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National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Informal work last week (NI2005A_0433)

Data file: NIC2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 231
End: 231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]




25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did he/she perform any activity, such as:

[] 1 Sell at a fixed or mobile stand
[] 2 Wash, iron, sew for other persons, or similar
[] 3 Make and sell bread, tortillas, candy, artisanal goods, or similar
[] 4 Helper or apprentice
[] 5 Field work, farming and harvesting the land, breed animals, milk cows or other similar activities
[] 6 Other paid activity
[] 7 No paid activity

If choice 7 selected:


If this is a woman who is age 13 or older, continue to question 32
If this is a woman who is younger than 13, continue to the next person
If this is a man, continue to the next person
Categories
Value Category
1 Sells at a fixed or mobile stand
2 Wash, iron, sew for other persons, or similar
3 Make and sell bread, tortillas, candy, artesanal goods, or similar
4 Helper or apprentice
5 Field work (planting and harvesting)
6 Other paid activity
7 No paid activity
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.
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Definitions:

Work
This is when a person spends at least one hour a week performing any economic activity and earns profits, wages, or a salary or another type of payment in money or in kind, or as an unpaid worker.

Not work
Unpaid household tasks and work on a person's own dwelling.
Unpaid volunteer work for a church, fire department or other non-profit institution.
Work done by persons who are involuntarily confined to an institution such as a jail, sanitarium, asylum, penal farm, etc.




For persons age 10 or older (Questions 19-31)




Question 25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did s/he perform any economic activity such as:

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.

If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female age 13 or older, go to question 32.

If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female younger than 13, go to the next person.

If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a male, go to the next person.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's informal work last week, for those without a job and not looking for work.
Universe
Persons age 10+ inactive or looking for work for the first time

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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