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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Reason for their last job loss (MX2009K_P2I)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q4-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 454
End: 454
Width: 1
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>2i. The last time you lose your job, which was the situation?</p>
<div class="i1">(Read and circle the options mentioned by the respondent. If any of the options from 2 to 7 is chosen, skip to 2k.)<br /><br />[] 1 Lost or ended your job<br />[] 2 Quit your job<br />[] 3 Close/open your own business<br />[] 4 Retired from your own business<br />[] 5 Detained, had an accident, or got sick for a long time<br />[] 6 Returned or were deported from the United States<br />[] 7 A natural/sinister phenomenon affected your source of work<br />[] 8 None of the above<br />[] 8 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Fired or job ended
2 Quit job
3 Closed or left own business
4 Retired
5 Arrested, had an accident, or got sick for a long time
6 Returned or deported from the United States
7 A natural disaster or accident affected source of work
8 Other reason
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for the respondent's last job loss.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q4 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were not employed but worked before, except temporarily absent workers

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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