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General Household Survey, 2007-08 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for wanting to change job (NG2007A_WHYCHJOB)

Data file: NGA2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 191
End: 192
Width: 2
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>15. Reason for the change</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Low income in present job<br />[] 2 Job doesn't match skill<br />[] 3 Job environment not congenial<br />[] 4 Excessive hours of work<br />[] 5 Precarious job(s)<br />[] 6 Inadequate tools<br />[] 7 Equipment or training for assigned task<br />[] 8 Travel to work difficulties<br />[] 9 Inconvenient work schedules<br />[] 10 Recurring work stoppage<br />[] 11 Prolonged non wage payment</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Low income in present job
02 Job doesn't match skills
03 Job environment not congenial
04 Excessive hours of work
05 Precarious jobs
06 Inadequate tools
07 Equipment or training for assigned task
08 Travel to work difficult
09 Inconvenient work schedules
10 Recurring work stoppage
11 Prolonged non wage payment
98 Unknown
99 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 reason for wanting to change jobs.
Universe
Nigeria 2007: Persons age 10+ willing to change jobs [discrepancies: type I 0.2% ; type II 0.6%]

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