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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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Duration of last employment (IN1993A_LSTEMDUR)

Data file: IND1993_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 206
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IN93A406 IN93A429 IN93A430 IN93A431 IN93A432 IN93A433 IN93A434 IN93A435 IN93A436 IN93A437 IN93A438 IN93A439 IN93A440 IN93A441 IN93A442 IN93A443 IN93A444 IN93A445 IN93A446 IN93A447"><span class="h2">(6) Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the 7 days of work (i.e., code 1 in question 22 of section 5)</span><br />[Questions 1-15 were asked of persons who were unemployed for all the 7 days of the week, per question 22 in section 5.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="IN93A441" v="IN93A441 IN93A442 IN93A443 IN93A444 IN93A445 IN93A446 IN93A447">16. Whether ever worked:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN93A442 IN93A443 IN93A444 IN93A445 IN93A446 IN93A447"><span class="em">If code 1 in question 16, particulars of last employment.</span><br />[Questions 17-22 were asked of persons who ever worked, per question 16.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IN93A442">17. Duration:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Only 1 week<br />[] 2 1 to 2 weeks<br />[] 3 2 weeks to 1 month<br />[] 4 1 to 2 months<br />[] 5 2 to 3 months<br />[] 6 3 to 6 months<br />[] 7 6 to 12 months<br />[] 8 Above 12 months</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Only 1 week
02 1 to 2 week
03 2 weeks to 1 month
04 1 to 2 months
05 2 to 3 months
06 3 to 6 months
07 6 to 12 months
08 Above 12 months
98 Unknown
99 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 duration of the last employment.
Universe
India 1993: Unemployed persons who ever worked [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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