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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Quarters unemployed last year (US1980A_QTRUNEMP)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 315

End: 315

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A458 US80A459 US80A460 US80A461 US80A462 US80A465 US80A466"><span class="em">31a. Last year (1979), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br /><br /><span class="em">31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1979? </span></div><br /><div class="i2">Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.<br /><br />[Look at the instructions for question 22a to see what to count as work.]<br /><br />____ Weeks<br /><br />[Count every week in which the person did any work at all, even for an hour.]</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">31c. During the weeks worked in 1979, how many hours did this person usually work each week? </span></div><br /><div class="i2">____ Hours<br /><br />[If the hours worked each week varied considerably, give the best estimate of the hours usually worked most weeks.]</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] No -- Skip to 31d</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Not unemployed last year
2	Up to one quarter unemployed last year
3	Two quarters unemployed
4	Three quarters unemployed
5	Four quarters unemployed

Description

Definition

This variable indicates how many quarter-year equivalents the person was unemployed last year (rounded up).

Universe

United States 1980: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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