The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1980 - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for not working (TH1980A_0430)
Data file: THA1980-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
212
End:
213
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
For person 11 years and older or those who were born before and in the year 1968.
For ever-married women.
[Questions L22-L25 were asked of women age 11 and over who have ever been married.]
L28. What job was [respondent] working in during last week?
Specify kind of work i.e. typist, school teacher, accountant, farmer, etc.
Occupation last week (25-31 March 1980) ____
L29. Reason for not working ____
If 'not work' in column 28.
Example: looking for work, student, aged/disability, waiting for farm season, homemaker, retired official, etc.
For ever-married women.
[Questions L22-L25 were asked of women age 11 and over who have ever been married.]
L28. What job was [respondent] working in during last week?
Specify kind of work i.e. typist, school teacher, accountant, farmer, etc.
Occupation last week (25-31 March 1980) ____
L29. Reason for not working ____
If 'not work' in column 28.
Example: looking for work, student, aged/disability, waiting for farm season, homemaker, retired official, etc.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Looking for work, inexperienced |
| 2 | Looking for work, experienced worker |
| 3 | Waiting for farm season |
| 4 | Housewife |
| 5 | Student |
| 6 | Disabled, ill, aged person |
| 7 | Priest, nun |
| 8 | Prisoner, on welfare |
| 9 | Income recipient |
| 10 | Not looking, waiting for job transfer |
| 11 | Not looking, discouraged |
| 12 | Other |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
3.23 Job:
A job that can fall into any following categories:
3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.
2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.
3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.
3.24 Occupation:
A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.
Columns 22 ? 29
Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or who were born before or in 1968 (Monkey year)
Column 28 Occupation in last 7 days before the date of census (March 25
? 31, 1980)
Ask ?What have you been doing for a living in last 7 days (March 25 ? 31, 1980)??
Record occupation of the interviewee between March 25 ? 31, 1980 specifically, e.g. electric appliances sale man, teacher of P4, principal, furniture carpenter, rice carrying laborer, servant, etc.
Do not record government services, trading, or employee because it is not specific.
Those who have more than one occupation, record only one:
1. Occupation they spent most of their time in last 7 days.
2. If they spent equal time in two occupations, record the occupation they earned more income.
p. 78
In case that the interviewees have their permanent job e.g., a teacher of a public school or employee of a company:
1. In last 7 days (March 25-31, 1980) they did not work because of sickness or on annual leave, their occupations in last 7 days are their permanent occupations.
2. In last 7 days (March 25 ? 31, 1980) they spent more time doing jobs other than their permanent jobs e.g. handicraft in last 7 days before the date of census, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are ?handicraft maker.?
For those who have no permanent job e.g., rice carrying laborer, vender, in last 7 days they have not worked, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are ?jobless.?
Those who did not work e.g., retired officers living on pension, moneylender living on interest, are regarded as ?jobless? in this Column.
If the interviewees do not know the occupation of the persons in question, but know they have worked, record ?work, do not know occupation?.
Again, occupation in last 7 days before the date of census of a person may be the same as, or different from, permanent occupation in last year round (Column 10).
Column 29 Reasons for not working
Ask only those recorded ?Do not work? in Column 28.
Ask ?Let me know why you do not work??
Record the reasons. In case that the person is jobless or has no occupation, e.g.
- looking for a job
- waiting for growing season
- doing household chore
- being a student
- old age, disability
- millionaire, millionaires
p. 79
- retired officer living on pension
- monkhood
- etc.
A job that can fall into any following categories:
3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.
2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.
3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.
3.24 Occupation:
A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.
Columns 22 ? 29
Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or who were born before or in 1968 (Monkey year)
Column 28 Occupation in last 7 days before the date of census (March 25
? 31, 1980)
Ask ?What have you been doing for a living in last 7 days (March 25 ? 31, 1980)??
Record occupation of the interviewee between March 25 ? 31, 1980 specifically, e.g. electric appliances sale man, teacher of P4, principal, furniture carpenter, rice carrying laborer, servant, etc.
Do not record government services, trading, or employee because it is not specific.
Those who have more than one occupation, record only one:
1. Occupation they spent most of their time in last 7 days.
2. If they spent equal time in two occupations, record the occupation they earned more income.
p. 78
In case that the interviewees have their permanent job e.g., a teacher of a public school or employee of a company:
1. In last 7 days (March 25-31, 1980) they did not work because of sickness or on annual leave, their occupations in last 7 days are their permanent occupations.
2. In last 7 days (March 25 ? 31, 1980) they spent more time doing jobs other than their permanent jobs e.g. handicraft in last 7 days before the date of census, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are ?handicraft maker.?
For those who have no permanent job e.g., rice carrying laborer, vender, in last 7 days they have not worked, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are ?jobless.?
Those who did not work e.g., retired officers living on pension, moneylender living on interest, are regarded as ?jobless? in this Column.
If the interviewees do not know the occupation of the persons in question, but know they have worked, record ?work, do not know occupation?.
Again, occupation in last 7 days before the date of census of a person may be the same as, or different from, permanent occupation in last year round (Column 10).
Column 29 Reasons for not working
Ask only those recorded ?Do not work? in Column 28.
Ask ?Let me know why you do not work??
Record the reasons. In case that the person is jobless or has no occupation, e.g.
- looking for a job
- waiting for growing season
- doing household chore
- being a student
- old age, disability
- millionaire, millionaires
p. 79
- retired officer living on pension
- monkhood
- etc.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for not working.
Universe
Persons age 11+ who were not working last week
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |