Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1988
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IND_1987_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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- IND1987_LFS--H-H.dat
- IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat
Current weekly activity status (IN1987A_ACTIVITY)
Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
168
End:
170
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN87A071 IN87A072 IN87A412 IN87A413 IN87A414 IN87A415 IN87A416"><span class="h3">Current weekly activity particulars </span><br />[Questions 11-15]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="IN87A071 IN87A072 IN87A412 IN87A414">11. Status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed)<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 />[] 61 Had worked in household enterprise but did not work due to sickness<br />[] 62 Had worked in household enterprise but did not work due to other reasons<br />[] 71 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to sickness<br />[] 72 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to other reasons<br />[] 81 Sought work<br />[] 82 Did not seek but was available for 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 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.<br />[] 95 Not able to work due to disability<br />[] 96 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.<br />[] 97 Others<br />[] 98 Did not work due to temporary sickness (for casual workers only)</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="IN87A071 IN87A072 IN87A412 IN87A414">11. Status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed)<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 />[] 61 Had worked in household enterprise but did not work due to sickness<br />[] 62 Had worked in household enterprise but did not work due to other reasons<br />[] 71 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to sickness<br />[] 72 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to other reasons<br />[] 81 Sought work<br />[] 82 Did not seek but was available for 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 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.<br />[] 95 Not able to work due to disability<br />[] 96 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.<br />[] 97 Others<br />[] 98 Did not work due to temporary sickness (for casual workers only)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Household enterprises (self-employed) |
| 021 | Helper in household enterprises |
| 031 | Regular salaried/wage employee |
| 041 | Casual wage labor in public works |
| 051 | Casual wage labor in other types of work |
| 061 | Had work in household enterprises; did not work due to sickness |
| 062 | Had work in household enterprises; did not work due to other reasons |
| 071 | Had regular salaried wage employment; did not work due to sickness |
| 072 | Had regular salaried wage employment; did not work due to other reasons |
| 081 | Sought work |
| 082 | Did not seek but was available for work |
| 091 | Attended educational institution |
| 092 | Attended domestic duties only |
| 093 | Attended domestic duties and engaged in free collections for household use |
| 094 | Renters, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc. |
| 095 | Not able to work due to disability |
| 096 | Beggar, prostitute, etc. |
| 097 | Other |
| 098 | Did not work due to sickness (for casual workers only) |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="IN87A071 IN87A072 IN87A412 IN87A414">5.4.11 <span class="em">Column (11): Current week activity status</span>: The current week activity status of a person will be activity status obtaining for a person during a reference period of seven days preceding the date of survey. Irrespective of the usual activity pursued by a person, his/her current week activity will be determined strictly on the basis of the activities pursued by the person during the reference period of seven days preceding the date of survey adopting the priority criterion. Even for self-employed persons, one need not prejudge and take for granted that the current activity situation for them will be identical to the usual activity situation. A careful probe on the part of the investigator regarding the various activities pursued by the person during the seven days preceding the date of survey is, therefore, necessary for ascertaining his/her current week activity status. In defining the 'activity status' (paragraph 5.4.1) it has already been mentioned that the activities are grouped broadly into three categories namely (i) working, (ii) not working but seeking and /or available for week and (iii ) neither working nor available for work. According to the priority criterion, the status of 'working gets priority over the status 'not working but seeking and/or available for work' which in turn gets priority over the status of 'neither working nor available for work' , the status 'seeking ' gets priority over the status of 'not seeking but available for work'. A person would be considered 'working (or employed)' if he/she while pursuing any gainful activity had worked for at least one hour on at least one day during the week preceding the date of survey. A person would be considered 'seeking and /or available for work (or unemployed)' if during the reference week no 'work' was done by the person but he or she had made efforts to get work or had been available for work during the reference week though not activity seeking work, in the belief that no work was available. A person who had neither worked nor was available for work will be considered to be engaged in non-gainful activities (or not in labour force). The three broad groups of activities are further classified into 19 detailed 'status' categories, 9 for persons categorized 'working' (codes 11-72), 2 for those categorized 'not working but seeking and/or available for work' (codes 81 and 82) and 8 for those categorized 'neither working nor available for work' (codes 91-98). For a person, the appropriate broad 'status' will be determined first adopting the priority criterion. If a person categorized 'working' is found to be pursuing more than one gainful activity during the reference week, the gainful activity in which relatively more time has been spent will be the appropriate detailed 'status' that will be assigned to him/her. If the time spent on the different activities is found to be equal, the activity that appears first in the list will be assigned to the person. In case more than one 'non-gainful activity status' (codes 91-98) are assignable to a person in view of the typical activity pattern followed by him/her during the references week, the activity which appears first in the code list in the ascending order starting from 91 will be assigned. But it may be noted that a person engaged in 'domestic duties' should not be classified as 'student' simply because he/she was attending some training. Similarly, a disabled person who was a recipient of regular pension, remittance, etc., should be classified as 'renters, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.' and not as the category 'nor able to work due to disability' (code 95). After thus determining the current weekly activity status of a household member, the corporate 2 --digit code (see paragraph 5.4.1) will be recorded in column (11). The following points may be noted while assigning the 'activity status' to a person.<br /><div class="i1">a. A person found to be engage in domestic duties should not be categorized 'engaged in domestic duties' (code 92) if the person reports that he/ she has also been available for work concurrently.<br /><br />b. A person engaged in regular wage/salaried employment but currently not at work, will be assigned code 71 or 72 irrespective of whether he is in engaged in any other 'gainful or non-gainful' activity.<br /><br />c. Unpaid apprentices will be treated as 'students', while paid apprentices will be treated as 'employees.<br /><br />d. Persons under 'paid lay off' will be considered 'employed' and those under 'unpaid lay off', 'unemployed' if they are seeking and/or available for work.<br /><br />e. 'Free collection for sale' will be treated as self-employment. If the products collected relate to agricultural sector (even if the products collected are not for sale but for household consumption) the industry division will be 'O') and for other goods like rag, waste paper, tins etc., the industry division will be '6'.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's current weekly activity status.
Universe
India 1987: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |