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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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Seeking work/additional work (IN1983A_SEEKWRKA)

Data file: IND1983_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN83A438">6. Were you seeking or available for work/additional work? (Do not ask this question to persons with usual activity status code 81, for them record code 1)<br /><div class="i1">[Question 6 was asked of persons who were not seeking work, per Question 2 of Block 6.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<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 or additional work.
Universe
India 1983: All persons except for beggars, prostitutes, the disabled, or people who were too young or too old to work [discrepancies: none]

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