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COW: Class of worker

Name: COW

Label: Class of worker

Question:

Out of Universe (designated as missing): b. N/A (less than 16 years old/unemployed who never worked/NILF who last worked more than 5 years ago)

Response Categories

CodeLabelFreq.%
1 employee of a private for profit company or business or of an individual, for wages, salary, or commissions 10346 43.3
2 Employee of a private not-for-profit, tax-exempt, or charitable organization 1190 5.0
3 Local government employee (city, county, etc.) 1037 4.3
4 State government employee 511 2.1
5 Federal government employee 247 1.0
6 Self-employed in own not incorporated business, professional practice, or farm 893 3.7
7 Self-employed in own incorporated business, professional practice or farm 458 1.9
8 Working without pay in family business or farm 70 0.3
9 Unemployed 72 0.3
Missing Data
. 9093 38.0
Total23917100%

Disclaimer: The frequencies for this variable may not be weighted. They are purely descriptive and may not be representative of the study population. Please use with caution and consult the study documentation.

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Summary Statistics

  • total responses: 23917
  • valid: 14824
  • invalid: 9093
  • minimum: 1.00
  • maximum: 9.00
  • mode: 1.00
  • mean: 1.95
  • median: 1.00
  • standard deviation: 1.79

Source

This variable was taken from: American Community Survey (ACS): Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 2003. You may:

Series

This study is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) Series. You may: