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UCAPLAST
Applied for unemployment compensation since last job?
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes and Frequencies
Description
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.
Universe
- 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
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
