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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Employment status (US1960A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 241
End: 241
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US60A445 US60A446 US60A447 US60A448 US60A451 US60A452 US60A453 US60A457 US60A459 US60A475 US60A476 US60A484 US60A451 US60A455 US60A464"><span class="em">P21. When was this person born? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Born before April 1946</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Please go on with questions P22 to P35. Answer the questions regardless of whether the person is a housewife, student, or retired person, or a part-time or full-time worker.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Born April 1946 or later</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Please omit questions P22 to P35 and turn the page to the next person.<br />Space for any notes about the entries for this person.</div><br /><br /><div class="i3">_____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US60A445 US60A446"><span class="em">P22. Did this person work at any time last week? </span><br /><div class="i1">Include part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm. Do <span class="em">not</span> count own housework.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="US60A445 US60A446"><span class="em">P24. Was this person looking for work or on layoff from a job? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /><br /><span class="em">P25. Does he have a job or business from which he was temporarily absent all last week because of illness, vacations, or other reasons? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 At work
2 Has job, not working
3 Armed forces--at work
4 Armed forces--with job but not at work
5 Unemployed
6 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 whether the respondent was a part of the labor force - working or seeking work - and, if so, whether the person was currently unemployed.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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