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Intercensal Population Survey 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1976
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Number of months looking for work (ID1976A_LOOKMO)

Data file: IDN1976_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
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><span class="em">D10-12. Looking for work</span></p>

<p><svar v="ID76A436 ID76A437 ID76A438 ID76A439 ID76A440 ID76A441">[Questions D11-D12 was asked of persons age 10 or older who were looking for work during the past week.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A436">D11. For how many months have you been looking for work?<br /><div class="i1">Write in number of months: _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than 1 month
01 1 month
02 2 months
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42
43 43
45 45
46 46
48 48
50 50
53 53
60 60+
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
<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 v="ID76A435 ID76A436 ID76A437 ID76A438 ID76A439 ID76A440 ID76A441"><span class="em">Looking for work</span><br />Questions about looking for work should be asked to both those who work and those who are not working, but those who looked for work during the past week (D1 code "3") shouldn't be asked this question. Looking for work here means the respondent has ever made some effort to find work.<br />For example: Applied for work, contacted friends, etc.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID76A436"><span class="em">Column (5) looking for work</span><br />This column is used to get information about those looking for work (D1 code 3 or D1O code Y).<br /><br />Ask for question for column (5):<br /><div class="i1">D11 "How many months have you been looking for work?"</div><br />What is the length of time he/she has been trying to find work? Fill in the number of months.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months the person was looking for work.
Universe
Indonesia 1976: Persons age 10+ whose primary activity was looking for work or whose primary activity was not looking for work but who looked for work in the past week [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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