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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q3, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q3_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • MEX2009_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat

Worker looked for another job (MX2009J_BUSQUEDA)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="h1">VIII. Additional job searching</span></p>

<p>8. During the last three months, has [the respondent] tried:</p>
<div class="i1">(Read the options and circle those mentioned by the informant)<br /><br />[] 1 Searching for work in another country or began making arrangements to cross the border?<br />[] 2 Searching for work within the country?<br />[] 3 Establishing a business or becoming self-employed, but not been able to get started yet?<br />[] 4 So, the respondent has not tried searching for work? (skip to 9)<br />[] 9 Doesn't know (skip to 9)<br />[] 0 For data input use only</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, looked for an additional job
2 Did not look for additional work
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">7.10 Battery VIII. Search for other job</span>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to verify whether the people who said they were employed are looking for another job, as well as the reasons and the places they searched.</p>

<p>Through these questions, it is possible to identify employed persons who, through the action of seeking another job, put pressure on the labor market, which is important in the calculation of some employment indicators.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 8</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to find out whether during the last three months they have tried to seek employment or to initiate an independent job, in addition to the job(s) they currently perform, and to find out if they are looking for another job outside the country.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Condition of search for work. To classify the response, apply the same criteria established for question 2.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, 2 or 3, continue with question 8a; if you circle option 4 or 9, go to question 9.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the worker looked for another job.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q3 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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