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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Sep 03, 2025

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Worked last year (PR2015A_WORKEDYR)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 325

End: 325

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

38. When did this person last work, even for a few days?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Within the past 12 months<br />[] 1 to 5 years ago - skip to L<br />[] Over 5 years ago or never worked - skip to question 47</div><p>39. </p>
<div class="i1">a. During the past 12 months (52 weeks), did this person work 50 or more weeks? Count paid time off as work.</div><div class="i2">[] Yes - skip to question 40<br />[] No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, and did not work in past 5 years
2	No, but worked 1-5 years ago
3	Yes
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 worked last year.

Universe

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

concept

Concept

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