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Séptimo Censo de Población y Tercero de Vivienda de Panamá 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1970
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PAN_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS
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Type of economic activity (PA1970A_EMPSTAT1)

Data file: PAN1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Economic Characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar v="PA70A420 PA70A421 PA70A444 PA70A422 PA70A423 PA70A424 PA70A425 PA70A426 PA70A427 PA70A428 PA70A429 PA70A430 PA70A441 PA70A442">[Questions 13 - 18 were asked of persons 10 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA70A420">13. Did you have any job or employment last week?<br /><div class="i1">If the answer is <span class="em">yes</span>, mark the box "worked." If the answer is <span class="em">no</span>, ask, "then, what did you do (how did you spend your time) last week?" For one who "did not work, but looked for a job," ask if the person had been employed before and mark box 2 or 3 as appropriate.<br />Remember that a homemaker is one who engages <span class="em">exclusively</span> in household duties in her own home without receiving remuneration, and who does not attend school.<br />Retiree, pensioner and rentier: one who has income without working. Other condition: student, disabled, children and other inactive individuals.<br /><br />[] 1 Worked<br />Did not work but looked for work</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 2 Worked before<br />[] 3 Never worked</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Homemaker<br />[] 5 Retiree, pensioner, rentier<br />[] 6 Other condition</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worked last week
2 Not worked, but looked for work: worked before
3 Not worked, but looked for work: never worked
4 Homemaker
5 Retired, rentier
6 Other condition
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of economic activity last week.
Universe
Panama 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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