American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005

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Reference ID

USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Looking for work (US2005A_0454)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 313

End: 313

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

29. a) Last week, was this person on layoff from a job?

[] Yes --> Skip to question 29c
[] No

[Q.29 b is asked if the person was on layoff from a job the week before.]

b) Last week, was this person temporarily absent from a job or business?

[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc., --> Skip to question 32
[] No --> Skip to question 30

[Q. 29 c is asked if the person was temporarily absent from a job or business the week before.]

c) Has this person been informed that he or she will be recalled to work within the next 6 months OR been given a date to return to work?

[] Yes --> Skip to question 31
[] No

[Q.30 is asked if the person hasn't been informed that he or she will be recalled to work within the next 6 months or been given a date to return to work.]

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

[] Yes
[] No --> Skip to question 32

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, did not look for work
2	Yes, looked for work
3	Not reported

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 15+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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