.S. Armed Forces or Commissioned Corps<br />[] Federal government civilian employee<br />Self-employed or other<br />[] Owner of non-incorporated business, professional practice, or farm<br />[] Owner of incorporated business, professional practice, or farm<br />[] Worked without pay in a for-profit family business or farm for 15 hours or more per week</div>
Categories
Value Category
13 Self-employed, not incorporated
14 Self-employed, incorporated
22 Wage/salary, private
23 Wage/salary at non-profit
25 Federal government employee
27 State government employee (in Puerto Rico, Commonwealth)
28 Local government employee
29 Unpaid family worker
00 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 class of worker.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2020: Persons age 16+ working within the last five years, not new workers [discrepancies: none]

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