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XIII Recenseamento Geral da População e III Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1991
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PRT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Employment status (PT1991A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PRT1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 274
End: 276
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">[Questions 18-28 were asked of individuals of age 12+]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A430">19. Condition regarding work in the week of 7-13 of April 1991<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked<br />[] 2 You were temporarily absent from the work place<br />[] 3 Unemployed<br />[] 4 Permanently unable to work<br />[] 5 Retired<br />[] 6 Student<br />[] 7 Homemaker<br />[] 8 Other reason</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
111 Active worker, being paid, and working 1 to 4 hours a week
112 Active worker, being paid, and working 5 to 14 hours a week
113 Active worker, being paid, and working 15 to 29 hours a week
114 Active worker, being paid, and working 30 to 34 hours a week
115 Active worker, being paid, and working 35 to 39 hours a week
116 Active worker, being paid, and working 40 to 44 hours a week
117 Active worker, being paid, and working 45 or more hours a week
123 Contributing family worker, not paid ,working 15 to 29 hours a week
124 Contributing family worker, not paid ,working 30 to 34 hours a week
125 Contributing family worker, not paid ,working 35 to 39 hours a week
126 Contributing family worker, not paid ,working 40 to 44 hours a week
127 Contributing family worker, not paid ,working more than 45 hours a week
131 Unemployed looking for the first job (strict sense)
132 Unemployed looking for the first job (other)
141 Unemployed looking for a new job (strict sense)
142 Unemployed looking for a new job (other)
150 Compulsory military service
220 Not active, student
230 Not active, homemakers
240 Not active, retired
250 Not active, disable
260 Property or entrepreneurial income
270 Other cases
999 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 v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.<br />[Applies to questions 4-28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">Note: Individuals younger than 12 years old end the filling-in of the questionnaire after question 17.<br />[Applies to questions 18-28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A430"><span class="em">Question 19: Condition regarding work</span><br /><br />The individuals must indicate the situation they were in the week of 7-13 of April 1991:<br /><div class="i1">a) Did work on an economic activity, being paid or not;<br /><br />b) Was temporarily absent from the place of work: if on the week of 7-13 of April 1991, the person did not work but had a job. We can include in this option holidays, accidents, licenses of various kinds, etc. or any other cause for temporarily absence with or without authorization;<br /><br />c) Was unemployed: all individuals 12 years of age or older, that are not attending compulsory school and that on the reference week did not have a job, paid or not and were available to work on paid or unpaid job;<br /><br />d) Permanently unable to work: all individuals 12 years of age or older, who on the reference week, did not work because of a handicap (either receiving a pension or not for that fact);<br /><br />e) Retired, pensioners or on reserve: all individuals that did not work on the reference week, but received a retirement pension or other of the same kind;<br /><br />f) Student: it includes all individuals younger than 12 years old, who, on the reference week, attended any kind of education level and that did not have a job, were not on compulsory military service and did not consider themselves as unemployed;<br /><br />g) Home chores: all individuals that on the reference week had as main occupation the domestic tasks in their own home;<br /><br />h) In the option "Other reasons" we can include all the situations not described above.</div><br />Observations:<br /><div class="i1">a) Individuals who are students and simultaneously are responsible for household tasks, are included on the modality "Student";<br /><br />b) The student, homemaker or any individual that on the week of 7-13 of April 1991 satisfies all the conditions to be considered as unemployed, must be included in that modality;<br /><br />c) The working-student that on the reference week did not work, cannot choose the option "Student," he must choose the answer "temporarily absent from the work place."</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's employment status.
Universe
Portugal 1991: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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