Description

WANTJOB reports whether respondents not in the labor force (neither working, nor temporarily absent from a job, nor actively looking for work) wanted a job, either full- or part-time.

Comparability

Apart from universe changes, this variable is largely comparable over time. The 1976-1993 question asked whether the person wanted "a regular job," but beginning in 1994 the question simply referred to "a job."

If individuals answered "Yes" or "Maybe/it depends" to the WANTJOB question, interviewers collected information on why these persons were not looking for work (see BLVENOWK, CANTFIND, FAMDUTY, ILHEALTH, KIDDUTY, LACKSCHL, SCHLDUTY, WRONGAGE, OTHEREAS, HANDICAP, OTHEREAS, and UNKREASN).

Universe

Flags

Unharmonized Variables

• UH_WANTJB_A1
• UH_WANTJB_A2
• UH_WANTJB_A3
• UH_WANTJB_A4