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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Looked for work in the past 7 days (NG2010A_LOOKWK)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 323
End: 323
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section3: Labour</span>
<br /><span class="em">Ask these questions from individuals 5 years and above</span></p>

<p>5. During the past 7 days, have you worked on a farm owned or rented by a member of your household, either in cultivating crops or in other farming tasks, or have you cared for livestock belonging to yourself or a member of your household?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes <br />[ ] 2 No</div><p>6. During the past 7 days, have you worked on your own account or in a business enterprise belonging to you or someone in your household, for example, as a trader, shop?keeper, barber, dressmaker, carpenter or taxi driver?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes <br />[ ] 2 No</div><p>7. Interviewer: is there a "yes" response in questions 4, 5 or 6?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes (go to q13)<br />[ ] 2 No</div><p>8. Have you taken any steps within the past 7 days to look for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes (go to q10)<br />[ ] 2 No</div>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 looking for work in the past 7 days.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ who did not work in the past seven days [discrepancies: type I .4%; type II .2%]

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