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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Available for work (US1990A_AVAILBLE)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 329
End: 329
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A467"><span class="em">26b. Could this person have taken a job last week if one had been offered?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] No, already has job<br />[] No, temporarily ill<br />[] No, other reasons (in school, etc.)<br />[] Yes, could have taken job</div><br /><br />[Mark no, already has a job if the person was on layoff or was expecting to report to a job within 30 days. Mark no, temporarily ill if the person expects to be able to work within 30 days. Mark no, other reasons if the person could not have taken a job because he or she was going to school, taking care of children, etc.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, already has job
2 No, temporarily ill
3 No, other reason(s)
4 Yes, available for work
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 and were actively seeking a job or planning to open their own business or professional practice were currently available to take any work they might find.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 16+, not at work during previous week and actively looking for work [discrepancies: type I: 0.3%, type II: 0.1%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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