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WRKLSTWK
Worked last week
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Description

WRKLSTWK indicates whether or not persons did any work during the previous week either for pay or profit. Even if respondents only worked one hour, helped without pay in a family business or farm for 15 hours or more, or were on active duty in the Armed Forces, they were instructed to answer "yes" to this question. Conversely, housework, school work, and unpaid volunteer work were not counted as work.

User Note: This variable is based on the same question as the variable EMPSTAT, however WRKLSTWK is a separate PUMS variable in the dataset. The variables are slightly different, as EMPSTAT is a recoded variable and WRKLSTWK is not recoded. People who were in the universe for WRKLSTWK but did not respond to the question were placed in a separate "Not Reported" category.