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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q2, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q2_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Labor force participation (LABFORCE)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 123
End: 123
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 No, not in the labor force
2 Yes, in the labor force
8 Unknown
9 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
LABFORCE is a dichotomous variable identifying whether a person participated in the labor force. Labor force participation generally means working or seeking work within a specified reference period.

For most samples LABFORCE is a recode of EMPSTAT (employment status). A consistent lower age universe of 15 or older has been applied to increase comparability across samples. Full detail is retained in EMPSTAT, which should be used for any study of child labor.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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