1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980

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PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Main activity in United States during stay (PR1980A_USACTIV)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 411

End: 412

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR80A563"><span class="em">13d. For the last 6 months that ___ lived in U.S., he/she was ___ --</span><br /><div class="i1">(1) Working at a job or business (full-time or part-time)?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">(2) In the Armed Forces?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">(3) Attending school or college?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	In U.S. Armed forces
02	Working at job or business (part or full time)
03	Attending school or college
05	No activities reported
06	In U.S. Armed forces and working at job/business
07	In U.S. Armed forces and attending school
08	In U.S. Armed forces and working at job/business and attending school/college
10	Working at job/business and attending school

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 person's main activity during their last stay in the United States.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1980: Persons 5+ with residence of six or more months [discrepancies: none]

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