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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Worked last week (US2005A_WRKLSTWK)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 488
End: 488
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
23. Last week, did this person do any work for either pay or profit?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark (X) the "Yes" box even if the person worked only 1 hour, or helped without pay in a family business or farm for 15 hours or more, or was on active duty in the Armed Forces<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No <span class="ital">--&gt; Skip to question 29</span></div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Did not work
2 Worked
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 the respondent worked last week.
Universe
United States 2005: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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