Description

This variable indicates the total number of hours the respondent was at work during the previous week. For employers and the self-employed, this includes all hours spent attending to their operation(s) or enterprise(s). For employees, it is the number of hours they spent at work. For unpaid family workers, it is the number of hours they spent doing work directly related to the family business or farm.

Universe

Availability

• United States: 1980

Integrated variables

• None