2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- TTO2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- TTO2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Reason for not seeking work in the past week (TT2000A_WORKREAS)
Data file: TTO2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
313
End:
314
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 6. Economic activity - For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over</span></p>
<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. Questions 23 to 24 apply to those answering [30] in Question 22.</p>
<p>[Questions 23 and 24 apply to those who did not look for work during the past week, per question 22]</p>
<p>23. Reason for not seeking work past week</p>
<p>What did (N) [the respondent] not look for work during past week?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 40. At School/Student (S.)<br />[] 41. Home duties (H.D.)<br />[] 42. Retired (R.)<br />[] 43. Disabled (D.)<br />[] 44. Old age pensioner (O.A.P.)<br />[] 45. Did not want to work (D.N.W.W.)<br />[] 46. Discouraged (DISC.)<br />[] 47. Awaiting Results (A.R.)<br />[] 48. Knew of no vacancy (K.N.V.)<br />[] 49. Temporary illness (T. I.)<br />[] 77. Other (O.)<br />[] 99. Not stated</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: For persons who ticked for 40 to 45, skip to Q.30.</div>
<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. Questions 23 to 24 apply to those answering [30] in Question 22.</p>
<p>[Questions 23 and 24 apply to those who did not look for work during the past week, per question 22]</p>
<p>23. Reason for not seeking work past week</p>
<p>What did (N) [the respondent] not look for work during past week?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 40. At School/Student (S.)<br />[] 41. Home duties (H.D.)<br />[] 42. Retired (R.)<br />[] 43. Disabled (D.)<br />[] 44. Old age pensioner (O.A.P.)<br />[] 45. Did not want to work (D.N.W.W.)<br />[] 46. Discouraged (DISC.)<br />[] 47. Awaiting Results (A.R.)<br />[] 48. Knew of no vacancy (K.N.V.)<br />[] 49. Temporary illness (T. I.)<br />[] 77. Other (O.)<br />[] 99. Not stated</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: For persons who ticked for 40 to 45, skip to Q.30.</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 40 | At school |
| 41 | Home duties |
| 42 | Retired |
| 43 | Disabled |
| 44 | Old age pension |
| 45 | Did not want to work |
| 46 | Discouraged |
| 47 | Awaiting results of previous applications |
| 48 | No vacancy in suitable employment |
| 49 | Temporarily ill |
| 77 | Other reasons |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 6 - Economic activity</span></p>
<p>The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is, the production of goods and services during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past 12 months and those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question (22) and makes use of it in his interviews.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 22 - Economic activity during the past week</span></p>
<p>This question aims at classifying persons according to their economic activity during the week preceding enumeration. It is also intended to distinguish between persons who worked, those who sought work and those who did not seek work. The possible responses and definitions are given hereunder.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p.43]</span></p>
<p>10. Had a job, worked</p>
<p>An individual is classified as having worked if he/she was engaged in the production of goods and or services, whether the job was temporary or even less than a week. Priority is given to worked/with a job over any other activity. e.g. if during the week prior to enumeration, the individual worked for two days and looked for work for three days, he is to be classified as worked.</p>
<p>Priority is given to economic activity in the reference week of enumeration beginning with had a job /worked, had a job/did not work and seeking work over such activities as home duties.</p>
<p>It is worth repeating for emphasis that temporary employment during the past week, regardless of the nature of the job, for example, the Unemployment Relief Program (URP) employees, porters, car wash attendants, labourers, street venders, etc. must be recorded as having a job. Probe eligible respondents for evidence of temporary and ad hoc nature of employment.</p>
<p>However, care must be taken not to capture information on full-time students who perform odd jobs. Remember the purpose of the question is to distinguish between economically active persons from those who are not.</p>
<p>However, if for whatever reason, i.e. during the school vacation, a person who is normally a student is found working i.e. holding a job during the reference week preceding the enumeration, he/she is to be recorded as "had a job/worked".</p>
<p>Similarly, there will be cases of persons attending university or other type of educational institutions holding jobs and working part time. In these instances, economic activity/work is given priority over non-economic activity.</p>
<p>A housewife who foremost performs home duties, if engaged in economic activity during the week preceding enumeration, must be considered as "had a job/worked".</p>
<p>Usually working/with a job entails the person receiving a wage, salary or other form of compensation, but trainees and apprentices whether paid or not, as well as unpaid helpers and family workers on commercial farms and other enterprises are also to be listed as worked.
