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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Labor force status (US1980A_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 286
End: 286
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A449 US80A450"><span class="em">22a. Did this person work at any time last week? </span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">[] Yes -- </span><br /><br />Fill this circle if this person worked full time or part time. (Count part-time work such as delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm. Also count active duty in the Army Forces.)<br /><br /><span class="em">22b. How many hours did this person work last week (at all jobs)? </span></div><br /><div class="i2">Subtract any time off; add overtime or extra hours worked.<br /><br />____ Hours</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">[] No </span>-- Skip to 25<br /><br />Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work.</div><br /><br />[Mark yes if the person worked, either full or part time, on any day of last week (Sunday through Saturday).<br /><br />Count as work:<br /><div class="i1">Work for someone else for wages, salary, piece rate, commission, tips, or payments "in kind" (for example, food, lodging received as payment for work performed).<br />Work in own business, professional practice, or farm.<br />Any work in a family business or farm, paid or not.<br />Any part-time work including babysitting, paper routes, etc.<br />Active duty in Armed Forces.</div><br /><br />Do not count as work:<br /><div class="i1">Housework or yard work at home<br />Unpaid volunteer work.<br />Work done as a resident of an institution.</div><br /><br />Give the actual number of hours worked at all jobs last week, even if that was more or fewer hours than usually worked.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the labor force
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 a person participated in the labor force.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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