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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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Year last worked (US1980A_YRLASTWK)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 312
End: 312
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A463"><span class="em">27. When did this person last work, even for a few days? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1980<br />[] 1979<br />[] 1978<br />[] 1975 to 1977<br />[] 1970 to 1974 -- Skip to 31d<br />[] 1969 or earlier -- Skip to 31d<br />[] Never worked -- Skip to 31d</div><br /><br />[Look at the instructions for 22a to see what to count as work. Mark never worked if the person: (1) never worked at any kind of job or business, either full or part time, (2) never did any work, with or without pay, in a family business or farm and (3) never served in the Armed Forces.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Worked current year
2 Worked previous year
3 Worked 2 years prior
4 Worked 3 -5 years ago
5 Worked 6 -10 years ago
6 Worked more than 10 years ago
7 Never worked
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 year in which the respondent last worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker. (This includes military service, though current members of the armed forces were not to answer the question.)
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ who did not work last week; not in armed forces [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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