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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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Working 5 years ago (US1980A_WORK5YR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 381
End: 381
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A485"><span class="em">17c. Working at a job or business? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, full time<br />[] No<br />[] Yes, part time</div><br /><br />[Mark yes, full time if the person worked full time (35 hours or more per week). Mark Yes, part time if the person worked part time (less than 35 hours per week). Mark no if the person only did unpaid volunteer work, housework or yard work at own home, or if the only work done was as a resident of an institution.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
3 Full time (35 hours)
4 Part time (1-34 hours)
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 were working five years earlier.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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