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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1993-June, 1994 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1993 - 1994
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IND_1993_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Current weekly activity status (IN1993A_ACTIVTY)

Data file: IND1993_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 176
End: 178
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IN93A424 IN93A425 IN93A426"><span class="h3">Current weekly activity particulars</span><br />[Questions 19-21.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="IN93A424" v="IN93A424 IN93A425 IN93A426">19. Status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker<br />[] 12 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer<br />[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)<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 institution<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<br />[] 97 Others<br />[] 98 Did not work due to temporary sickness (for casual workers only)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
011 Own account worker in household enterprise
012 Employer in household enterprise
021 Unpaid family worker 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 enterprise but did not work due to sickness
062 Had work in household enterprise but did not work due to other reasons
071 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to sickness
072 Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to other reasons
081 Sought work
082 Did not seek but was available for work
091 Attended educational institutions
092 Attended domestic duties only
093 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, sewing, tailing, weaving, etc. for household use
094 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipient
095 Not able to work due to disability
096 Beggars, prostitutes
097 Others
098 Did not work due to temporary 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the current weekly activity status.
Universe
India 1993: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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