General Population Census VII Home III and Housing V 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1996

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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Absent from work (UY1996A_0433)

Data file: URY1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 195

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For all people age 12 or older
[Questions 16-28 were asked of persons age 12 or older]

23. Last week, were you on leave for sickness, vacation, suspended, etc. although you still have a job?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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.

Interviewer instructions

Persons age 12 or older

Question 23. Last week, were you on leave for sickness, vacation or suspended etc., but had a job?
It refers to those who have remunerated employment or an occupation or they regularly help families even without remuneration, who did not do their activity the week before due to temporary motives like: sickness, leave, strike, bad weather, suspension, vacation, or other transitory motives, but have a job that they are going to return to.

If the answer to this question is "Yes", fill in the corresponding box, leave Questions 24 and 25 blank and go to Question 26. If the response is "No", then fill in the corresponding box, continue with Question 24.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person had work but was absent from it during the previous week.

Universe

Persons age 12+ who did not work an hour in the previous week, with or without pay

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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