Hello, I was wondering whether you were aware of a problem with the variable WKSWORK1 in 1950: it looks like it is equal to 0 most of the times, even for employed people (while this is not the case in 1940 for example). Can you confirm that this is the case? Is this a “mistake”? Thanks for your he…

You are seeing this because this is a question that was only asked of a single “sample-line” person in each household in 1950. Any others will have it coded as 0. You should be using the sample-line weight SLWT to analyze this variable in the 1950 sample. When you do that you’ll see the zeroes are i…

Thanks for your reply. So you suggest to exclude from the computation of total hours worked in 1950 all those individuals with SLWT equal to 0 correct? Also, based on the links you kindly sent me I still have a question if I want to get population averages/totals: if I am interested in looking at a…

Weeks worked (WKSWORK1) in 1950

USA

Topic		Replies	Views
Weeks Worked in 1950 USA	1	374	July 29, 2019
WKSWORK1 tricky with 5 year ACS file USA	2	386	February 16, 2021
The 1950 Full Count Census USA	3	254	February 27, 2024
WKSWORK2=0 but have nonzero labor income USA	3	325	July 27, 2020
Consistent measure hours worked and weeks worked (no intervals) USA	3	744	July 18, 2019

Weeks worked (WKSWORK1) in 1950

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