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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

South Sudan, 2008
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SSD_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Reason for economic inactivity (SS2008A_REASON)

Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SS08A434 SS08A435 SS08A436 SS08A437 SS08A438 SS08A534 SS08A535 SS08A536 SS08A537 SS08A538"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br />[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SS08A435 SS08A535">20. For those who did no work and were not seeking work, why did [the respondent] not seek work?<br /><div class="i1">[Q20 is asked of persons age 10 or older who did not work and are not seeking work, as per Q19.]<br />[] 1 No hope of finding job<br />[] 2 Full-time student<br />[] 3 Income recipient<br />[] 4 Too old<br />[] 5 Disabled / too sick<br />[] 6 Full-time homemaker / housewife<br />[] 7 Pensioner / retired</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No hope to find job
2 Full-time student
3 Income recipient
4 Too old
5 Disabled/too sick
6 Full-time homemaker
7 Pensioner/retired
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for economic inactivity.
Universe
South Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who did not work and were not seeking work last week [discrepancies: none]

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