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Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Labor force status (US2000A_0447)

Data file: USA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 288
End: 288
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?

[] Yes [Go on to question 33]
[] No





21. Last week, did this person do any work for either pay or profit? Mark [X] 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.

[] Yes
[] No [Go on to question 25a]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the 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 whether a person participated in the labor force.
Universe
Persons age 16 and older

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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