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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Available for work (PR2010A_0447)

Data file: PRI2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 282

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

37. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?

[] Yes, could have gone to work
[] No, because of own temporary illness
[] No, because of all other reasons (in school, etc.)

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
2	No, temporarily ill
3	No, other reason(s)
4	Yes, available for work
5	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.

37. If the person was expecting to report to a job within 30 days, mark the "Yes, could have gone to work" box.

Mark the "No, because of own temporary illness" box only if the person expects to be able to work within 30 days.

If the person could not have gone to work because he or she was going to school, taking care of children, etc., mark the "No, because of all other reasons (in school, etc.)" box.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person was available for work.

Universe

Persons age 16+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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