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SPEMPSTAT

Description

SPEMPSTAT reports the employment status of the respondent's spouse or unmarried partner.

For a dichotomous variable on spouse's employment, see SPEMPNOT.

SPEMPSTAT was collected at the time of the ATUS interview.

Universe

2003-2010: ATUS respondents with a spouse or unmarried partner in the household.

Quality flags

QSPEMPSTAT
SPEMPSTAT: source variable flag

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Employed - at work 7814 5366 4881 4637 4422 4393 4443 4370
2 Employed - not at work 325 238 199 222 191 233 209 192
3 Not employed 2739 1788 1516 1488 1351 1462 1633 1590
4 Retired 861 662 426 387 442 419 497 560
5 Disabled 126 122 91 76 87 78 89 86
6 Unable to work 16 13 7 13 5 10 16 25
96 Refused 2 2 2 2 -- 5 3 2
97 Don't know 6 4 5 3 4 3 4 5
98 Blank 30 2 4 -- 3 2 3 9
99 NIU (Not in universe) 8801 5776 5907 6115 5743 6118 6236 6421