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2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015
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PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Absent from work last week (PR2015A_ABSENT)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 326
End: 326
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
29.</p>
<div class="i1">a. Last week, did this person work for pay at a job (or business)?</div><div class="i2">[] Yes - skip to question 30<br />[] No - did not work (or retired)</div><div class="i1">b. Last week, did this person do any work for pay, even for as little as one hour?</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No - skip to question 35a</div><span class="em">K</span> <span class="ital">Answer questions 35-38 if this person did not work last week. Otherwise, skip to question 39a.</span><div class="i1">b. Last week, was this person temporarily absent from a job or business?</div><div class="i2">[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, maternity leave, other family/personal reasons, bad weather, etc - skip to question 38<br />[] No - skip to question 36</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No
2 Yes, laid off
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor dispute, etc.)
4 Not reported
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 the person was absent from work last week.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2015: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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