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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 quitting the job (unemployed for all 7 days a week) (IN2009A_WKQUIT)

Data file: IND2009_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 230
End: 231
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">[Question 10 is for persons who responded 2 (quit earlier job) on question 9]</span></p>

<p>10. What is the reason the respondent quit job?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Work was not remunerative enough<br />[] 2 Unpleasant environment <br />[] 3 Employer harsh<br />[] 4 Health hazard<br />[] 5 To avail benefits of voluntary retirement<br />[] 9 Others</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Work was not remunerative enough
02 Unpleasant environment or harsh employer
09 Other
99 Unknown
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 person's reason for quitting the job.
Universe
India 2009: Persons age 5+ unemployed for all 7 days of the week [discrepancies: none]

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