United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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USA_1880_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Quarters unemployed last year (US1880A_QTRUNEMP)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 312

End: 312

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14. ____ Number of months this person has been unemployed during the census year</p>

<p>Note B: All persons will be included in the enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June. No others will. Children born since June 1, 1880 will be omitted. Members of families who have died since June 1, 1880, will be included</p>

<p>Note F: Question No. 14 will only be asked in cases when a gainful occupation has been reported in column 13

Categories

Value	Category
1	Not unemployed last year or not in universe
2	Up to one quarter unemployed last year
3	Two quarters unemployed
4	Three quarters unemployed
5	Four quarters unemployed

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.

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Quarters unemployed last year.

Universe

United States 1880 (100%): Persons age 10+ who reported an occupation

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