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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Sep 03, 2025

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Weeks unemployed last year (US1980A_WKSUNEMP)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 313

End: 314

Width: 2

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
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
99	NIU (not in universe)

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 the number of weeks during the previous calendar year that the respondent was unemployed.

Universe

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

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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