Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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Reference ID

USA_2000_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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Available for work (US2000A_0464)

Data file: USA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 317

End: 317

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?

[] Yes [Go on to question 33]
[] No

-- Answer questions 25-26 for persons who did not work for pay or profit last week. Others skip to 27.

25. e. Last week, could this person have started a job if offered one, or returned to work if recalled?

[] Yes, could have gone to work
[] No, because of own temporary illness
[] No, because of all other reasons (in school, etc.)

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
2	No, temporarily ill
3	No, other reason(s)
4	Yes, available for work
5	Not reported

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not persons who did not work during the previous week and were actively seeking a job or planning to open their own business or professional practice were currently available to take any work they might find.

Universe

Persons age 15+, not at work during previous week

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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