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WORK (THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), did (name/you) do ANY work for (pay/either pay or profit)? 1 Yes 2 No 3 Retired 4 Disabled 5 Unable to work BUS1 (THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), did (name/you) do any unpaid work in the family business or farm? 1 Yes 2 No BUS2 (Do / Does) (name/you) receive any payments or profits from the business? 1 Yes 2 No RET Last month (name/you) (was/were) reported to be retired. (Are / Is) (you/he/she) still retired? This includes money from jobs, net income from business, farm or rent, pensions, dividends, interest, social security payments and any other money income received (. / by members of (your/ name of reference person) FAMILY who are 15 years of age or older.

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Classifying what Americans do during the day and how much time they spend doing those activities is an arduous task that calls for addressing numerous coding issues, but the data provide a broad source of information for various researchers