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General Household Survey, 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Length of unemployment (NG2006A_LNUEMPNT)

Data file: NGA2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 184
End: 184
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Persons(s) present in household continued? (For persons age 10 years and above)</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 11-63]</p>

<p>11. Main job previous week</p>
<div class="i1">(If options 1-5 go to Col. 14, and if options 6 or 7 go to next person)<br /><br />[] 1 Worked for pay<br />[] 2 Got job but did not work<br />[] 3 Worked for profit<br />[] 4 On attachment but didn't work<br />[] 5 Apprenticeship<br />[] 6 Kept home<br />[] 7 Went to school<br />[] 8 Did nothing</div><p>12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?</p>
<div class="i1">(If options 6-8 go to col. 42)<br /><br />[] 1 Looked for job<br />[] 2 Sick<br />[] 3 Believed no job available<br />[] 4 Laid off 30 days or less<br />[] 5 Waiting to join work<br />[] 6 Retired<br />[] 7 Invalid<br />[] 8 Others</div><p>13. Length of unemployment</p>
<div class="i1">(From the last paid work)<br /><br />[] 1 Less than 1 month<br />[] 2 Between 1 and 2 months<br />[] 3 Between 2 and 3 months<br />[] 4 Between 3 and 4 months<br />[] 5 More than 4 months<br />[] 6 Never had a paid work<br /><br />Next person</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 1 month
2 Between 1 and 2 months
3 Between 2 and 3 months
4 Between 3 and 4 months
5 More than 4 months
6 Never had paid work
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 person’s length of unemployment.
Universe
Nigeria 2006: Persons age 10+ who did nothing the previous week and were not retired or invalid [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II 0.3%]

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