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Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000
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CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Census Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • CHN2000_PHC-H-H.dat
  • CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Number of days worked last week (CN2000A_WKDAYS)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Duration of work </p>
<div class="i1">[This question was asked of persons who worked for at least 1 hour with pay between October 25th and October 31st, 2000, per question 17 (who answered "yes" to question 17).]<br /><br />[] 1 day<br />[] 2 days<br />[] 3 days<br />[] 4 days<br />[] 5 days<br />[] 6 days<br />[] 7 days</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 1 day
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
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">R18. Days of work</span>
<br />If a person worked for less than 24 hours, count it as one day.
<br />Please note:</p>
<div class="i1">If a person has multiple jobs, count the total working days.<br />If a person works in research institutions or other organizations that do not require fixed working hours, report the actual days they worked. <br />Rural persons, who do both household work and agricultural work, report only the days of work that come with payment.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of days the person worked last week.
Universe
China 2000: Persons age 15+ who worked for income last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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