# Person Weight

**URL:** https://forum.ipums.org/t/person-weight/1690
**Category:** USA
**Created:** [April 13, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/person-weight/1690 "2017-04-13T16:56:00Z")
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### Author: ![kmalahmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc8723/32.png) [@kmalahmin](https://forum.ipums.org/u/kmalahmin)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/person-weight/1690/1 "2017-04-13T16:56:00Z")

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I am trying to get an accurate count of employed persons’ income. I noted some incomes are 0 or similarly small. Does that mean they reported making 0 or 10 dollars in a given year? Also, the PERWT, does that mean that to get an accurate count, I would create separate line that many times for that value? Example, income 500 with a weight of 6, I would create a total of six lines with an income of 500?

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