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General Household Survey, 2009-10 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010
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NGA_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for doing nothing (NG2009A_WHYNOWK)

Data file: NGA2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?</p>
<div class="i1">(If options 6-8 go to col. 27)<br /><br />[] 1 Looked for job<br />[] 2 Sick<br />[] 3 Believed no job available<br />[] 4 Laid off 30 days or less<br />[] 5 Waiting to join work<br />[] 6 Retired<br />[] 7 Invalid<br />[] 8 Others</div>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Looked for job
2 Sick
3 Believed no job available
4 Laid off 30 days or less
5 Waiting to join work
6 Retired
7 Invalid
8 Other
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 the person did nothing during the previous week.
Universe
Nigeria 2009: Persons age 10+ that were doing nothing last week [discrepancies: type I:0.5%; type II: 0.5%]

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