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February 2026 monthly data are now available. IPUMS CPS has not yet processed the re-released January 2026 data. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
An "X" indicates the variable is available for the listed sample.
Work Variables -- PERSON    [top]
Variable
Variable Label
 Type

Feb
26

Jan
26

Dec
25

Nov
25

Sep
25

Aug
25

Jul
25

Jun
25

May
25

Apr
25

ASEC
25

Mar
25

Feb
25

Jan
25

Dec
24

Nov
24

Oct
24

Sep
24

Aug
24

Jul
24

Jun
24

May
24

Apr
24

ASEC
24

Mar
24

Feb
24

Jan
24

Dec
23

Nov
23

Oct
23

Sep
23

Aug
23

Jul
23

Jun
23

May
23

Apr
23

ASEC
23

Mar
23

Feb
23

Jan
23

Dec
22

Nov
22

Oct
22

Sep
22

Aug
22

Jul
22

Jun
22

May
22

Apr
22

ASEC
22
Variable

Mar
22

Feb
22

Jan
22

ASEC
20

ASEC
19

ASEC
18

ASEC
17

ASEC
16

ASEC
15

ASEC
14

ASEC
13

ASEC
12

ASEC
11

ASEC
10

ASEC
09
WHYPTLY Reason for working part-time last year P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X WHYPTLY . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
USFTABLW Usually work full time (absent last week) P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USFTABLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
USFTPTLW Usually work full time (part time last week) P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X USFTPTLW . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
LKWKFTPT Looking for full or part-time job P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LKWKFTPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PAYIFABS Paid if absent from work last week P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X PAYIFABS . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
NUMEMPS Number of employers last year P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X NUMEMPS . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
WNLWNILF When last worked for pay (NILF last week) P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X WNLWNILF . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
STRECHLK Stretches of looking for work last year P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X STRECHLK . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
WHYLOOK Reason started looking for work P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHYLOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHYNWLY Reason not working last year P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X WHYNWLY . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
ACTNLFLY Activity when not in labor force last year (part-year workers) P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X ACTNLFLY . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
OVERTIME Worked overtime or multiple jobs last week P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OVERTIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WHYLEFT Reason left last job (NILF now) P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHYLEFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PTWEEKS Weeks working part time last year P . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X PTWEEKS . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X
WORK0375 Working during March 1975 P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORK0375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WORK0380 Working in March 1980 P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORK0380 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NWLOOKWK2 Weeks looked for work last year, intervalled P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NWLOOKWK2 . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X