1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Weeks worked last year, intervalled (US1980A_WKSWORK2)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 306

End: 306

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A458 US80A459 US80A460 US80A461 US80A462 US80A465 US80A466"><span class="em">31a. Last year (1979), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br /><br /><span class="em">31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1979? </span></div><br /><div class="i2">Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.<br /><br />[Look at the instructions for question 22a to see what to count as work.]<br /><br />____ Weeks<br /><br />[Count every week in which the person did any work at all, even for an hour.]</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">31c. During the weeks worked in 1979, how many hours did this person usually work each week? </span></div><br /><div class="i2">____ Hours<br /><br />[If the hours worked each week varied considerably, give the best estimate of the hours usually worked most weeks.]</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] No -- Skip to 31d</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	1 -13 weeks
2	14 -26 weeks
3	27 -39 weeks
4	40 -47 weeks
5	48 -49 weeks
6	50 -52 weeks

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of weeks that the respondent worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker during the previous year. Responses are given in intervals (1-13 weeks, 14-26 weeks, and so on), instead of the precise number of weeks.

Universe

United States 1980: Persons age 16+, worked last year [not verifiable]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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