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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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Job seeking for the first time (IN1983A_SEEKWRK)

Data file: IND1983_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN83A437">5. <span class="em">For persons with usual activity status codes 81 only</span><br />Were you seeking or available for work for the first time?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [skip to Question 12]<br />[] 2 No [skip to Question 12]</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person was seeking or available for work for the first time.
Universe
India 1983: Persons who did not work but were seeking and/or available for work [discrepancies: type I 0.6%; type II none]

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