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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1988
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Reference ID
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

Fully engaged in work (more or less) during the last 365 days (IN1987A_FULLTIME)

Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN87A480 IN87A482 IN87A430 IN87A435 IN87A436 IN87A431 IN87A432 IN87A433 IN87A434"><span class="h2">[7] Follow up questions for persons with usual activity status codes 11-94 (reference question 2, section 6)</span><br />[Questions 1-10 were asked of persons who can work, per question 2 of section 6.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN87A430">4. For persons with usual activity status codes 11-51 [For persons who worked, per question 2.]:<br />Were you more or less fully engaged in work during the last 365 days?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />If yes, go to question 8</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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="IN87A430">5.7.5 <span class="em">Item 4: Fully engaged or not, in work</span>: The question 'were you more or less fully engaged in work during the last 365 days' listed in item 4 will be put only to those categorized usually 'working' (i.e. those with status codes 11-51) recorded against item *2) with a view to finding out whether the person considers himself/herself as having enough work to keep himself/herself busy in that work almost throughout the year. If the answer to the question is in the affirmative, code-1 and if in the negative, code-2 will be entered against this item. For those persons with the answers in the affirmative question 8 will be asked skipping questions 5 to 7. But to persons who answered 'no' to question 4, questions, 5 and 6 are to be asked.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether fully engaged in work (more or less) during the last 365 days.
Universe
India 1987: Persons age 5+ who usually worked [discrepancies: type I 0.7%; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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