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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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Labor force status (PR2000A_LABFORCE)

Data file: PRI2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR00A436"><span class="em">21. Last week, did this person do any work for either pay or profit? </span>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 /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to 25a</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the labor force
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 a person's labor force status.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2000: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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