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United States Census of 1910 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1910
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USA_1910_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, IPUMS
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Employment status (US1910A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: USA1910_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 448
End: 448
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US10A474 US10A475 US10A476 US10A477 US10A478 US10A508">18. ____ Trade or profession of, or particular kind of work done by this person, as spinner, salesman, laborer, etc..<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Not in labor force
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 person's employment status. Note that variable US10A480 includes self-employed workers who are mostly found in the "Employed" category. However, we do find a substantial number of self-employed workers in the "Unemployed" category.
Universe
United States 1910: All persons, except for those self-employed

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