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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 2004-June, 2005 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2004 - 2005
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IND_2004_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Availability of work (IN2004A_WKAVAIL)

Data file: IND2004_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IN04A418 IN04A419 IN04A420 IN04A421 IN04A422 IN04A423 IN04A424 IN04A425 IN04A426 IN04A427 IN04A428 IN04A429 IN04A430 IN04A431 IN04A432 IN04A433 IN04A434"><span class="h2">[5.1] Usual principal activity particulars of household members</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IN04A430">16. Period of seeking/available for work during last 365 days:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">For persons of age 5 years and above,</span><br /><br />Sought/available for:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Less than 1 month<br />[] 2 1 to 2 months<br />[] 3 3 to 6 months<br />[] 4 7 to 9 months<br />[] 5 10 to 12 months</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 6. Did not seek/not available</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Sought/available for: less than 1 month
2 Sought/available for: 1 to 2 months
3 Sought/available for: 3 to 6 months
4 Sought/available for: 7 to 9 months
5 Sought/available for: 10 to 12 months
6 Did not seek/ not available
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 number of months that the person was seeking or available for work during the 365 days prior to the survey. The period is not necessarily continuous and is rounded to the nearest number of months.
Universe
India 2004: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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