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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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Labor force status (US1960A_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 242
End: 242
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 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the 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 a person participated in the labor force.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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