nilf: Not in labor force

Description

nilf is indicates whether or not the respondent is not in the labor force.

Availability

Sample	Years
Basic	All years
May	All years
ORG	All years

Values

Value	Label
0	Employed/unemployed
1	NILF

Code

Variable creation

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* Not in labor force
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gen byte nilf = 0 if lfstat ~= .
replace nilf = 1 if lfstat == 3
lab var nilf "Not in labor force"
lab def nilf 1 "NILF" 0 "Employed/unemployed"
lab val nilf nilf
notes nilf: Derived from lfstat = 3
notes nilf: Universe: lfstat!=.

Figure creation

keep if age >= 25 & age <= 54
keep if year >= 1976

gcollapse (mean) nilf_ = nilf [pw=basicwgt], by(year female) fast
foreach var of varlist nilf_* {
    replace `var' = `var' * 100
}
reshape wide nilf_, i(year) j(female)

* grab useful values for figure values
foreach var of varlist nilf_* {
    sum `var' if year == 2009
    local `var'yvalue = r(mean)
    local `var'xvalue = 2009
}
local nilf_0yvalue = `nilf_0yvalue' - 3
local nilf_1yvalue = `nilf_1yvalue' + 3

local color1 228 26 28
local color2 55 126 184
local color3 77 175 74
local color4 152 78 163
local color5 255 127 0

line nilf_0 nilf_1 year, ///
legend(off) ///
xlabel(1975(5)2020) ///
ylabel(0(10)40 50 "50%", angle(0) gmin gmax) ///
xtitle("") ytitle("") ///
lcolor("`color4'" "`color2'") ///
graphregion(color(white)) plotregion(color(white)) ///
title("Share of prime-age population not in the labor force, by gender", size(medium)) ///
text(`nilf_0yvalue' `nilf_0xvalue' "Male", color("`color4'") placement(c)) ///
text(`nilf_1yvalue' `nilf_1xvalue' "Female", color("`color2'") placement(c))
graph export ${variableimages}nilf_titleimage.svg, replace