2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset
Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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- NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Employment status (NI2005A_ECON)
Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
301
End:
302
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433 NI05A434 NI05A435 NI05A436 NI05A437 NI05A438 NI05A439 NI05A440 NI05A441 NI05A442 NI05A456">[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar>
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
<svar a="all" v="NI05A427 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 19. Did [the person] work during the last week?</span><br /><br />In this question consider persons who worked at least one hour last week.<br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "Yes", go to question 26.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A428" v="NI05A428 NI05A456"><span class="em">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?</span><br />(Include situations like lack of raw materials, damaged machinery, strikes, other impediment, etc.)<br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "Yes", go to question 26.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A429" v="NI05A429 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 21. Did [the person] look for work in the past two weeks?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "Yes", go to question 24.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A431" v="NI05A431 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 23. If [the person] does not work and did not look for work, what does [the person] do?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant and go to question 25.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A433" v="NI05A433 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did s/he perform any economic activity such as:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female age 13 or older, go to question 32.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female younger than 13, go to the next person.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a male, go to the next person.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="NI05A428" v="NI05A428 NI05A456"><span class="em">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?</span><br />(Include situations like lack of raw materials, damaged machinery, strikes, other impediment, etc.)<br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "Yes", go to question 26.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A429" v="NI05A429 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 21. Did [the person] look for work in the past two weeks?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is "Yes", go to question 24.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A431" v="NI05A431 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 23. If [the person] does not work and did not look for work, what does [the person] do?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant and go to question 25.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="NI05A433" v="NI05A433 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did s/he perform any economic activity such as:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female age 13 or older, go to question 32.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female younger than 13, go to the next person.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a male, go to the next person.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status (employed, unemployed, or inactive).
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |