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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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Principal usual activity status (IN1983A_UACTIVTY)

Data file: IND1983_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 179
End: 180
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IN83A416 IN83A417"><span class="em">Principal usual activity:</span> [Questions 2 to 3]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IN83A416">2. Status:<br /><div class="i1">Working with an employer under obligation/ work not specifically compensated by prevalent wage or salary:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Attached to landlord<br />[] 2 Attached to money-lender<br />[] 3 Attached to landlord-cum-money lender<br />[] 4 Attached to others</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Worked (self-employed) in household enterprise<br />[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise<br />[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee<br />[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour in public works<br />[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour in other types of work<br />[] 81 Sought work<br />[] 91 Attended educational institutions<br />[] 92 Attended domestic duties only<br />[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.), sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use<br />[] 94 Too young to work/ to attend school/ to seek employment<br />[] 95 Old and disabled<br />[] 96 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.<br />[] 97 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.<br />[] 98 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Attached to landlord
02 Attached to money lender
03 Attached to landlord-cum-money lender
04 Attached to others
11 Worked (self-employed) in household enterprise
21 Worked as helper in household enterprise
31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
41 Worked as casual wage labor in public works
51 Worked as casual wage labor in other types of work
81 Did not work but was seeking and/or available for work
91 Attended educational institutions
92 Attended domestic duties only
93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
94 Too young to work/to attend school/to seek employment
95 Old and disabled
96 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.
97 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.
98 Others
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 person's principal occupation in the past 365 days.
Universe
India 1983: All persons

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