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Labour Force Survey, 2008
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 2008
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ESP_2008_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INE), IPUMS
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Employment of absent worker (ES2008K_VINCUL)

Data file: ESP2008_LFS-Q4-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. [If B1 = 1]
<br />During the week in reference, did you have a job or business, even if you did not work during that week? AUSENT</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 6 No<br />[] 0 Unknown</div><p>[If B1 = 6]
<br />Despite not having worked the week in reference, did you have a job or business?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 6 No<br />[] 0 Unknown</div><p>[If B1 = 0]
<br />During the week in reference, did you have a job or business?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 6 No<br />[] 0 Unknown</div><p>[If B3 = 1, go to C. If B4 = 6 or 0, go to D.]</p>

<p>5. What is the main reason you did not work during the week in reference? (Do not read the options; check the one the interviewee indicates. If he/she gives several reasons, ask him/her to identify the main reason. Only read the options if he/she responds that he/she does not know. If he/she still does not know after the options are read, check "Unknown") RZNOTB</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Holidays or days of leave<br />[] 2 Paid leave for the birth of a child<br />[] 3 Unpaid leave for the birth of a child<br />[] 4 Illness, accident or temporary disability<br />[] 5 Flexible or variable work schedule<br />[] 6 Union activities<br />[] 7 Obtained new job but had not yet started work [Go to D]<br />[] 8 Seasonal worker at off-season time [Go to D]<br />[] 9 Poor weather<br />[] 10 Stopped temporarily for technical or economic reasons<br />[] 11 Following employment regulation plan<br />[] 12 Strike or labor dispute<br />[] 13 Receiving education or training outside of work<br />[] 14 Personal reasons or family responsibilities<br />[] 15 Other reasons<br />[] 0 Unknown</div><p>6. In your main work, which of the following is your professional role? (I will read the options to you): SITU11</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Member of a cooperative [Go to C]<br />[] 2 Business owner with employees[Go to C]<br />[] 3 Self-employed or entrepreneur without employees [Go to C]<br />[] 4 You help a company or family business<br />[] 5 Public sector employee<br />[] 6 Private sector employee<br />[] 7 Other situation (specify: ____)</div><p>7. When are you planning to return to work? Count from the start of your absence. I will read the options to you: REINC</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 In a period not exceeding 3 months [Go to C]<br />[] 2 In a period exceeding 3 months<br />[] 3 You are unsure when you will return<br />[] 0 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worker (for own-accord or self-employed) absent due to holidays or illness
2 Leave for the birth of a child
3 Self-employed worker
4 Family support which will reincorporate maximum in three months
5 Employees and other workers employed with a strong link with employment
6 Employees and other workers employed with a weak link with employment or no guarantee of incorporating again
7 Family aid that will be incorporated into the job after three months
8 New job to which you have not incorporated yet or fixed discontinuous in times of low activity
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 was employed last week, but was absent from their job.
Universe
Spain 2008 Q4 LFS: Persons with a job but absent from work last week

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