Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_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 (US1970A_0458)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 265

End: 265

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 7

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

[] In 1970
[] In 1969
[] In 1968
[] 1964 to 1967
[] 1960 to 1963
[] 1959 or earlier
Never worked

"Look at the instruction for 29a to see what work means. Mark Never worked if he: (1) never worked at any kind of job or business, either full or part-time, (2) never did any unpaid work in a family business or farm, and (3) never served in the Armed Forces."

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Worked current year
2	Worked previous year
3	Worked 2 years prior
4	Worked 3 -6 years ago
5	Worked 7 -10 years ago
6	Worked more than 10 years ago
7	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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