LAIDOFMO1
Month laid off/lost job last or only time in the past 12 months
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
89
|
86
|
84
|
83
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | NIU | X | X | X | X |
| 01 | January | X | X | X | X |
| 02 | February | X | X | X | X |
| 03 | March | X | X | X | X |
| 04 | April | X | X | X | X |
| 05 | May | X | X | X | X |
| 06 | June | X | X | X | X |
| 07 | July | X | X | X | X |
| 08 | August | X | X | X | X |
| 09 | September | X | X | X | X |
| 10 | October | X | X | X | X |
| 11 | November | X | X | X | X |
| 12 | December | X | X | X | X |
| 99 | Unknown | X | X | X | X |
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Description
For persons in families who have a member that experienced at least one job loss in the past 12 months, LAIDOFMO1 reports the month in which the household member was laid off from a job or lost the most recent job.
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Comparability
Apart from changes in the universe, there are no comparability issues. Changes in survey design (e.g., quarters in which the supplement was collected) may affect raw frequencies, but do not affect comparability of the variable. As always, data users should use the prescribed IHIS weights.
Universe
- 1983: Persons age 18+ in quarters 3 and 4 who are related household members of a respondent who had been laid off or lost a job in the past 12 months.
- 1984; 1986; 1989: Persons age 18+ who are related household members of a respondent who had been laid off or lost a job in the past 12 months.
Availability
- 1983-1984, 1986, 1989
Weights
- 1984, 1986, 1989 : PERWEIGHT
- 1983 : SAMPWEIGHT
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