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2010 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2006 - 2010
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PRI_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Looking for work (PR2010A_LOOKING)

Data file: PRI2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 328
End: 328
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 35-38 were asked of people who did not work last week.]</p>

<p><span class="em">36. During the last 4 weeks, has this person been actively looking for work?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to question 38</div>
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Value Category
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.

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
Puerto Rico 2010: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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