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General Household Survey, 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2009
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NGA_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Reason for doing nothing (NG2008A_WHYNOWK)

Data file: NGA2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 164
End: 164
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>12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?</p>
<div class="i1">(If options 6-8 go to col. 27)<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>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Looking for job
2 Sick
3 Believed no job available
4 Laid off 30 days or less
5 Waiting to join work
6 Retired
7 Invalid
8 Other
9 Unknown
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 doing nothing.
Universe
Nigeria 2008: Persons age 10+ who did nothing the previous week [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II 0.3%]

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