LABFORCE 1900 Full Count Census

USA
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Hi,

I noticed that the LABFORCE variable is only available for the 5%, 1% and 1.2% samples in 1900. I need this variable for the full count census in 1900. Would you advise trying to construct it myself using the OCC1950 variable? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

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The following Stata code should allow you to create LABFORCE in the 1900 full count file. I tested this on the 1900 5% sample and could match LABFORCE values for all but 0.4% of cases. The unmatched cases are a function of edits that occur further downstream in the IPUMS data processing pipeline and are unrealistic/incredibly cumbersome to replicate outside of our data harmonization and processing software.

gen Labforce = 0
replace Labforce = 1 if occ1950 >970
replace Labforce = 2 if occ1950 <971 | occ1950 == 979
replace Labforce = 1 if relate == 13 & gq == 3
replace Labforce = 1 if relate ==13 & age >15
replace Labforce = 0 if age <16
replace Labforce = 1 if gq == 3 & Labforce == 2

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