2020 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2016 - 2020

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USA_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Employment status last week (US2020A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: USA2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 323

End: 324

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

30a. Last week, did this person work for pay at a job (or business)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 31</span><br />[] No - Did not work (or retired)</div><p>37. During the last 4 weeks, has this person been actively looking for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 39</span></div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	At work
12	Has job, not working
14	Armed forces--at work
15	Armed forces--with job but not at work
20	Unemployed
30	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

Universe

United States 2020: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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