UCNORECLAST
Reason did not receive unemployment compensation since last job?
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
May
22 |
Feb
22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pay period schedule | · | · |
| 02 | Exhausted benefits | X | X |
| 03 | Applied and waiting for response | X | X |
| 04 | Applied, have heard back, but still waiting | X | X |
| 05 | Did not work or earn enough to qualify | X | X |
| 06 | Voluntarily left job or dismissed for cause or conduct | X | X |
| 07 | Strike/work stoppage | · | · |
| 08 | Self employed or independent contractor | X | X |
| 09 | Disqualified | X | X |
| 10 | Withheld | · | · |
| 11 | Other | X | X |
| 96 | Refused | X | · |
| 97 | Don't Know | · | X |
| 98 | No Response | · | · |
| 99 | NIU | X | X |
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Description
UCNORECLAST indicates the reason the respondent has not received unemployment compensation since their last job.
See the Unemployment Compensation Supplement notes for more information on using this dataset.
Universe
- 1989-1990: Civilians age 15 or older in month-in-samples 4 or 8 who were unemployed, had ever worked, and did not receive unemployment compensation since their last job
- 2005: Civilians age 16 or older in month-in-samples 4 or 8 who were unemployed, or not in labor force but had worked in the past 12 months and were not retired or disabled, and did not receive unemployment compensation since their last job
- 2018, 2022: Civilians age 16 or older who were on layoff or not employed but worked in the past 12 months, and did not receive unemployment compensation since their last job
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | X | - |
| 1990 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | X | - | - | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | X | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Flags
This variable has no flags.Questionnaire Text
| May 2022 |
| Feb 2022 |
May 2022
Questionnaire form
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Q9
Why (haven't you/hasn't name) received any unemployment benefits since (your/her/his) last job?
(Only one choice allowed)
Applied and Waiting
(1) Waiting for approval of application
(2) Application approved, but waiting period not over
(2) Application approved, but waiting period not over
Denied Claim / Did Not Qualify
(3) Used up (exhausted) all benefits
(4) Left job voluntarily, quit, or dismissed for conduct or cause
(5) Earnings or hours too low to qualify
(6) Strike/work stoppage
(7) Was self-employed or an independent contractor
(8) Disqualified (fraud, failed to report on time, refused work referral/work offer, incarceration)
(9) Withheld for child support or overpayment
(10) Different pay periods (every two weeks, monthly)
(11) Other (specify) ___________
(4) Left job voluntarily, quit, or dismissed for conduct or cause
(5) Earnings or hours too low to qualify
(6) Strike/work stoppage
(7) Was self-employed or an independent contractor
(8) Disqualified (fraud, failed to report on time, refused work referral/work offer, incarceration)
(9) Withheld for child support or overpayment
(10) Different pay periods (every two weeks, monthly)
(11) Other (specify) ___________
Feb 2022
Questionnaire form
view entire document:
text
image
Q9
Why (haven't you/hasn't name) received any unemployment benefits since (your/her/his) last job?
(Only one choice allowed)
Applied and Waiting
(1) Waiting for approval of application
(2) Application approved, but waiting period not over
(2) Application approved, but waiting period not over
Denied Claim / Did Not Qualify
(3) Used up (exhausted) all benefits
(4) Left job voluntarily, quit, or dismissed for conduct or cause
(5) Earnings or hours too low to qualify
(6) Strike/work stoppage
(7) Was self-employed or an independent contractor
(8) Disqualified (fraud, failed to report on time, refused work referral/work offer, incarceration)
(9) Withheld for child support or overpayment
(10) Different pay periods (every two weeks, monthly)
(11) Other (specify) ___________
(4) Left job voluntarily, quit, or dismissed for conduct or cause
(5) Earnings or hours too low to qualify
(6) Strike/work stoppage
(7) Was self-employed or an independent contractor
(8) Disqualified (fraud, failed to report on time, refused work referral/work offer, incarceration)
(9) Withheld for child support or overpayment
(10) Different pay periods (every two weeks, monthly)
(11) Other (specify) ___________