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The 2026 September BMS data are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 BMS data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.

TWKSETTING

Area of work: primarily indoors or outdoors
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Description

For self-respondents who were not retired, worked for pay or were employed during the past week, and were not self-employed, TWKSETTING reports whether the respondent, at their main job, primarily worked indoors, mainly worked outdoors, works mainly indoors in non-traditional environments (such as a warehouse or other similar large semi-structured area), mainly travels for work (to different clients or sites or mainly in a motor vehicle/bus/train/boat/airplane/underground/in a mine), worked about equally indoors and outdoors, or that their work location varies.

This variable is part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.

Comparability

This variable is comparable over time.

Universe

  • all: Self-respondents who were not retired, worked for pay or were employed during the past week, and were not self-employed.

Availability

Years Jan Feb ASEC Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 - - - - - - - X - - - -
2011 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2014 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2015 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2018 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2019 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2022 - - - - - - - - X - - -
2023 X - - - X - - - - - - -

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