(If the answer to Col.39 =2 then ask these questions)
Literal question
Was _ available to undertake work during the last 7 days?
Categories
Value
Category
1
Yes
2
Household duties
3
Studies
4
Retired
5
Old age
6
Disability
7
Not available for work
8
Looking after children
9
Temporary ailment sickness
10
Person below working age
11
Other
Sysmiss
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
Reasons for economically inactive status
Question post text
Yes = 1 If No, ask for main reason and use codes given below and >> Col. 72)
Description
Definition
Unemployed persons are persons in the labor force who did not work or had no job or business during the reference week but were reported available and actively looking for work. Also, considered as unemployed are persons without job or business who were reported as available for work but were not looking for work because of their belief that no work was available or because of temporary illness/disability, bad weather, pending job application or waiting for job interview.