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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Usual hours worked per week (US1990A_UHRSWORK)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 323

End: 324

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">31a. Last year (1989), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm? </span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to 32</div><p>[Look at the instructions for question 21a to see what to count as work.]</p>

<p><span class="em">31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1989? </span>
<br />Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.</p>
<div class="i1">____ Weeks</div><p>[Count every week in which the person did any work at all, even for an hour.]</p>

<p><span class="em">31c. During the weeks worked in 1989, how many hours did this person usually work each week? </span><div class="i1">____ 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
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15	15
16	16
17	17
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19	19
20	20
21	21
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30	30
31	31
32	32
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71	71
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78	78
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81	81
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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 number of hours per week that the respondent usually worked, if the person worked during the previous year.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 16+, worked last year [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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