February 2026 monthly data are now available. IPUMS CPS has not yet processed the re-released January 2026 data. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
Reason for unemployment - 1989-1993
The original data contains the value 0 in the January and February 1989 samples, but no label was found in any original CPS documentation.
These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:
blank => -9 : Missing
Universe
- Those who are unemployed.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 – 1993 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
