1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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USA_1990_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 (US1990A_WKSWORK2)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 319

End: 319

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">31a. Last year (1989), did this person work, even for a few days, at a paid job or in a business or farm? </span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to 32</div><p>[Look at the instructions for question 21a to see what to count as work.]</p>

<p><span class="em">31b. How many weeks did this person work in 1989? </span>
<br />Count paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service.</p>
<div class="i1">____ Weeks</div><p>[Count every week in which the person did any work at all, even for an hour.]</p>

<p><span class="em">31c. During the weeks worked in 1989, how many hours did this person usually work each week? </span><div class="i1">____ Hours</div>

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.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 16+, worked last year [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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