IPUMS ATUS

American Time Use Survey Extract Builder

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TKLVYEST

Reason you took paid or unpaid leave yesterday

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Respondents and Household Members
Respondents and Non-respondents
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TKLVYEST reports the reason that the respondent took paid or unpaid leave yesterday.

Respondents who were on leave from job yesterday are asked why they took leave, which is reported in TKLVYEST.

TKLVYEST was gathered as part of the Leave Module of the ATUS interview. Analyses that include TKLVYEST should use LVWT as the weight.

This variable is comparable across years.