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Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_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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Employment status (US1970A_0444)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
23. When was this person born?


[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.
[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.




Questions 29 through 41 are for all persons born before April 1956 including housewives, students, or disabled persons as well as part-time or full-time workers.


[All]

29a. Did this person work at any time last week?


[] Yes - Fill this circle if this person did full- or part-time work. (Count part-time work such as a Saturday job, delivering papers, or helping without pay in a family business or farm; and active duty in the Armed Forces.

[] No - Fill this circle if this person did not work, or did only own housework, school work, or volunteer work. Skip to 30




[All]
30. Does this person have a job or business from which he was temporarily absent or on layoff last week?

[] Yes, on layoff
[] Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, labor dispute, etc.
[] No


"Mark No if he works only during certain seasons or is "on call" to work when needed."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 At work
2 Has job, not working
3 Armed forces--at work
4 Armed forces--with job but not at work
5 Unemployed
6 Not in 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 the respondent was a part of the labor force--working or seeking work--and, if so, whether the person was currently unemployed.
Universe
Persons age 14+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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