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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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Reason for not seeking work during past week (TT2011A_WORKREAS)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 281
End: 282
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>[Questions 20 and 21 apply only to those answering (30) in question 19]</p>

<p>20. Reason for not seeking work past week</p>
<div class="i1">Why did (N) [the respondent] not look for work during the past week?<br /><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 />[] 46 Discouraged (DISC)<br />[] 47 Awaiting Results (AR)<br />[] 48 Knew of no vacancy (KNV)<br />[] 49 Temporary Illness (TI)<br />[] 77 Other (O)<br />[] 99 Not stated (NS)</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: For persons who shaded 40 to 45, skip to Q.25.</div>
Categories
Value Category
40 Student
41 Home duties
42 Retired
43 Disabled
44 Old age pensioner
45 Did not want work
46 Discouraged
47 Awaiting results
48 Knew of no vacancy
49 Temporary illness
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">6.3. The economically inactive population (out of the labour force)</span></p>

<p>This general category consists of:</p>
<div class="i1">(i) Persons who explicitly stated that they did not want work<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.18]</span><br /><br />(ii) Students (full time)<br />(iii) Persons engaged in home duties<br />(iv) The retired<br />(v) The disabled<br />(vi) Old age pensioners<br />(vii) Other persons, e.g. mentally challenged, inmates of prisons, hospitals, mental institutions etc.</div><p>[Chart on page 18 omitted]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason why the person was not seeking work in the past week.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Persons 15+ years old in private households living in Trinidad and Tobago who did not look for work during past week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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