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National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001
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BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Worked last week (BO2001A_WKRLSTWK)

Data file: BOL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 259
End: 259
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO01A454 BO01A455 BO01A456 BO01A457 BO01A458 BO01A459 BO01A460 BO01A461"><span class="h1">Chapter F. Only for persons seven years old or more.</span><br />[Questions 42-47 were asked of all persons seven years or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A454">42. Did you work last week?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [Continue with question 45]<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar v="BO01A454 BO01A455 BO01A456 BO01A457 BO01A458 BO01A459 BO01A460 BO01A461"><span class="h2">Chapter F. Only for persons 7 years of age and older</span><br /><br />If the person is 7 year of age or older, question 42 is presented. If younger than 7 years of age, the interview is ended and the next person is interviewed.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A454"><span class="em">Question 42. During the last week, did you work?</span><br /><br />If the answer is "yes", the oval is filled in and the enumerator will skip to question 45.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 66]</span><br /><br />The following information will allow the enumerator to differentiate between what is considered to be work and the activities not considered to be work.<br /><br />What is work?<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Work is the activity completed during the last week in the production or commercialization of goods and/or the providing of services that have an economic value in the market.</li>

<li>A remuneration or income in money or in-kind is received in exchange for this work.</li>

<li>A person is considered to have worked if at least one hour of work was completed during the last week.</li>
</ul><br /><br />Some examples of work.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>The activities carried out in an institution, company, or public or private office.</li>

<li>The sale of articles in the street; either in a stand or as a mobile peddler.</li>

<li>The lending of services to other persons, e.g. as a domestic worker, caring for children, cooking, cleaning, etc.</li>

<li>Activities carried out in family businesses as helpers or apprentices without pay.</li>
</ul><br /><br />What activities are not considered to be work?<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Household duties in the home, carried out by household members; with or without remuneration.</li>

<li>Un-paid volunteer work for the community.</li>
</ul><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person worked last week before the census.
Universe
Bolivia 2001: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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