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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2000
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PRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Available for work (PR2000A_AVAILBLE)

Data file: PRI2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 307
End: 307
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PR00A052 PR00A441 PR00A442 PR00A443 PR00A444 PR00A446 PR00A448 PR00A449 PR00A450 PR00A451 PR00A452 PR00A453 PR00A455 PR00A456 PR00A457 PR00A458 PR00A459 PR00A471 PR00A472 PR00A473 PR00A474 PR00A475 PR00A476 PR00A477 PR00A478 PR00A479 PR00A480 PR00A481 PR00A482 PR00A483 PR00A484 PR00A485 PR00A486 PR00A530 PR00A548 PR00A549">[Questions 19 through 32 asked of persons aged 15 and over.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PR00A449 PR00A450 PR00A451 PR00A541">Answer questions 25-26 for persons who did not work for pay or profit last week. Others skip to 27.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PR00A451"><span class="em">25.e. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, could have gone to work<br />[] No, because of own temporary illness<br />[] No, because of all other reasons (in school, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, already has job
2 No, temporarily ill
3 No, other reason(s)
4 Yes, available for work
5 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 that a person is available for work.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2000: Persons age 16+, not at work during previous week [discrepancies: none]

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