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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Class of worker (US1980A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 303
End: 303
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A457"><span class="em">30. Was this person -- </span><br /><div class="i1">(Fill one circle)<br /><br />[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or [] commissions.<br />[] Federal government employee<br />[] State government employee<br />[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)<br />Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm --</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Own business not incorporated<br />[] Own business incorporated</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Working without pay in family business or farm</div><br /><br />[If the person was an employee of a private nonprofit organization, such as a church, fill the first circle. Mark Local government employee for a teacher working in an elementary or secondary public school.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Self-employed, not incorporated
2 Self-employed, incorporated
3 Wage/salary, private
4 Federal government employee
5 State government employee
6 Local government employee
7 Unpaid family worker
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 respondents worked for their own enterprise(s) or for someone else as employees. Workers with multiple sources of employment were classified according to the work relationship in which they spent the most time during the reference day or week.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who had worked within the past 5 years [not verifiable]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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