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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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Year last worked (US1960A_YRLASTWK)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 263
End: 264
Width: 2
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="US60A459"><span class="em">P26. When did he last work at all, even for a few days? </span><br /><div class="i1">(Check one box)</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] Working now<br />[] In 1960<br />[] In 1959<br />[] 1955 to 1958<br />[] 1950 to 1954<br />[] 1949 or earlier<br />[] Never worked</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 Worked current year
20 Worked previous year
32 Worked 2 -5 years ago
35 Worked 6 -10 years ago
40 Worked more than 10 years ago
50 Never worked
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 year in which the respondent last worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker. (This includes military service, though current members of the armed forces were not to answer the question.)
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 14+ who did not work last week and reported; not in armed forces [not verifiable]

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