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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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Absent from work last week (US1980A_ABSENT)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 317
End: 317
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A467"><span class="em">25. Was this person temporarily absent or on layoff from a job or business last week? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, on layoff<br />[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc.<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[If the person works only during certain seasons or on a day-to-day basis when work is available, mark no.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes, laid off
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor disput
4 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 persons who did not work during the previous week had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent and, if so, whether they were absent due to a layoff or for some other reason.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+, not at work during previous week [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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