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
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- Data files
- MEX2009_LFS-Q2-H-H.dat
- MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat
Year that they started looking for work or doing preparations for own business (MX2009I_P2A_ANIO)
Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
416
End:
419
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Basic)</div></p>
<p><span class="h1">II. Unemployment</span></p>
<p>2a. On what date did [the respondent] begin looking for work? (or begin preparing for starting his/her business?)</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ day or _ week of _ _ month of _ _ _ _year</div>
<p><span class="h1">II. Unemployment</span></p>
<p>2a. On what date did [the respondent] begin looking for work? (or begin preparing for starting his/her business?)</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ day or _ week of _ _ month of _ _ _ _year</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 2000 | 2000 |
| 2001 | 2001 |
| 2002 | 2002 |
| 2003 | 2003 |
| 2004 | 2004 |
| 2005 | 2005 |
| 2006 | 2006 |
| 2007 | 2007 |
| 2008 | 2008 |
| 2009 | 2009 |
| 9999 | 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">7.4 Battery II. Not employees</span>
<br />The general purpose of this battery of questions is to characterize the not employed population, based on whether or not they are seeking a job and are willing to join one, and to identify if they have work experience.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 2</span>
<br />This question is asked to not employed persons to find out if they tried to find a job or start an independent job and to further identify whether the search took place in the country or abroad.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Conceptual clarifications</p>
<div class="i1">Not employed persons. People who did not work during the reference week nor did they have a job.<br />Search for work. Actions taken by not employed people to try to obtain a job or start some independent work.</div><p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 2a and 2b</span>
<br />The two questions are asked to people who stated they had sought work to verify their search status, as of the time they started and concluded it.</p>
<p>[Omitted figures]</p>
<p>Unemployed. People who, while not employed during the reference week, actively sought to join some economic activity in the period of the last month through the date of the interview.</p>
<p>Conceptual clarification:
<br />It should be explained that even when the unemployed population is not participating in the generation of goods and services, when classifying, it is considered within the economically active population due to the actions that were undertaken to seek work. Unemployment indicates the volume of the population that behaves as work seekers (pressuring the labor market) in the face of a deficit of opportunities.</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Adaptation of the question for workers who are making preparations to start their own business. When the information refers to job seekers, use the text that appears between parentheses.<br />- How to record the information. In both questions, enter two digits for the day, one digit for the week, two digits for the month, and four digits for the year. If you enter a specific day, leave the space for the week blank. Enter nines in the fields for which the informant does not know specific dates.<br /><br />Examples:<br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />- Consistency of dates. Check the consistency of the date in both questions, as the date in question 2a should be before or the same as that entered in question 2b, as it is not logical, for example, that a person has started to look for work in December and completed their last search in November of the same year.<br />- Record of the date in question 2a. In this question, enter the date on which the interviewee began to look for work, regardless of the number and type of search strategies used.<br />- Record of the date in the question 2b. Here, record the date of the last time the person looked for work. This date may be the same as the day of the interview.<br />- Classification of the information. Identify how much time has passed between the date of the last time the person looked for work and the date of the interview. Classify according to the time lapsed. In order to guaranty a precise count of the time lapsed, we recommend you use a calendar.<br /><br />The emphasis made on correctly identifying the time lapsed between the last time the person looked for work and the interview is because it will allow you to discriminate two very important paths: that of people not economically active and that of the unemployed.</div><div class="i1">Examples:<br />1. Elmer began to look for work on January 25, 2010 and at the time of the interview (November 24), he continued looking (went to a factory). since he began to look for work he only stopped looking for about three weeks (October 4-23), but started again on October 25.<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />As you can see in this graph, according to the example above, the data obtained in question 2b should be classified in option 1 (up to one month), because exactly one month lapsed between the day the interviewee last looked for work and the day of the interview.<br /><br />2. Victoria started to look for work in the middle of December 2009 and stopped doing so for 3 months, then restarted in April 20; the search was again suspended on August 6, and since then, on October 9, the date of the interview, she had not yet tried to look for work.</div><div class="i1">According to the cited data, the information must be recorded as follows:<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />3. Ismael began the process to start his business on February 2, 2010 and then began to look for the necessary supplies and the site. These activities were suspended on April 5-10 when his mother became ill, then he continued the process remaining to open his business. On April 23, at the time of the interview, all that remained to be done was to install electricity to begin to work.<br /><br />According to the preceding data, the information recorded here would be: In question 2a you should enter February 2, 2010 and in 2b, April 23.<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />Note of caution<br /><br />[Omitted figure]</div><div class="i1">- The purpose of the note of caution is to tell you that when obtaining the information you must verify that search for work has not been suspended for two or more weeks; if it has, enter the time the most recent search restarted.<br />- Verification of ongoing search. In order to corroborate that the search has been ongoing, ask additional questions such as: "Since Luisa started looking for work until the date you told me she stopped, did she stop this search for two or more weeks? If the response is yes, verify the date of the interruption and the date she started again. In question 2a, record the restart date and in 2b, the conclusion date.<br />Example:<br />- The interviewee began to look for work on June 19, 2008 and conducted the last search on July 17, although it was interrupted from June 14 to July 5, restarting on July 6. The interview took place on August 16 of the same year.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, 2 or 3 for question 2b, continue to question 2c; if you circle option 4 or 9, go to question 2e.</div>
