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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Seeking employment (PL2002A_SEEKWRK)

Data file: POL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 272

End: 272

Width: 1

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>

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Actively looking for a job
2	Not looking for a job (found a job and waiting to start it)
3	Not looking for a job
9	Unknown

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether a person without work is seeking employment.

Universe

Poland 2002: Persons age 15+ who are unemployed or economically inactive and not in subsistence farming [discrepancies: none]

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