Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1970

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CHE_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Labour force status (CH1970A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: CHE1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 156

End: 157

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CH70A400"><span class="em">C. Questions to persons age 13 and over</span><br />[Applies to question 19]<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
11	Employed full time
12	Employed part time with one or more jobs
13	Apprentice
20	Unemployed
31	Not in labour force: in school or training
33	Not in labour force: house work
34	Not in labour force: retired
35	Not in labour force: other
99	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 identifies the labor force status of the person.

Universe

Switzerland 1970: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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