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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Reasons not seeking work (MY2000A_WHYNOT)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 226
End: 227
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p><svar a="MY00A424" v="MY00A424 MY00A433">C24. What is the main reason for not seeking work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question C24 is asked of persons who were not working, had no job to return to and did not look for work during the last 7 days.]<br /><br />[] 01 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather/sick/confinement/will start new job/waiting for answers to job applications/no qualification<br />[] 02 Housewife<br />[] 03 Still schooling<br />[] 04 Going for further studies<br />[] 05 Handicapped/ disabled<br />[] 06 Not interested<br />[] 07 Retired/ too old<br />[] 08 Too young<br />[] 09 Others (Specify) ____<br /><br />(End interview for this person*)<br /><br />*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather /sick / confinement / will start new job / waiting for answers to job application / no qualification
02 Housewife
03 Still schooling
04 Going for further studies
05 Handicapped / disabled
06 Not interested
07 Retired / too old
08 Too young
09 Others
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reasons why the person did not seek a job during the last 7 days.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ who were not working and had no job to return to and did not look for work [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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