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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Absent from work last week (US2015A_ABSENT)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 350
End: 350
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[K] - Answer questions 35-38 only if this person did not work last week. Otherwise, skip to question 39a.</p>

<p>35. a) Last week, was this person on layoff from a job? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes [Skip to question 35c]<br />[] No</div><p>b) Last week, was this person temporarily absent from a job or business? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc., [Skip to question 38]<br />[] No [Skip to question 36]</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor dispute, etc.)
4 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 person was absent from work last week.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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