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Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Absent from work last week (US1980A_0467)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 291
End: 291
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
25. Was this person temporarily absent or on layoff from a job or business last week?

[] Yes, on layoff
[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc.
[] No


[If the person works only during certain seasons or on a day-to-day basis when work is available, mark no.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes, laid off
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor disput
4 Not reported
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 persons who did not work during the previous week had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent and, if so, whether they were absent due to a layoff or for some other reason.
Universe
Persons age 16+, not at work during previous week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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