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The 1990 General Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Turkiye, 1990
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TUR_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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State Institute of Statistics of Turkey, IPUMS
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Seeking a job (TR1990A_SEEKWORK)

Data file: TUR1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TR90A418 TR90A419 TR90A420 TR90A421 TR90A422 TR90A423 TR90A424 TR90A425"><span class="em">Employment status in the last week</span><br />[Questions 27-33 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="TR90A424 TR90A425">Ask those who answer question 27 as "Didn't work"<br />[Questions 32-33 were asked of those not working or having an attachment to a job, as per question 27.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR90A425">33. Are you looking for a job?<br /><div class="i1">Y. Yes<br />N. No<br /><br />1 [] Y<br />2 [] N</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
9 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was seeking a job last week.
Universe
Turkey 1990: Persons age 12+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: none]

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