IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / CHN_2000_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000
Get Microdata
Reference ID
CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Census Office, IPUMS
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
40
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • CHN2000_PHC-H-H.dat
  • CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Source of income for the unemployed (CN2000A_INCUNMP)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
22. Please indicate the sources for the living expenses</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Retirement pension<br />[] 2 Receiving stipend for living<br />[] 3 Supported by other family members<br />[] 4 Income from properties owned<br />[] 5 From insurance<br />[] 6 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Retirement pension
2 Receiving stipend for living
3 Supported by other family members
4 Income from properties owned
5 From insurance
6 Other
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
<span class="h2">Part One. Personal Records</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">The following questions reflect economic characteristics of the population. </span></p>

<p><span class="em">R17 through R24 apply to persons who are 15 years or older. </span></p>

<p><span class="em">R22. Sources of living expenses for unemployed persons</span>
<br />The question has six standard answers. If a person has multiple sources of income, record the one that is his or her major income source. </p>
<div class="i1">Retirement pensions, meaning those retired and live on pensions. Those retired persons who return to engage in social works and receiving reimbursement (or payment) are considered employed persons and should answer R20.<br />Receiving basic stipend for living, meaning receiving support according to basic living necessities (not to the salary standard). This includes stipend offered by closed-down enterprises or social security funds offered to laid-off workers, disabled persons, families of martyrs, or families who qualified as "five guarantees". <br />Supports from family members, meaning the person receives subsidies from other family members. <br />Property-related incomes, meaning the person lives on interests, dividends, or rents from savings, loans, stock shares, property rentals, etc. <br />Insurance, meaning the person lives on insurance provided by insurance companies. <br />Others, meanings any status that are not captured by the above categories.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of income for an unemployed person.
Universe
China 2000: Persons age 15+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.