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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Period seeking work (LOOKJOB)

Data file: IND2009_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 125

End: 126

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	Seeking work less than one year
11	Seeking work less than 1 month
12	Seeking work less than 3 months
13	Seeking work 1 to less than 3 months
14	Seeking work 1 to 6 months
15	Seeking work 3 to 12 months
16	Seeking work 3 to less than 6 months
17	Seeking work 6 to 12 months
20	Seeking work more than 1 year
21	Seeking work more than 1 and up to 2 years
22	Seeking work more than 2 years
90	Seeking work, unspecified period
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.

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Definition

LOOKJOB indicates the continuous period of time that an unemployed person has been seeking work.

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