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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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Duration-spell of unemployment (unemployed for all 7 days a week) (IN2009A_UNEMPDUR)

Data file: IND2009_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 217
End: 218
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">6. Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all 7 days of the week</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[Section 6 is answered only by persons who responded 1 (yes) in Question 23 of Section 5.3]</span></p>

<p>3. What is the respondent's duration of present spell of unemployment? ____</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Only 1 week <br />[] 2 1-2 weeks<br />[] 3 2 weeks- 1 month<br />[] 4 1-2 months<br />[] 5 2-3 months<br />[] 6 3-6 months<br />[] 7 6-12 months<br />[] 8 More than 12 months</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Only 1 week
02 More than 1 week to 2 weeks
03 More than 2 weeks to 1 month
04 More than 1 month to 2 months
05 More than 2 months to 3 months
06 More than 3 months to 6 months
07 More than 6 months to 12 months
08 More than 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 unemployment for the person.
Universe
India 2009: Persons age 5+ unemployed for all 7 days of the week [discrepancies: none]

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