Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Year last worked (US1960A_0459)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 252

End: 253

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 50

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P21. When was this person born?

[] Born before April 1946

Please go on with questions P22 to P35. Answer the questions regardless of whether the person is a housewife, student, or retired person, or a part-time or full-time worker.

[] Born April 1946 or later

Please omit questions P22 to P35 and turn the page to the next person.
Space for any notes about the entries for this person.

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P26. When did he last work at all, even for a few days?

(Check one box)

[] Working now
[] In 1960
[] In 1959
[] 1955 to 1958
[] 1950 to 1954
[] 1949 or earlier
[] Never worked

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
10	Worked current year
20	Worked previous year
32	Worked 2 -5 years ago
35	Worked 6 -10 years ago
40	Worked more than 10 years ago
50	Never worked

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the year in which the respondent last worked for profit, pay, or as an unpaid family worker. (This includes military service, though current members of the armed forces were not to answer the question.)

Universe

Persons age 14+ who did not work last week and reported; not in armed forces

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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