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Ever unemployed in last ten yrs
Variable: unemp
Module:
Core
Subject:
Employment
,
Labor Force Status
,
Unemployment
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

At any time during the last ten years, have you been unemployed and looking for work for as long as a month?

Year Availability
Available in 28 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Yes
2 No
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1983 1984 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
420 384 408 413 435 448 410 538 490 445 312 294 265 302 341 647 642 580 561 279 284 643 451 520 478 602 715 531
1083 1098 1071 1085 1092 1082 1058 1057 978 1021 682 738 632 713 712 1357 1275 1316 1278 631 590 1342 913 854 859 1082 1236 1029
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 8 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2
1 2 11 0 3 0 0 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 4 6 5 14 11 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 484 502 473 500 549 981 979 921 959 1853 1936 2521 658 667 636 851 911 785
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 39142
Missing cases 23324