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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1999-June, 2000 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1999 - 2000
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IND_1999_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Period seeking work last 365 days (IN1999A_SEEKWPER)

Data file: IND1999_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="IN99A419 IN99A465" v="IN99A419 IN99A420 IN99A421 IN99A465 IN99A478 IN99A479 IN99A480 IN99A481 IN99A482 IN99A432 IN99A433">3. 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 />[] 81 Did not seek but was seeking and/or 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</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IN99A433">20. Period of seeking/availability for work during last 365 days:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">For code other than 81 in question 3</span><br />[For persons who sought for and/or were available for work, per question 3],<br /><br />[] 1 Yes: less than 1 month<br />[] 2 Yes: 1 to 3 months<br />[] 3 Yes: 3 to 6 months<br />[] 4 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 1 month
2 1 to 3 months
3 3 to 6 months
4 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the period in which the person sought work during the last 365 days.
Universe
India 1999: Persons age 5+ whose principal activity was something other than 'did not work and was seeking and/or available for work' [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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