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2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020
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PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Labor force status last week (PR2020A_LABFORCE)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 308
End: 308
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
30a. Last week, did this person work for pay at a job (or business)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 31</span><br />[] No - Did not work (or retired)</div><p>37. During the last 4 weeks, has this person been actively looking for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- <span class="ital">Skip to question 39</span></div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the labor force
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 labor force status.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2020: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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