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Data Dictionary: Census 1940 Census Tract Only
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Data Source: Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited, verified and additional data entered by Social Explorer.
Universe: Population Age 14 and Over
Variable Details
T41. Employment Status (Population 14 and Over)
Universe: Population Age 14 and Over
T041_012 Other and Not Reported
Percent base:
Population Age 14 and Over (SE:T041_001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = ORG:T013_018 + ORG:T013_035
Variables used in the formula:
ORG:T013_018
Male 14 and Over: Not In Labor Force: Other and Not Reported
ORG:T013_035
Female 14 and Over: Not In Labor Force: Other and Not Reported
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census Tract Data, 1940-1970: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File
  Census Tract Data, 1940: Elizabeth Mullen Bogue File -> Census 1940 Tract Documentation -> Population and Housing-Statistics for Census Tracts -> Definitions of Terms and Explanations -> Employment status
Employment status
On the basis of their employment status or activity during the week of March 24 to 30, 1940, all persons 14 years old and over were classified into two large groups: (a) Persons in the labor force, including those employed (at work or with a job, except on public emergency work), those on public emergency work, and those seeking work; and (b) persons not in the labor force, including those engaged in own home housework, those in school, those unable to work, inmates of institutions, other persons not in the labor force, and those whose employment status was not reported.
In the interpretation of the data for persons on public emergency work, allowance must be made for the misclassification in the census returns of some public emergency workers, as a result of which the number of such workers is considerably understated.