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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1999-June, 2000 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1999 - 2000
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IND_1999_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Number of workers of principal activity (IN1999A_WORKERS)

Data file: IND1999_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 263
End: 263
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="IN99A420 IN99A421 IN99A430 IN99A466 IN99A467" v="IN99A420 IN99A421 IN99A430 IN99A467 IN99A466 IN99A473 IN99A474 IN99A475 IN99A476 IN99A477 IN99A478 IN99A479 IN99A480 IN99A481 IN99A482"><span class="h3">Industry-occupation</span><br />[Questions 4-6.]<br /><br />4. Description ____<br />5. Industry code as in NIC-1998 _ _ _ _ _<br />6. Occupation code as in NCO-1968 _ _ _<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN99A473 IN99A474 IN99A475 IN99A476 IN99A477 IN99A478 IN99A479 IN99A480 IN99A481 IN99A482"><span class="h3">Particulars of enterprise for persons with industry divisions 10 -99 in question 5</span><br />[Questions 9-18]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IN99A476">12. Number of workers:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Less than 6<br />[] 2 6 to 9<br />[] 3 10 and above but less than 20<br />[] 4 20 and above<br />[] 9 Not known</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 6
2 6 to 9
3 10 to 19
4 20 and above
7 Respondent did not know
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of workers of principal activity. This number is the average number of workers employed on a day of operation irrespective of whether they are hired, household, paid or unpaid, who are involved in the production process.
Universe
India 1999: Persons age 5+ whose principal industry was non-agricultural [discrepancies: none]

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