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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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Main reason for not looking for work in the past 7 days (NG2010A_WHYNOLK)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 324
End: 325
Width: 2
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>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><p>9. What is the main reason you did not look for a job in the past 7 days?</p>
<div class="i1">Most important reason<br /><br />[ ] 1 Student<br />[ ] 2 Housewife/childcare<br />[ ] 3 Too old/retired<br />[ ] 4 Sickness or illness<br />[ ] 5 Disability<br />[ ] 6 Waiting for reply from employer<br />[ ] 7 Waiting for recall by employer<br />[ ] 8 On leave<br />[ ] 9 Waiting for busy Season<br />[ ] 10 Others (specify) ____<br /><br />(Go to q12)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Student
02 Housewife or childcare
03 Too old or retired
04 Sickness or illness
05 Disability
06 Waiting for reply from employer
07 Waiting for recall by employer
08 On leave
09 Waiting for busy season
10 Other
98 Unknown
99 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 the main reason for not looking for work in the past 7 days.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ who are not looking for work [discrepancies: type I .2%; type II .4%]

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