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UCUNION
Was a union member or covered by union in last job?
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes and Frequencies
Description
UCUNION indicates whether the respondent was a union member or was covered by a union in 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 |
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1989 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | X | - |
1990 | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2005 | X | - | - | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | X | - |
2018 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
2022 | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |