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Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Absent from work last week (US1990A_0465)

Data file: USA1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 301
End: 301
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
31a. Last year (1989), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm?

[] Yes
[] No -- Skip to 32


[Look at the instructions for question 21a to see what to count as work.]


31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1989?
Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.

____ Weeks


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


31c. During the weeks worked in 1989, how many hours did this person usually work each week?

____ Hours
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes, laid off
3 Yes, other reason (vacation, illness, labor disput
9 Unknown
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 whether persons who did not work during the previous week had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent and, if so, whether they were absent due to a layoff or for some other reason.
Universe
Persons age 16+, not at work during the previous week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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