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2008 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 2008
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ISR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
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Part of a weekly civil labor force (IL2008A_CIVWRK1)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Questions on education and work</span>
<br />[Questions 43-58 asked of persons aged 15 or older]</p>

<p>47. Did you work, even one hour, during the week ending December 27, 2008?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Worked (Go to Question No. 52)<br />[] 2 Was on compulsory army duty (not including reserve duty) (Go to Question No. 51)<br />[] 3 Was in the regular army (Go to Question No. 51)<br />[] 4 Didn't work</div><p>48. Do you have a job or business from which you were absent the whole week ending December 27, 2008, due to illness, vacation, army reserve duty?</p>
<div class="i1">1 [] Yes (Go to Question No. 52) <br />2 [] No</div><p>49. Did you actively seek work during December? </p>
<div class="i1">For example, through an employment exchange, newspaper ads, the internet, application to an Employer<br />[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No (Go to Question No. 51)</div><p>50. If you were offered suitable work, could you have started working the week ending December 27, 2008?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, employed in labor force last week
2 Yes, employed in labor force but did not work last week
4 No, not a part of the labor force
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 whether the person work at least one hour as a civilian (not soldiers) in the civilian or military labor force during the week that ended in 12/27/2008 (the week prior to the census).
Universe
Israel 2008: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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