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Seventh General Population and Housing Census, 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2004
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SUR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Activity status (SR2004A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: SUR2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 150
End: 151
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal form</span></p>

<p>P16. Did this person, in the period from 26 July to 1 Aug 2004, have a job, an odd job or work?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: (unpaid work in a family business is also regarded as work)<br /><br />[] 1 Yes [Go to P18]<br />[] 2 No <br />[] 7 Don't know<br />[] 9 No response</div><p>P17. Did this person, in the period from 26 July to 1 Aug 2004, have a job or odd job/work from which they were temporarily absent?</p>
<div class="i1">e.g.: leave, illness or training abroad etc.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No [Go to P21]<br />[] 7 Don't know [Go to P21]<br />[] 9 No response [Go to P21]</div><p>P22. What is the reason why this person didn't look for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Retired/elderly<br />[] 2 Student (regardless of level of education)<br />[] 3 Family carer<br />[] 4 Incapacitated for work<br />[] 5 Thinks they won't find work<br />[] 6 Looked for work but couldn't find<br />[] 7 Waiting for application outcome<br />[] 8 Is an unpaid worker in family business<br />[] 9 Other<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employed
02 Unemployed
03 Discouraged
04 Retired
05 Student
06 Home maker
07 Unfit for work
08 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 the person's economic activity status in the previous week.
Universe
Suriname 2004: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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