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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Economic activity during last year (TT2011A_EMPSTATYR)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 286
End: 287
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 6: Economic Activity - For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over</span></p>

<p>25. What did (N) [the respondent] do most during the past twelve (12) months?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Had a job and worked (HJW)<br />[] 11 Had a job, did not work (HJNW)<br />[] 20 Seeking first job (SFJ)<br />[] 21 Seeking work - not first job (SW)<br />[] 30 Wanted work and available (WW)<br />[] 40 Student (S)<br />[] 41 Home duties (HD)<br />[] 42 Retired (R)<br />[] 43 Disabled (D)<br />[] 44 Old Age Pensioner (OAP)<br />[] 45 Did not want work (DNWW)<br />[] 77 Other (O)<br />[] 99 Not stated (NS)</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: For persons who shaded 20 in Q.19, classify by where (N) [the respondent] last applied for a job. And those persons shading 21 OR 30 classify by last job held.</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Had a job and worked
11 Had a job, did not work
20 Seeking first job
21 Seeking work, not first job
30 Wanted work and available
40 Student
41 Home duties
42 Retired
43 Disabled
44 Old age pensioner
45 Did not want work
77 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 6 - Economic activity</span></p>

<p><span class="em">6.11. Main activity during past twelve (12) months</span></p>

<p>The main activity during the past twelve (12) months refers to what the individual did most during the twelve (12) month period preceding enumeration. It is to be noted that the term "most" need not be continuous.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's economic activity during the last year.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Persons age 15+ in private households living in Trinidad and Tobago [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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