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Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Looking for work (US2000A_0463)

Data file: USA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 316
End: 316
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?

[] Yes [Go on to question 33]
[] No





-- Answer questions 25-26 for persons who did not work for pay or profit last week. Others skip to 27.




25. d. Has this person been looking for work during the last 4 weeks?

[] Yes
[] No [Go on to question 26]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, did not look for work
2 Yes, looked for work
3 Not reported
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 or not persons who did not work during the previous week had actively sought a job or pursued opening their own business or professional practice within the past four weeks.
Universe
Persons age 16+, not at work during previous week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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