<br />The general purpose of this battery of questions is to characterize the not employed population, based on whether or not they are seeking a job and are willing to join one, and to identify if they have work experience.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 2</span>
<br />This question is asked to not employed persons to find out if they tried to find a job or start an independent job and to further identify whether the search took place in the country or abroad.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Conceptual clarifications</p>
<div class="i1">Not employed persons. People who did not work during the reference week nor did they have a job.<br />Search for work. Actions taken by not employed people to try to obtain a job or start some independent work.</div><p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 2a and 2b</span>
<br />The two questions are asked to people who stated they had sought work to verify their search status, as of the time they started and concluded it.</p>
<p>[Omitted figures]</p>
<p>Unemployed. People who, while not employed during the reference week, actively sought to join some economic activity in the period of the last month through the date of the interview.</p>
<p>Conceptual clarification:
<br />It should be explained that even when the unemployed population is not participating in the generation of goods and services, when classifying, it is considered within the economically active population due to the actions that were undertaken to seek work. Unemployment indicates the volume of the population that behaves as work seekers (pressuring the labor market) in the face of a deficit of opportunities.</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Adaptation of the question for workers who are making preparations to start their own business. When the information refers to job seekers, use the text that appears between parentheses.<br />- How to record the information. In both questions, enter two digits for the day, one digit for the week, two digits for the month, and four digits for the year. If you enter a specific day, leave the space for the week blank. Enter nines in the fields for which the informant does not know specific dates.<br /><br />Examples:<br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />- Consistency of dates. Check the consistency of the date in both questions, as the date in question 2a should be before or the same as that entered in question 2b, as it is not logical, for example, that a person has started to look for work in December and completed their last search in November of the same year.<br />- Record of the date in question 2a. In this question, enter the date on which the interviewee began to look for work, regardless of the number and type of search strategies used.<br />- Record of the date in the question 2b. Here, record the date of the last time the person looked for work. This date may be the same as the day of the interview.<br />- Classification of the information. Identify how much time has passed between the date of the last time the person looked for work and the date of the interview. Classify according to the time lapsed. In order to guaranty a precise count of the time lapsed, we recommend you use a calendar.<br /><br />The emphasis made on correctly identifying the time lapsed between the last time the person looked for work and the interview is because it will allow you to discriminate two very important paths: that of people not economically active and that of the unemployed.</div><div class="i1">Examples:<br />1. Elmer began to look for work on January 25, 2010 and at the time of the interview (November 24), he continued looking (went to a factory). since he began to look for work he only stopped looking for about three weeks (October 4-23), but started again on October 25.<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />As you can see in this graph, according to the example above, the data obtained in question 2b should be classified in option 1 (up to one month), because exactly one month lapsed between the day the interviewee last looked for work and the day of the interview.<br /><br />2. Victoria started to look for work in the middle of December 2009 and stopped doing so for 3 months, then restarted in April 20; the search was again suspended on August 6, and since then, on October 9, the date of the interview, she had not yet tried to look for work.</div><div class="i1">According to the cited data, the information must be recorded as follows:<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />3. Ismael began the process to start his business on February 2, 2010 and then began to look for the necessary supplies and the site. These activities were suspended on April 5-10 when his mother became ill, then he continued the process remaining to open his business. On April 23, at the time of the interview, all that remained to be done was to install electricity to begin to work.<br /><br />According to the preceding data, the information recorded here would be: In question 2a you should enter February 2, 2010 and in 2b, April 23.<br /><br />[Omitted figures]<br /><br />Note of caution<br /><br />[Omitted figure]</div><div class="i1">- The purpose of the note of caution is to tell you that when obtaining the information you must verify that search for work has not been suspended for two or more weeks; if it has, enter the time the most recent search restarted.<br />- Verification of ongoing search. In order to corroborate that the search has been ongoing, ask additional questions such as: "Since Luisa started looking for work until the date you told me she stopped, did she stop this search for two or more weeks? If the response is yes, verify the date of the interruption and the date she started again. In question 2a, record the restart date and in 2b, the conclusion date.<br />Example:<br />- The interviewee began to look for work on June 19, 2008 and conducted the last search on July 17, although it was interrupted from June 14 to July 5, restarting on July 6. The interview took place on August 16 of the same year.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, 2 or 3 for question 2b, continue to question 2c; if you circle option 4 or 9, go to question 2e.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the year that they started looking for work or doing preparations for own business.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q2 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were not employed and looked for work
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |