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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1983
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IND_1983_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Status of work sought or available for (IN1983A_SEEKSTAT)

Data file: IND1983_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN83A442">10. Status of work/additional work sought or were available for:<br /><div class="i1">[Question 10 was asked of persons who were not seeking work, per Question 2 of Block 6 (codes 1 to 51), but were seeking or available for work/additional work, per Question 6.]<br /><br />[] 1 Wage/salaried employment: full time<br />[] 2 Wage/salaried employment: part time<br />[] 3 Contract/piece rate work: full time<br />[] 4 Contract/piece rate work: part time<br />[] 5 Self-employment: full time<br />[] 6 Self-employment: part time</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Wage/salaried employment; full time
2 Wage/salaried employment; part time
3 Contract/piece rate work; full time
4 Contract/piece rate work; part time
5 Self-employment; full time
6 Self-employment; part time
8 Unknown
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 the status of the kind of work or additional work that a person was available for or seeking.
Universe
India 1983: Persons who were seeking or available for work or additional work [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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