Intercensal Population Survey 1976 - IPUMS Subset
Indonesia, 1976
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Reference ID
IDN_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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- IDN1976_PHC-H-H.dat
- IDN1976_PHC-P-H.dat
Primary activity during past week (ID1976A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: IDN1976_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
245
End:
245
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="ID76A425 ID76A426 ID76A427 ID76A428 ID76A429 ID76A430 ID76A431 ID76A432 ID76A433 ID76A434 ID76A435 ID76A436 ID76A437 ID76A438 ID76A439 ID76A440 ID76A441 ID76A442 ID76A443 ID76A444 ID76A445 ID76A446 ID76A447 ID76A448 ID76A449 ID76A450"><span class="h2">D. Information on economic activity</span><br /><br />Ask of household members age 10 or older. Ask questions person by person.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A425">D1. What was your primary activity during the past week?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Temporarily away from work but with a job<br />[] 3 Looking for work<br />[] 4 Housekeeping<br />[] 5 Attending school<br />[] 6 Unable to work<br />[] 7 Other<br /><br />If code 1, go to D3.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A425">D1. What was your primary activity during the past week?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Temporarily away from work but with a job<br />[] 3 Looking for work<br />[] 4 Housekeeping<br />[] 5 Attending school<br />[] 6 Unable to work<br />[] 7 Other<br /><br />If code 1, go to D3.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Working |
| 2 | Temporarily away from work (but with a job) |
| 3 | Looking for work |
| 4 | Housekeeping |
| 5 | Attending school (including tertiary) |
| 6 | Could not find work |
| 7 | Other |
| 9 | Unknown |
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
<svar v="ID76A425 ID76A426 ID76A427 ID76A428 ID76A429 ID76A430 ID76A431 ID76A432 ID76A433 ID76A434 ID76A435 ID76A436 ID76A437 ID76A438 ID76A439 ID76A440 ID76A441 ID76A442 ID76A443 ID76A444 ID76A445 ID76A446 ID76A447 ID76A448 ID76A449 ID76A450"><span class="h2">D. Economic activity </span><br /><br /><span class="em">Questions for all columns in this section should only be asked to household members age 10 or older. For household members younger than 10, these columns should not be filled in at all.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A425"><span class="em">Activity during the past week</span><br />What is intended by activity during the past week is whether the respondent was engaged in any economic activity during the past week.<br /><br />Page 07 [of the enumeration form.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Column (2)</span><br />The main activity that the respondent engaged in during the past week is the one he was engaged in the most or the longest during the past week.<br /><br /><span class="em">Concept and definition</span><br />A. What is classified as "Working" is:<br />- Those who were engaged in an activity for the purpose of obtaining or helping obtain income or profit.<br /><br />B. What is classified as "Temporarily not working" is:<br />- Those who usually are engaged in an activity but temporarily are not working and not conducting any other activity.<br />For example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Permanent worker, public/private sector worker who is currently not working because he is on leave, sick, on strike, on leave of absence, company had a temporary stoppage, bad weather etc.<br />b. Farmers who till the farmland who are not working because of reasons like those in [section] A above and are waiting to continue their work.<br />c. People who are usually self-employed in a professional field but who are not working because of reasons given in [sections] A and B.<br />Example:<br />a. A farmer is waiting for the harvest or waiting for the rain to till the rice field.<br />b. Barber, doctor, puppeteer, etc. who are waiting for work.</div><br /><br />C. Those classified as "Looking for work":<br /><div class="i1">1. Those who never worked and are currently looking for work.<br />2. Those who worked in the past, but because of certain circumstances they have stopped working/been fired and are now looking for work.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.23]</span><br /><div class="i1">3. Those who been released from their current assignment and will be called to return or not, but are actively looking for work.<br />4. Those are now working but are also looking for work.</div><br /><br />D. What is intended by "Housekeeper" are persons who manage a household/help to manage a household without being paid a salary.<br /><br />E. "School" means those are attending school.<br /><br />F. Those who "Did not find work".<br /><br />G. "Other": Those who are not engaged in any activity such as A through E, for example, because they are too old to work, are paralyzed, retarded, etc., do not have any activity or their only activity is a hobby.<br /><br /><span class="em">Filling in the form</span><br />Ask the question about main activity engaged in during the past week as follows:<br /><br /><div class="i1">D1 "What usual activity were you engaged in during the past week?"</div><br />If someone had more than one activity, for example: Working and doing household work, working and then doing household work or on leave, etc., then the enumerator should ask which activity is the main activity. The activity that required the longest time during the past week is the main activity.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A425"><span class="em">Activity during the past week</span><br />What is intended by activity during the past week is whether the respondent was engaged in any economic activity during the past week.<br /><br />Page 07 [of the enumeration form.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Column (2)</span><br />The main activity that the respondent engaged in during the past week is the one he was engaged in the most or the longest during the past week.<br /><br /><span class="em">Concept and definition</span><br />A. What is classified as "Working" is:<br />- Those who were engaged in an activity for the purpose of obtaining or helping obtain income or profit.<br /><br />B. What is classified as "Temporarily not working" is:<br />- Those who usually are engaged in an activity but temporarily are not working and not conducting any other activity.<br />For example:<br /><div class="i1">a. Permanent worker, public/private sector worker who is currently not working because he is on leave, sick, on strike, on leave of absence, company had a temporary stoppage, bad weather etc.<br />b. Farmers who till the farmland who are not working because of reasons like those in [section] A above and are waiting to continue their work.<br />c. People who are usually self-employed in a professional field but who are not working because of reasons given in [sections] A and B.<br />Example:<br />a. A farmer is waiting for the harvest or waiting for the rain to till the rice field.<br />b. Barber, doctor, puppeteer, etc. who are waiting for work.</div><br /><br />C. Those classified as "Looking for work":<br /><div class="i1">1. Those who never worked and are currently looking for work.<br />2. Those who worked in the past, but because of certain circumstances they have stopped working/been fired and are now looking for work.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.23]</span><br /><div class="i1">3. Those who been released from their current assignment and will be called to return or not, but are actively looking for work.<br />4. Those are now working but are also looking for work.</div><br /><br />D. What is intended by "Housekeeper" are persons who manage a household/help to manage a household without being paid a salary.<br /><br />E. "School" means those are attending school.<br /><br />F. Those who "Did not find work".<br /><br />G. "Other": Those who are not engaged in any activity such as A through E, for example, because they are too old to work, are paralyzed, retarded, etc., do not have any activity or their only activity is a hobby.<br /><br /><span class="em">Filling in the form</span><br />Ask the question about main activity engaged in during the past week as follows:<br /><br /><div class="i1">D1 "What usual activity were you engaged in during the past week?"</div><br />If someone had more than one activity, for example: Working and doing household work, working and then doing household work or on leave, etc., then the enumerator should ask which activity is the main activity. The activity that required the longest time during the past week is the main activity.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's primary activity during the previous week.
Universe
Indonesia 1976: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |