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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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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Looking for job in the last four weeks (PG2000A_LOOKWORK)

Data file: PNG2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 230
End: 230
Width: 1
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>18. Has the person actively sought any kind of work in the last four weeks?</p>
<div class="i1">[Asked of persons not active in any work in the last seven days in Question 15]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person look for job in the last four weeks (month).
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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