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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Hours worked last week (US1980A_0460)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 281

End: 282

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

31a. Last year (1979), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm?

[] Yes

31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1979?

Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.

[Look at the instructions for question 22a to see what to count as work.]

____ Weeks

[Count every week in which the person did any work at all, even for an hour.]

31c. During the weeks worked in 1979, how many hours did this person usually work each week?

____ Hours

[If the hours worked each week varied considerably, give the best estimate of the hours usually worked most weeks.]

[] No -- Skip to 31d

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
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21	21
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90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99+

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 total number of hours the respondent was at work during the previous week. For employers and the self-employed, this includes all hours spent attending to their operation(s) or enterprise(s). For employees, it is the number of hours they spent at work. For unpaid family workers, it is the number of hours they spent doing work directly related to the family business or farm.

Universe

Persons age 16+, at work last week

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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