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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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  • USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Available for work (US2000A_AVAILBLE)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 351
End: 351
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US00A446 US00A447 US00A448 US00A449 US00A452 US00A453 US00A454 US00A455 US00A456 US00A458 US00A461 US00A462 US00A463 US00A464 US00A465 US00A466 US00A469 US00A470 US00A471 US00A474 US00A485 US00A486 US00A491 US00A492 US00A493 US00A494 US00A495 US00A496 US00A497 US00A498 US00A499 US00A500 US00A501 US00A502 US00A503 US00A504 US00A506 US00A507 US00A564 US00A575 US00A576 US00A578 US00A579 US00A584 US00A585 US00A587 US00A588 US00A600 US00A606"><span class="em">18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes [Go on to question 33]<br />[] No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="US00A462 US00A463 US00A464 US00A578">-- Answer questions 25-26 for persons who did not work for pay or profit last week. Others skip to 27.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" US00A464" v=" US00A446 US00A464"><span class="em">25. e. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, could have gone to work<br />[] No, because of own temporary illness<br />[] No, because of all other reasons (in school, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
2 No, temporarily ill
3 No, other reason(s)
4 Yes, available for work
5 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 and were actively seeking a job or planning to open their own business or professional practice were currently available to take any work they might find.
Universe
United States 2000: Persons age 15+, not at work during previous week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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