<br />
<br /><span class="pg">[p.44]</span></p>
<p>Examples of work are:</p>
<p>Persons working for pay</p>
<div class="i1">Paid employee - Refers to those persons working for others for a wage or salary, that is, in the employ of a firm, individual or government.<br /><br />Own account worker / self-employed - This include persons who are engaged in the production of goods and/or services but who are working for themselves in their own business or farm, but which does not employ paid help.<br /><br />Employer - An Employer refers to a person running a business or farm with paid help.</div><p>Persons working without pay</p>
<div class="i1">Unpaid worker / family helper - Persons working without pay in a business or farm usually belonging to a relative.<br /><br />Learner / apprentice - Refers to persons learning a trade or profession with a view to engaging in work for pay.<br /><br />Note: Persons in category (b) may or may not work for pay.</div><p>11. Had a Job, did not work
<br />Anyone who during the week preceding the enumeration (reference week) had a job, according to the definition above, but who did not work at all during that week, should be considered as "had a job but did not work".</p>
<p>This is straightforward in the case of employees who are away from their jobs during the week under review, either on vacation, maternity leave, on sick leave or on short lay-off with pay but with instructions to return to work at a given date. Also included are persons engaging in industrial dispute.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p.45]</span></p>
<p>In the case of employers, self-employed persons and odd job persons, there may be need, sometimes, to give more thought. For example, if one of these categories of persons (Own Account) did not work during the reference week for reasons of illness, or there was no more work to do or for any other reason, then he/she "Had a job but did not work".</p>
<p>20. Persons seeking first job</p>
<p>Persons seeking first job include those who never worked, but were actively seeking work during the past week. Note, however, you must ensure that the person does not hold a temporary or part-time job since "working" holds priority over "not working". Persons seeking first job is an important category since it assists in identifying new entrants into the labour force and thus those without past work experience.</p>
<p>21. Others actively seeking work</p>
<p>Include persons previously employed and not currently employed but actively seeking work during the past week.</p>
<p>30. Did not look for work</p>
<p>Include persons who did not work nor had a job and did not look for work past week.</p>
<p>It applies to: Persons who did not work nor had a job past week but may have looked for work previous to the reference week and still wanted work.</p>
<p>Persons who are not economically active such as full-time students, homemakers (housewives), retirees, old age pensioners and those who did not want work.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 23 - Reason for not seeking work past week</span></p>
<p>This question is applicable to persons who have ticked box 30 in question 22. The following responses should be ticked:</p>
<div class="i1">40. At school/student<br />41. Home duties<br />42. Retired<br />43. Disabled<br />44. Old age pensioner<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.46]</span><br /><br />45. Did not want work <br />46. Discouraged<br />47. Awaiting results of previous applications<br />48. Knew of no vacancy where there was suitable employment <br />49. Temporarily ill and therefore could not look for work<br />77. Other reasons</div><p>Note: Response 40 to 45 refers to the not economically active population, therefore for those ticking 40 to 45 skip to Question 30. However, those ticking 46 to 49 refer to groups of persons who are willing, able and available for work and are grouped together with persons who actually looked for work and those who worked or had a job during the reference week to make up the labour force, given that they had looked for work not more than three months ago.
<p>The main purpose of this section is to determine which individuals have been engaged in economic activity, that is, the production of goods and services during the week preceding enumeration and at any time during the past 12 months and those who were not so engaged. It is essential that the enumerator understands the concept of the term work as given in question (22) and makes use of it in his interviews.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 22 - Economic activity during the past week</span></p>
<p>This question aims at classifying persons according to their economic activity during the week preceding enumeration. It is also intended to distinguish between persons who worked, those who sought work and those who did not seek work. The possible responses and definitions are given hereunder.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p.43]</span></p>
<p>10. Had a job, worked</p>
<p>An individual is classified as having worked if he/she was engaged in the production of goods and or services, whether the job was temporary or even less than a week. Priority is given to worked/with a job over any other activity. e.g. if during the week prior to enumeration, the individual worked for two days and looked for work for three days, he is to be classified as worked.</p>
<p>Priority is given to economic activity in the reference week of enumeration beginning with had a job /worked, had a job/did not work and seeking work over such activities as home duties.</p>
<p>It is worth repeating for emphasis that temporary employment during the past week, regardless of the nature of the job, for example, the Unemployment Relief Program (URP) employees, porters, car wash attendants, labourers, street venders, etc. must be recorded as having a job. Probe eligible respondents for evidence of temporary and ad hoc nature of employment.</p>
<p>However, care must be taken not to capture information on full-time students who perform odd jobs. Remember the purpose of the question is to distinguish between economically active persons from those who are not.</p>
<p>However, if for whatever reason, i.e. during the school vacation, a person who is normally a student is found working i.e. holding a job during the reference week preceding the enumeration, he/she is to be recorded as "had a job/worked".</p>
<p>Similarly, there will be cases of persons attending university or other type of educational institutions holding jobs and working part time. In these instances, economic activity/work is given priority over non-economic activity.</p>
<p>A housewife who foremost performs home duties, if engaged in economic activity during the week preceding enumeration, must be considered as "had a job/worked".</p>
<p>Usually working/with a job entails the person receiving a wage, salary or other form of compensation, but trainees and apprentices whether paid or not, as well as unpaid helpers and family workers on commercial farms and other enterprises are also to be listed as worked.
