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Labour Force Survey, 2015
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 2015
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ESP_2015_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INE), IPUMS
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Reason did not work, but had job (ES2015K_RZNOTB)

Data file: ESP2015_LFS-Q4-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 258
End: 259
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
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>
Categories
Value Category
00 Don't know
01 Holidays or days of leave
02 Leave for the birth of a child
03 Unpaid leave for the birth of a child
04 Illness, accident or temporary disability of the respondent
05 Work day in summer, variable, flexible or similar schedule
06 Union representation activities
07 New job in which still had not begun to work
08 Fixed intermittent or seasonal worker at off-season time
09 Bad weather
10 Slack work for technical or economical reasons
11 On employment regulation plan
12 Strike or labour dispute
13 Having received education or training outside the establishment
14 Personal reasons or family responsibilities
15 Other reasons
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason why the person did not work, but had a job.
Universe
Spain 2015 Q4 LFS: Persons who did not work last week but were employed

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