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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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  • MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Belongs to a union at current primary job (MX2009H_P3I_UNION)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 563
End: 563
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Extended)</div></p>

<p><span class="h1">III. Employment information</span></p>

<p>3i. Is [the respondent] a part of a worker's union at this job?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, belongs to a union
2 No, does not belong to a union
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">7.5 Battery III. Work context</span>
<br />Starting with this battery of questions and up to six, the information you obtain will refer exclusively to the main job of the employed population, such that it could have been performed during the reference week or they could have been absent from it, but with return assured.</p>

<p>The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the person's position or job, their title in the occupation, the size of the economic unit and how long they have been on the job, among others. In addition, based on title in the occupation, the purpose will be, in the case of:</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers, identify their level of autonomy and the line of their activity.<br />- Subordinate workers, identify whether they have a written contract and access to employment benefits, as well as the form in which they accessed their job.</div><span class="em">Question 3i</span></p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Conceptual clarification
<br /><span class="ital">Union membership. </span>Registration as a member of a worker's organization sot that it defends, when necessary, the working conditions (working hours, breaks, vacations, leaves, professional training, access to medical care) with the company for which they work.</p>

<p>This question is asked to paid subordinate workers to find out whether they are members of a labor union.</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Ask this question of all paid subordinate workers without exception, even when the question may be considered inappropriate for some workers based on the type of occupation they perform, for example, farm hired laborer or domestic workers.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the option you circle, continue with question 3j.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent belong to a union at current primary job.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q1 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were paid subordinate workers

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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