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MEPS H79 CODEBOOK
2003 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
DATE: November 28, 2005

Variable Name: NWK31
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING RD 3/1
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1339
End: 1340

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
324
2,533,600
-8 DK
9
92,434
-7 REFUSED
8
43,642
-1 INAPPLICABLE
28,177
236,709,234
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
534
4,016,491
2 RETIRED
2,382
25,319,716
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
1,375
9,715,201
4 ON TEMPORARY LAYOFF
22
159,212
5 MATERNITY/PATERNITY LEAVE
37
276,371
6 GOING TO SCHOOL
289
2,751,666
7 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
849
7,171,280
8 WANTED SOME TIME OFF
76
716,596
9 WAITING TO START NEW JOB
18
178,143
91 OTHER
115
920,849
TOTAL
34,215
290,604,436


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