National Census of Population and Housing in 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 2002

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POL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office of Poland, IPUMS

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Duration of seeking employment (PL2002A_DURSEEK)

Data file: POL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 274

End: 276

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">19. Did you perform any work providing earnings or income or did you help pay in a family business?</span><div class="i1">If the answer is: 1 or 2 - go to question 20; 3 - go to question 25; 4 - go to question 28<br /><br />[] 1 Yes, go to question 20<br />[] 2 You temporarily didn't work due to illness, vacation, lay-off, strike etc., but you did have a job (did not concern contributing family members) in reference week (from May 13th to May 19th), go to question 20<br />[] 3 No, go to question 25<br />[] 4 Lack of response (concerns persons staying abroad), go to question 28</div><span class="em">25. Are you looking for a job actively?</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">If the answer is: 1 - go to question 26; 2 - go to question 27; 3 - go to question 28.</span><br /><br />[] 1 Yes, go to question 26<br />[] 2 No, you have found a job and have been waiting to start it, go to question 27<br />[] 3 No, go to question 28</div><span class="em">27. How long have you been actively looking for a job? </span><div class="i1">Please, give the number of months: _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
000	Less than 1 month
001	1 month
002	2 months
003	3
004	4
005	5
006	6
007	7
008	8
009	9
010	10
011	11
012	12
013	13
014	14
015	15
016	16
017	17
018	18
019	19
020	20
021	21
022	22
023	23
024	24
025	25
026	26
027	27
028	28
029	29
030	30
031	31
032	32
033	33
034	34
035	35
036	36
037	37
038	38
039	39
040	40
041	41
042	42
043	43
044	44
045	45
046	46
047	47
048	48
049	49
050	50
051	51
052	52
053	53
054	54
055	55
056	56
057	57
058	58
059	59
060	60
061	61
062	62
063	63
064	64
065	65
066	66
067	67
068	68
069	69
070	70
071	71
072	72
073	73
074	74
075	75
076	76
077	77
078	78
079	79
080	80
081	81
082	82
083	83
084	84
085	85
086	86
087	87
088	88
089	89
090	90
091	91
092	92
093	93
094	94
095	95
096	96
097	97
098	98
099	Unknown
999	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 length of time (in months) that a person without work has been seeking employment.

Universe

Poland 2002: Persons age 15+ who are looking for a job or waiting to start a job [discrepancies: type I trace, type II none]

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Concept

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