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Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990
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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Class of worker (PR1990A_0436)

Data file: PRI1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 29
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 17 through 34 are for individuals aged 15 and over]



29-31. The following questions ask about the job worked last week. If [respondent] had more than one job, describe the one [respondent] worked the most hours. If [respondent] didn't work, the questions refer to the most recent job or business since 1985.



31. Was [respondent]
Read list. Mark (X) one box.

[] 1 Employee of a private for profit company or business or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions
[] 2 Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization
[] 3 Municipal government employee (city, municipio, etc.)
[] 4 Commonwealth government employee
[] 5 Federal government employee
[] 6 Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] 7 Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice, or farm
[] 8 Working without pay in family business or farm
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
13 Self-employed, not incorporated
14 Self-employed, incorporated
22 Wage/salary, private
23 Wage/salary at non-profit
25 Federal government employee
27 State government employee
28 Local government employee
29 Unpaid family worker
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 respondents worked for their own enterprise(s) or for someone else as employees.
Universe
Persons age 16+ who had worked within the previous five years

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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