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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 2009-June, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2009 - 2010
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IND_2009_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Minstry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India, IPUMS
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Type of contract job (usual principal activity) (IN2009A_JOBCONTR)

Data file: IND2009_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3"> 5.1. Usual principal activity particulars of household members</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[Questions 8 through 20 are for persons in industry groups 012, 014 and 015 and divisions 02-99 in Question 5].</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[Questions 12-15 are for persons who responded 31, 41 or 51 in Question 5]</span></p>

<p>12. What is the type of contract for this employment?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 No written job contract<br />[] 2 Written job contract for 1 year or less<br />[] 3 Written job contract for 1 to 3 years<br />[] 4 Written job contract for 3+ years</div>
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Value Category
1 No written job contract
2 Written job contract for 1 year or less
3 Written job contract for 1 to 3 years
4 Written job contract for more than 3 years
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 type of contract job for the person.
Universe
India 2009: Persons age 5+ who worked as a casual labourer for selected industries [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.2%]

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