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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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Employment status (NI2005A_0456)

Data file: NIC2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 266
End: 267
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]
Categories
Value Category
11 Employed
12 Casual/informal
21 Unemployed
22 Looking for work for the first time
31 Waiting for agricultural employment
32 Waiting for an answer
33 Already found employment
41 Inactive: student
42 Inactive: doing housework
43 Inactive: pensioned, retired, or collects rent or investment income
44 Inactive: permanently disabled
45 Inactive: elderly
46 Inactive: other
47 Inactive in institutional dwelling
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
Question 19. Did [the person] work during the last week?

In this question consider persons who worked at least one hour last week.

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.

If the answer is "Yes", go to question 26.




Question 20. Even though [the person] did not work, did s/he have any job from which s/he was absent because of vacation, leave, benefit pay or illness?
(Include situations like lack of raw materials, damaged machinery, strikes, other impediment, etc.)

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.

If the answer is "Yes", go to question 26.




Question 21. Did [the person] look for work in the past two weeks?

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.

If the answer is "Yes", go to question 24.




Question 23. If [the person] does not work and did not look for work, what does [the person] do?

Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant and go to question 25.




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 employment status (employed, unemployed, or inactive).
Universe
Persons age 10+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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