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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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Reason for break in employment (unemployed for all 7 days a week) (IN2009A_WKBREAK)

Data file: IND2009_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 228
End: 229
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>4. Was this person ever unemployed?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><span class="em">[Questions 5-10 are for persons who responded 1 (yes) in question 4]</span></p>

<p>9. What is the reason for the respondent's break in employment?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Loss of earlier job<br />[] 2 Quit earlier job<br />[] 3 Lay-off without pay<br />[] 4 Unit has closed down<br />[] 5 Lack of work in the enterprise (for self-employed persons)<br />[] 6 Lack of work in the area (for casual labour)<br />[] 9 Others</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Loss of earlier job
02 Quit earlier job
04 Unit has closed down
05 Lack of work in the enterprise (for self-employed persons)
06 Lack of work in the area (for casual labor)
09 Other
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 reasons for a break in employment for the person.
Universe
India 2009: Persons age 5+ unemployed for all 7 days of the week [discrepancies: none]

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