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National Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 2000
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PNG_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Economic activity (past 7 days) (PG2000A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: PNG2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 232
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Continue only for persons aged 10 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions 13-19 were asked of persons age 10+.]</p>

<p>19. What was the person doing mostly in the last seven days?</p>
<div class="i1">[Asked of persons not active in any work in the last seven days in Question 15]<br /><br />If other describe in the space provided.<br /><br />[] 1 Housework<br />[] 2 Studying<br />[] 3 Waiting to start a new job<br />[] 4 looking for work</div><div class="i1">Not working because:</div><div class="i2">[] 5 Too young<br />[] 6 Too old/retired<br />[] 7 Sick<br />[] 8 Permanently disabled<br />[] 9 Other, describe ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Housework
02 Student
03 Waiting for a job
04 Looking for a job
05 Too young
06 Too old
07 Sick
08 Permanently disabled
09 Other
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 person's economic activity in the past 7 days.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 2000: Persons age 10+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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