General Population Census of 1968 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1968

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Reference ID

FRA_1968_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), Minnesota Population Center

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Employment status (FR1968A_0430)

Data file: FRA1968-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 198

End: 198

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Education and professional formation (for all persons born before January 1st, 1962)
[Applies to questions 8 - 11]

8. Are you currently a student?

[] Yes (Answer question 9)
[] No (Answer questions 10 and 11)

Do not answer "yes" unless you are taking classes (including professional or technical classes) or at the university for the normal duration of the school year.
If you are apprenticed under contract, if you are not taking any classes except for some professional classes part-time, or classes by correspondence for perfecting your skills, seasonal agricultural classes, etc. answer "no".

Professional activity (for all persons born before January 1st, 1954)
[Applies to questions 12- 18]

17. If you are currently without work and if you are looking for some:

a. Have you already worked?

[] Yes
[] No

b. What is your occupation? ____
c. How long have you been looking for work?

[] 1 less than 3 months
[] 2 from 3 to 6 months
[] 3 from 6 months to less than a year
[] 4 a year or more

Categories

Value	Category
0	Inactive other than those listed below
1	Active individuals with a job
2	Active individuals with a job, but simultaneously taking classes
3	People without a job and looking for work
4	People who used to be actively working (retired, retired from business)
5	Students born before January 1st, 1968
6	Military of the contingent

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

Question 8: Students must answer "Yes".
Others must answer "No"

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's employment status (i.e., whether she is active or not, and if active, whether she is working or not).

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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