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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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Reason for not looking for work (NI2005A_NOLOOKWK)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 263
End: 263
Width: 1
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></p>

<p><svar a="NI05A430" v="NI05A430 NI05A456">22. [The person] did not look for work because:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 S/he expects to continue with agricultural work/fishing activities (continue to question 26)<br />[] 2 Already found work (continue to question 24)<br />[] 3 Is waiting for an answer from an employer (continue to question 24)<br />[] 4 Tired of looking for work<br />[] 5 Does not know where to look for employment<br />[] 6 There is no work<br />[] 7 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Expects to continue agricultural/fishing activities
2 Already found employment
3 Waiting for an answer from an employer
4 Doesn't know where to look for work
5 Tired of looking for work
6 There is no work
7 Other
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
<svar v="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433"><span class="h3">Definitions:</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Work</span><br />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.<br /><br /><span class="em">Not work</span><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Unpaid household tasks and work on a person's own dwelling.</li>
</ul><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Unpaid volunteer work for a church, fire department or other non-profit institution.</li>
</ul><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Work done by persons who are involuntarily confined to an institution such as a jail, sanitarium, asylum, penal farm, etc.</li>
</ul><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433 NI05A434 NI05A435 NI05A436 NI05A437 NI05A438 NI05A439 NI05A440 NI05A441 NI05A442"><span class="h2">For persons age 10 or older (Questions 19-31)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A430"><span class="em">Question 22. [The person] did not look for work because:</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 1, "S/he expects to continue agricultural work", go to question 26.<br /><br />If the question is option 2 or 3, go to question 24.<br /><br /> "Expects to continue agricultural work" is for someone who has worked in agricultural employment, but who is waiting to take up his/her job again because of the season.<br /><br />"Already found work" refers to a job that will begin within a maximum of 15 days from the interview.<br /><br />"Is waiting for an answer from an employer" refers to applications for a job made within the last 12 months, and that have been inquired about within the last 30 days.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for not looking for work if the person did not have a job.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Persons age 10+ who did not have a job and did not look for work [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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