2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020

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Reference ID

PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Available for work (PR2020A_AVAILBLE)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 329

End: 329

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">L. Answer questions 36-39 if this person did not work last week. Otherwise, skip to question 40a.</span></p>

<p>38. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?</p>
<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>

Categories

Value	Category
2	No, temporarily ill
3	No, other reason(s)
4	Yes, available for work
5	Not reported
9	NIU (not in universe)

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 available for work.

Universe

Puerto Rico 2020: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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