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Labour Force Survey, 2008
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 2008
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ESP_2008_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INE), IPUMS
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Active job search (ES2008H_FOBACT)

Data file: ESP2008_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 331
End: 331
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Which ways have you sought employment in the past four weeks? (Do not read the options. Mark all that the interviewee indicates. If he/she says something that is not on the list, note it in "other way".)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Contacting the public workforce center FORB1A<br />[] 2 Contacting any private employment office or registering to a job center FORB2A<br />[] 3 Contacting the employer directly or submitting a resume FORB3A<br />[] 4 Through friends, relatives or a Trade Union FORB4A<br />[] 5 Through ads or job offers, including the Internet F5610A<br />[] 6 Making arrangements to set up your own business FOR89A<br />[] 7 Performing tests or interviews FORB7A<br />[] 8 You have been waiting for the results of an employment application or public examinations F1415A<br />[] 9 You have been waiting for the call from a public employment office FOR12A<br />[] 10 Other way: ____ FOR16A<br />[] 0 Unknown FORB0A</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Active methods of job search
6 Non active methods of job search
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has actively sought employment.
Universe
Spain 2008 Q1 LFS: Persons seeking employment

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