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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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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Worked last week (US2015A_WRKLSTWK)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 463
End: 463
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
29. a) Last week, did this person work for pay at a job (or business)? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes --&gt; Skip to question 30<br />[] No - Did not work (or retired)</div><p>b) Last week, did this person do any work for pay, even for as little as one hour? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No [Skip to question 35a]</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 person worked last week.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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