Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Dec 23, 2014

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Weeks unemployed last year (US1980A_0464)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 287

End: 288

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26a. Has this person been looking for work during the last 4 weeks?

[] Yes
[] No -- Skip to 27

[Mark yes if the person tried to get a job or to start a business or professional practice at any time in the last four weeks; for example, registered at an employment office, went to a job interview, placed or answered ads, or did anything toward starting a business or professional practice.]

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
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
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16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
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27	27
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30	30
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50	50
51	51
52	52
99	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 the number of weeks during the previous calendar year that the respondent was unemployed.

Universe

Persons age 16+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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