<br />
<br /><span class="pg">[p.44]</span></p>
<p>Examples of work are:</p>
<p>Persons working for pay</p>
<div class="i1">Paid employee - Refers to those persons working for others for a wage or salary, that is, in the employ of a firm, individual or government.<br /><br />Own account worker / self-employed - This include persons who are engaged in the production of goods and/or services but who are working for themselves in their own business or farm, but which does not employ paid help.<br /><br />Employer - An Employer refers to a person running a business or farm with paid help.</div><p>Persons working without pay</p>
<div class="i1">Unpaid worker / family helper - Persons working without pay in a business or farm usually belonging to a relative.<br /><br />Learner / apprentice - Refers to persons learning a trade or profession with a view to engaging in work for pay.<br /><br />Note: Persons in category (b) may or may not work for pay.</div><p>11. Had a Job, did not work
<br />Anyone who during the week preceding the enumeration (reference week) had a job, according to the definition above, but who did not work at all during that week, should be considered as "had a job but did not work".</p>
<p>This is straightforward in the case of employees who are away from their jobs during the week under review, either on vacation, maternity leave, on sick leave or on short lay-off with pay but with instructions to return to work at a given date. Also included are persons engaging in industrial dispute.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p.45]</span></p>
<p>In the case of employers, self-employed persons and odd job persons, there may be need, sometimes, to give more thought. For example, if one of these categories of persons (Own Account) did not work during the reference week for reasons of illness, or there was no more work to do or for any other reason, then he/she "Had a job but did not work".</p>
<p>20. Persons seeking first job</p>
<p>Persons seeking first job include those who never worked, but were actively seeking work during the past week. Note, however, you must ensure that the person does not hold a temporary or part-time job since "working" holds priority over "not working". Persons seeking first job is an important category since it assists in identifying new entrants into the labour force and thus those without past work experience.</p>
<p>21. Others actively seeking work</p>
<p>Include persons previously employed and not currently employed but actively seeking work during the past week.</p>
<p>30. Did not look for work</p>
<p>Include persons who did not work nor had a job and did not look for work past week.</p>
<p>It applies to: Persons who did not work nor had a job past week but may have looked for work previous to the reference week and still wanted work.</p>
<p>Persons who are not economically active such as full-time students, homemakers (housewives), retirees, old age pensioners and those who did not want work.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 23 - Reason for not seeking work past week</span></p>
<p>This question is applicable to persons who have ticked box 30 in question 22. The following responses should be ticked:</p>
<div class="i1">40. At school/student<br />41. Home duties<br />42. Retired<br />43. Disabled<br />44. Old age pensioner<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.46]</span><br /><br />45. Did not want work <br />46. Discouraged<br />47. Awaiting results of previous applications<br />48. Knew of no vacancy where there was suitable employment <br />49. Temporarily ill and therefore could not look for work<br />77. Other reasons</div><p>Note: Response 40 to 45 refers to the not economically active population, therefore for those ticking 40 to 45 skip to Question 30. However, those ticking 46 to 49 refer to groups of persons who are willing, able and available for work and are grouped together with persons who actually looked for work and those who worked or had a job during the reference week to make up the labour force, given that they had looked for work not more than three months ago.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the reason for not seeking work during the past week.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: Persons age 15+ who did not look for work last week [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |