Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Class of worker (US1980A_0457)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 277

End: 277

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

30. Was this person --

(Fill one circle)

[] Employee of private company, business, or individual, for wages, salary, or [] commissions.
[] Federal government employee
[] State government employee
[] Local government employee (city, county, etc.)
Self-employed in own business, professional practice, or farm --

[] Own business not incorporated
[] Own business incorporated

[] Working without pay in family business or farm

[If the person was an employee of a private nonprofit organization, such as a church, fill the first circle. Mark Local government employee for a teacher working in an elementary or secondary public school.]

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Self-employed, not incorporated
2	Self-employed, incorporated
3	Wage/salary, private
4	Federal government employee
5	State government employee
6	Local government employee
7	Unpaid family worker

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether respondents worked for their own enterprise(s) or for someone else as employees. Workers with multiple sources of employment were classified according to the work relationship in which they spent the most time during the reference day or week.

Universe

Persons age 16+ who had worked within the past 5 years

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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