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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Hours worked last week (US1990A_HRSWORK1)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 320

End: 321

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">21a. Did this person work at any time last week?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes -- Fill this circle if this person worked full time or part time. (Count as part-time work such as delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm. Also count active duty in the Armed Forces.)<br />[] No -- Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. -- Skip to 25.</div><p>[Count as work - Mark yes:</p>
<div class="i1">- Work for someone else for wages, salary, piece rate, commission, tips, or payments "in kind" (for example, food, lodging received as payment for work performed).<br />- Work in own business, professional practice, or farm.<br />- Any work in a family business or farm, paid or not.<br />- Any part-time work including babysitting, paper routes, etc.<br />- Active duty in Armed Forces.</div><p>Do not count as work - Mark no:</p>
<div class="i1">- Housework or yard work at home.<br />- Unpaid volunteer work.<br />- School work.<br />- Work done as a resident of an institution.]</div><span class="em">21b. How many hours did this person work last week (at all jobs)? </span><div class="i1">Subtract any time off. Add overtime or extra hours worked.<br /><br />____ Hours</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
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
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99 +

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 total number of hours the respondent was at work during the previous week.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 16+, at work last week [discprepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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