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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Activity last week (PE2017A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 294
End: 294
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">17. Last week:</span><div class="i1">(Read each alternative and fill in only one oval)<br /><br />[] 1 You did not work, but had a job (due to vacation, strikes, work stoppage, etc.)?<br />[] 2 Although you did not work, do you have any business of your own to which you will return?<br />[] 3 Did you do any occasional work (casual) for payment in cash or in kind?<br />[] 4 Did you work on a farm or in raising animals?<br />[] 5 Were you helping in a family member's store or business?<br />[] 6 Did you do chores at home and did not work?<br />[] 7 Did not work<br /><br />[If responded 1-5, go to question 19]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Had a job but did not work due to vacation, strikes, work stoppage, or other reasons
2 Had any business of your own to which you will return
3 Did any occasional work (casual) for payment in cash or in kind
4 Worked on a farm or in raising animals
5 Helped in a family member's store or business
6 Did chores at home and did not work
7 Did not work at all
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For persons of 5 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 16 to 23 are asked of persons age 5 or older]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 17: Last week: </span></p>

<p>In this question, only one answer oval should be filled in.</p>

<p>If you fill in the oval of any of the options from 1 to 5, proceed to question 19.</p>

<p>If you fill in the oval of option 6, "did you do chores at home and did not work?", proceed to question 18.</p>

<p>Option 7, "did not work" should not be read, fill in the oval for this option when the respondent answers that he/she has not done any of the previous options. Then proceed to question 18.</p>

<p><span class="em">1. You did not work but had a job? (due to vacation, strikes, work stoppage, etc.)</span>: In this case, he/she had a job as a payroll employee last week, but did not work because he/she was on vacation, sick, on strike, on leave, among others, all of them paid, i.e., remunerated.</p>

<p><span class="em">2. Although you did not work, do you have any business of your own to which you will return?</span>: In this case, he/she was self-employed last week, but was temporarily absent during the last week; however, his/her company or business continued to operate and generate an income.</p>

<p><span class="em">3. Did you do any occasional (casual) for payment in cash or in kind? </span>: In this case, last week he/she performed occasional work, at least one hour, for which he/she received payment in cash or in kind. Examples:</p>
<div class="i1">- Sold candies door-to-door by using a public transportation vehicle<br />- Hosted children's parties<br />- Shined shoes on the street in different sites<br />- Collected used cardboards and bottles at a garbage dump for sale</div><span class="em">4. Did you work on a farm or in raising animal?</span>: In this case, last week he/she worked on a farm, raised animals or performed other agricultural work for sale or self-consumption or as a farm laborer. Example:</p>
<div class="i1">- Sowed corn and grazed cattle and sheep in the field<br />- Fed, milked and gave water to drink to the cattle in the field.</div><span class="em">5. Were you helping in a family member's store or business?</span>: Last week, he/she was helping a family member for at least one hour, and did not receive any payment in cash or in kind. Examples: Selling a product, making a handicraft work, in the production of a product, among others.</p>

<p><span class="em">6. Did you do chores at home and did not work?</span>: In this case, last week he/she was only doing chores at home, and did not perform any paid work nor looked for a job.

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Peru 2017: Persons age 5+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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