United States

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Excluded are: the armed forces, the institutionalized population, citizens of other countries living in embassy and US citizens living abroad.

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1. did any work at all (at least one hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family;
2. all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labormanagement dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs.

1. persons without wage and salary work who were trying to establish their own enterprise;
2. full or part-time workers seeking other work during the reference week;
3. persons who performed some work for pay or profit during the reference week but were subject to compulsory schooling, retired and receiving a pension, registered as job seekers at an employment office or receiving unemployment benefits;
4. full or part-time students working full-time or part-time;
5. paid apprentices and trainees;
6. citizens of other countries who reside in the United Sates but not on the premises of an embassy;
7. persons residing in the United States but working in Mexico or Canada. Excluded are persons whose only activity consisted of work around their own house (painting, repairing, or own home housework) or volunteer work for religious, charitable, and other organizations.

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