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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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Worked last year (US1990A_WORKEDYR)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 326
End: 326
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 the person had worked at all for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker during the previous year.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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