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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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Length of contract at current primary job (MX2009I_P3J2)

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

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 508
End: 508
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

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

<p>3j. Is [the respondent's] contract:</p>
<div class="i1">(Read the options and circle the one mentioned by the respondent)<br /><br />[] 1 Temporary or only for a specific project?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 For less than 2 months<br />[] 2 For between 2 and 6 months<br />[] 3 For between 6 months and 1 year<br />[] 4 Until the project is completed</div><div class="i1">[] 2 For an in-house/base position or for an unspecified amount of time?<br />[] 9 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than 2 months
2 2 to 6 months
3 More than 6 months and up to 1 year
4 Until the end of the task or work
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 3j</span>
<br />This question is asked to paid subordinate workers to find out whether or not they have a written employment contract in their main job.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p><span class="ital">Written employment contract. </span>Pact or agreement in writing made between the worker and the economic unit for which a person works, in which the rights and obligations that govern the working relationship are established.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the length of contract at current primary job.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q2 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were paid subordinate workers and with a written temporary work contract

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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