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VIII General Population and Housing Census, 1960 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1960
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MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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Looking for work (MX1960A_LOOKWORK)

Data file: MEX1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX60A428">43. If you are looking for paid employment or work having worked before, write 1. If you are looking for work for the first time, write 2.<br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MX60A428">Column 43: If there is an X in column 42 because the person is unemployed, you should ask two things: first if he/she has had previous work, and second, if he/she is looking for paid employment. If he/she has never had work and is looking for the first time, write 1 in column 43. If he/she has never worked before, write 2 in column 43.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worked before and looking
2 Looking for the first time
9 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 whether a person is looking for work.
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Mexico 1960: All persons

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