Puerto Rico Community Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2010

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Reference ID

PRI_2010_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Mar 29, 2019

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Looking for work (PR2010A_0446)

Data file: PRI2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 281

End: 281

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 35-38 were asked of people who did not work last week.]

36. During the last 4 weeks, has this person been actively looking for work?

[] Yes
[] No -- Skip to question 38

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, did not look for work
2	Yes, looked for work
3	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.

Interviewer instructions

Answer person questions 35a through 38 only if the person did not work last week.

36. Mark the "Yes" box if the person tried to get a job or start a business or professional practice at any time in the last 4 weeks; for example, registered at an public or private employment office, went to a job interview, placed or answered employment ads, or did anything toward starting a business or professional practice.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not persons who did not work during the previous week had actively sought a job or pursued opening their own business or professional practice within the past four weeks.

Universe

Persons age 16+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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