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Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Year last worked (US1960A_0459)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 252
End: 253
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P21. When was this person born?


[] Born before April 1946


Please go on with questions P22 to P35. Answer the questions regardless of whether the person is a housewife, student, or retired person, or a part-time or full-time worker.



[] Born April 1946 or later



Please omit questions P22 to P35 and turn the page to the next person.
Space for any notes about the entries for this person.


_____





P26. When did he last work at all, even for a few days?

(Check one box)



[] Working now
[] In 1960
[] In 1959
[] 1955 to 1958
[] 1950 to 1954
[] 1949 or earlier
[] Never worked
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
10 Worked current year
20 Worked previous year
32 Worked 2 -5 years ago
35 Worked 6 -10 years ago
40 Worked more than 10 years ago
50 Never worked
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 year in which the respondent last worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker. (This includes military service, though current members of the armed forces were not to answer the question.)
Universe
Persons age 14+ who did not work last week and reported; not in armed forces

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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