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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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Labor force status (US1990A_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 298
End: 298
Width: 1
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
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the labor force
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 a person participated in the labor force.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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