IPUMS CPS: descr: UCAPLAST

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UCAPLAST

Applied for unemployment compensation since last job?

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UCAPLAST indicates whether the respondent has applied for unemployment compensation since their last job.

See the Unemployment Compensation Supplement notes for more information on using this dataset.

Apart from universe changes, this variable is comparable over all available years.

1989-1990: Civilians age 15 or older in month-in-samples 4 or 8 who were unemployed and had ever worked
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
2018, 2022: Civilians age 16 or older who were on layoff, or not employed but worked in the past 12 months

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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