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Census of Population and Housing of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Kyrgyzstan, 2009
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KGZ_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, IPUMS
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  • KGZ2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Reason not looking for work (KG2009A_NOWKREAS)

Data file: KGZ2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KG09A437 KG09A438 KG09A439 KG09A440 KG09A441 KG09A442 KG09A443"><span class="em">15. Employment</span><br /><span class="em">For persons 12 years and over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KG09A441 KG09A442 KG09A443"><span class="em">17. Looking for work?</span><br /><span class="em">For unemployed persons 15 years and over</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br /><br />If yes,</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 Ready to start work next two weeks</div><br /><div class="i1">if no, specify the reason</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 4 Absence of work<br />[] 5 Illness, disability<br />[] 6 Family reasons<br />[] 7 No need to work<br />[] 8 Other reasons</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Lack of work
2 Illness, disability
3 Family reasons
4 No need to work
5 Another reason
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="KG09A441 KG09A442 KG09A443"><span class="em">Question 17. Is the person looking for a job? </span>is to be completed for persons aged 15 and over who do not have any work or gainful business and are looking for a job.<br /><br /><span class="em">Code 1 "Yes" </span>is to be encircled for persons actively looking for work or trying to organize own business.<br /><br />Specific steps to seek work include: registration at public employment services, application to employers, checking at enterprises and organizations, placing or answering newspaper advertisements, seeking assistance of friends or relatives, arranging for own business. <br />If a person questioned answered <span class="em">"Yes" </span>and <span class="em">Code 1 </span>is encircled for him/her accordingly, he/she is to answer the following question: are you available for work in the nearest two weeks? If the answer is <span class="em">"Yes", </span>the enumerator is to encircle <span class="em">Code 3 </span>and go to question 18.<br /><br />If a person questioned answered <span class="em">"No" </span>and Code 2 is encircled for him/her accordingly, the enumerator is to encircle the code corresponding to one of reasons of not looking for a job out of <span class="em">codes 4 to 8:</span><br /><span class="em">Code 4 </span>to be encircled for persons not seeking work because of its absence.<br /><span class="em">Code 5 </span>to be encircled for persons not seeking work because of illness, disability or bad health status.<br /><span class="em">Code 6 </span>to be encircled for persons not seeking work for family reasons (care for children or sick relatives, household work, housekeeping).<br /><span class="em">Code 7 </span>to be encircled for persons not seeking work because they consider work not necessary for them for different reasons.<br /><span class="em">Code 8 </span>to be encircled for persons not seeking work for reasons other than those listed above.<br />It should be noted that <span class="em">Code 1 "Yes" </span>in question 17 may be encircled also for persons under 15 years of age if they are, for family or other reasons, forced to seek congenial employment.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason of an unemployed person for not looking for work.
Universe
Kyrgyzstan 2009: Persons age 15+ who are unemployed and not looking for work [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.6%]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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