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How many years in your occupation
Variable: occyrs
Module:
Jobs
Subject:
Job
Related Variables
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

How long have you been doing the kind of work you did last week (OCCUPATION DESCRIBED IN OCC )? That is, at least how many years in your occupation?
Please include all previous jobs of the same kind.

Year Availability
Available in 1 of 31 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
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-1 Not applicable
98 Don't know
99 No answer
1998
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26
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 1349
Missing cases 61117