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VAR 000919 Y6(2). 2 digit employment status

VAR 000919    Y6(2). 2 digit employment status
              MD:  EQ 0
              COLUMNS:  1826 - 1827
              Numeric

   Y6(2).

       Please look at page 17 of the booklet.
       We'd like to know if you are working now, temporarily
       laid off, or are you unemployed, retired, permanently
       disabled, a homemaker, a student, or what?

       EMPLOYMENT STATUS 2 DIGIT SUMMARY
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       See notes Y6.
       Built using Y5, Y12g, Y14g, Y15, Y7e.

       This is a summary which describes R's occupation status
       as categorized AFTER all information has been collected.
       Note that case 1263 has been coded 81 rather than 18
       although number of hours worked (V000974) was coded as
       DK; for this case, information in the thumbnail indicated
       that R worked only a few hours a week.

       10. WORKING NOW only
       15. WORKING NOW and retired (R volunteers), currently working 20 or
           more hours per week
       16. WORKING NOW and permanently disabled, currently working 20 or
           more hours per week
       17. WORKING NOW and homemaker (R volunteers), currently working 20 or
           more hours per week
       18. WORKING NOW and student (R volunteers), currently working 20 or
           more hours per week
       20. TEMPORARILY LAID OFF
       40. UNEMPLOYED
       50. RETIRED, no other occupation
       51. RETIRED and working now (R volunteers), currently working fewer
           than 20 hours per week
       60. PERMANENTLY DISABLED, not working
       61. PERMANENTLY DISABLED and working now, currently working fewer
           than 20 hours per week
       70. HOMEMAKER, no other occupation
       71. HOMEMAKER and working now (R volunteers), currently working fewer
           than 20 hours per week
       75. HOMEMAKER and student (R volunteers), no other occupation
       80. STUDENT, no other occupation
       81. STUDENT and working now (R volunteers), currently working fewer
           than 20 hours per week

       00. NA

                      0       10       15       16       17       18
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          Count       7     1035       18        2       55       51

                     20       40       50       51       60       70
                   -----    -----    -----    -----    -----    -----
          Count      17       59      300       18       72      114

                     71       75       80       81
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          Count      14        2       25       18


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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 19 01:35:33 EST 2001