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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 2008
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SDN_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for economic inactivity (SD2008A_REASON)

Data file: SDN2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SD08A434 SD08A435 SD08A436 SD08A437 SD08A438 SD08A534 SD08A535 SD08A536 SD08A537 SD08A538"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br />[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SD08A435 SD08A535">20. For those who did no work and were not seeking work, why did [the respondent] not seek work?<br /><div class="i1">[Q20 is asked of persons age 10 or older who did not work and are not seeking work, as per Q19.]<br /><br />[] 1 No hope of finding job<br />[] 2 Full-time student<br />[] 3 Income recipient<br />[] 4 Too old<br />[] 5 Disabled / too sick<br />[] 6 Full-time homemaker / housewife<br />[] 7 Pensioner / retired</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No hope to find job
2 Full-time student
3 Income recipient
4 Too old
5 Disabled/too sick
6 Full-time homemaker
7 Pensioner/retired
8 Unknown
9 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 reason for economic inactivity.
Universe
Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who did not work and were not seeking work last week [type I 5.2%; type II 35.7%]

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