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2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2001 - 2005
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PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Employment status (PR2005A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PRI2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 277
End: 278
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR05A435 PR05A537">23. Last week, did this person do any work for either pay or profit?<br /><div class="i1">Mark [X] in 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 />[] Yes<br />[] No <span class="ital">--&gt; Skip to question 29</span></div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PR05A435 PR05A436 PR05A448 PR05A449 PR05A450 PR05A451 PR05A538"><span class="ital">J. Answer questions 29-32 only if this person did not work last week. Otherwise, skip to question 33.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" PR05A436 PR05A449 PR05A450 PR05A451 PR05A538" v="PR05A435 PR05A436 PR05A449 PR05A450 PR05A451 PR05A538">29a. Last week, was this person on layoff from a job?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes -- Skip to question 29c<br />[] No</div><br />[29b is asked if the person was on layoff from a job the week before.]<br />29b. Last week, was this person temporarily absent from a job or business?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc. -- Skip to question 32<br />[] No -- Skip to question 30</div><br />[29c is asked if the person was temporarily absent from a job or business the week before.]<br />29c. Has this person been informed that he or she will be recalled to work within the next 6 months OR been given a date to return to work?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes -- Skip to question 31<br />[] No</div><br /><br /> [Question 30 is asked if the person hasn't been informed that he or she will be recalled to work within the next 6 months or been given a date to return to work.]<br />30. Has this person been looking for work during the last 4 weeks?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to question 32</div><br /><br />[Question 31 is asked if the person has been looking for work during the past 4 weeks.]<br /><br />31. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, could have gone to work<br />[] No, because of own temporary illness<br />[] No, because of other reasons (in school, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 At work
12 Has job, not working
14 Armed forces--at work
15 Armed forces--with job but not at work
20 Unemployed
30 Not in labor force
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 employment status.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2005: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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