2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015

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Reference ID

PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Looking for work (PR2015A_LOOKING)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 327

End: 327

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<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></p>

<p>35. </p>
<div class="i1">a. Last week, was this person on layoff from a job?</div><div class="i2">[] Yes - skip to question 35c<br />[] No</div><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><div class="i1">c. Has this person been informed that he or she will be recalled to work within the next 6 months or been given a date to return to work?</div><div class="i2">[] Yes - skip to question 37<br />[] No</div><p>36. During the last 4 weeks, has this person been actively looking for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No - skip to question 38</div>

Value	Category
1	No, did not look for work
2	Yes, looked for work
3	Not reported
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person was looking for work last week.

Universe

Puerto Rico 2015: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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