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LOOKING

Description

LOOKING indicates whether the respondent has been seeking work during the past four weeks, and if not, the reason why.

LOOKING was collected at the time of the ATUS interview. Information on whether the respondent was seeking work was also collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. See LOOKING_CPS8.

Universe

2003-2010: Non-employed ATUS respondents age 15 and over.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Yes 1021 662 571 597 541 607 889 1014
2 No 2178 1483 1421 1509 1309 1293 1317 1394
3 Retired 33 19 7 10 12 7 14 18
4 Disabled 26 11 7 13 9 8 14 9
5 Unable to work 14 8 7 5 3 6 11 10
96 Refused 9 3 8 10 11 16 18 19
97 Don't know 5 3 -- 1 -- 1 3 --
99 NIU (Not in universe) 17434 11784 11017 10798 10363 10785 10867 10796