Monthly CPS data are not currently being released amidst the U.S. federal government shut down. Once the September 2025 monthly data are available, we will process and release them as quickly as possible via IPUMS.
Codes
This is a 4-digit numeric variable.
Description
Duration of unemployment (weeks) - 1994-2009
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
In 1994 forward the manual describes this as the 'duration of unemployment for layoff and looking records'.
These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:
-1' ' => -999 : Missing
Universe
- Those who are unemployed.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 – 2009 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
