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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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Weeks worked last year, intervalled (US2015A_WKSWORK2)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 346
End: 346
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
39. a) During the past 12 months (52 weeks), did this person work 50 or more weeks? </p>
<div class="i1">Count paid time off as work<br /><br />[] Yes [Skip to question 40]<br />[] No</div><p>b) How many weeks did this person work, even for a few hours, including paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 50 to 52 weeks<br />[] 48 to 49 weeks<br />[] 40 to 47 weeks<br />[] 27 to 39 weeks<br />[] 14 to 26 weeks<br />[] 13 weeks or less</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 1-13 weeks
2 14-26
3 27-39
4 40-47
5 48-49
6 50-52 weeks
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 person’s number of weeks worked last year (intervalled).
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 16+ who worked last year [discrepancies: none]

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