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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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Looking for work (US1980A_LOOKING)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 318
End: 318
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A464 US80A468"><span class="em">26a. Has this person been looking for work during the last 4 weeks? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to 27</div><br /><br />[Mark yes if the person tried to get a job or to start a business or professional practice at any time in the last four weeks; for example, registered at an employment office, went to a job interview, placed or answered ads, or did anything toward starting a business or professional practice.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, did not look for work
2 Yes, looked for work
3 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 or not persons who did not work during the previous week had actively sought a job or pursued opening their own business or professional practice within the past four weeks.
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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