X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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- BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Condition of activities (BR1991A_OCCUCOND)
Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
398
End:
399
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A467"><span class="h3">58. If in question 45, responded "don't work", indicate the situation or occupation currently in, following the enumerated order. If "worked", skip to question 59.</span><br /><div class="i1">Seeking work:<br />[] 1 have worked<br />[] 2 never worked<br />[] 3 retired<br />[] 4 pensioner<br />[] 5 live on rent<br />[] 6 prisoner<br />[] 7 student<br />[] 8 sick or invalid<br />[] 9 homemaker<br />[] 0 no occupation</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Without occupation |
| 01 | Seeking work - has worked |
| 02 | Seeking work - has never worked |
| 03 | Retired |
| 04 | Pensioner |
| 05 | Lives on earnings |
| 06 | Imprisoned |
| 07 | Student |
| 08 | Sick or invalid |
| 09 | Domestic chores |
| 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="BR91A467"><span class="h3">Question 58 - If, in question 45, the person marked did not work, indicate his or her situation or occupation, according to the specified numbered order. if the person worked, do not fill out this question, and go on to question 59</span><br />When, in Question 45, the answer was Did Not Work, one of the Boxes from 1 to 0 should be marked, as the case may be.<br />If the person is classified into more than one of the listed situations, the first in the order established will be marked.<br />Consider:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Looking for work - Already worked</span> - a person who had worked before 9/1/1989, is willing to work, and has taken some measure in the last 2 months to find work, specifically: made contact with employers, employment agencies, labor unions or the like; asked relatives, friends or colleagues; looked for a job in want ads, etc.; this category includes those who have found work and are waiting to be called or who have signed up for a selection process;</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 93]</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">2 - Looking for work - Never worked</span> - a person who never worked but is willing to work and who, in the last 2 months, took at least one of the measures described in the preceding item;<br /><span class="em">3 - Retired</span> - a person who lives on income deriving from work exercised in the past (retired, etc.). Do not consider as retired a person who has worked part of the period of reference;<br /><span class="em">4 - Pensioner</span> - a person who lives on income from a pension fund or institute. Do not consider a person who lives only on alimony as a pensioner;<br /><span class="em">5 -Lives on earnings</span> - a person who lives only on earnings arising from use of capital or property of which he or she has <span class="lang">usus fructus</span>, such as rent from real estate, movable items, etc., interest from stocks and bonds, dividends, etc.;<br /><span class="em">6. Prisoner</span> - serving sentence, even if he or she exercises an occupation in the prison;<br /><span class="em">7. Student</span> - a person who did not work nor looked for work, does not live on earnings, nor was a prisoner, and was attending some course among those listed in Questions 25 or 26;<br /><span class="em">8. Sick or invalid</span> - a person who cannot work due to illness or permanent disability, but is not on leave from work, retired, living on earnings, in prison or a student;<br /><span class="em">9. Domestic chores</span> - a person who only works caring for the house where he or she lives and is not remunerated.<br />A person who regularly carries out domestic chores but who helps a person with whom he or she lives (even without remuneration) in an economic activity (cutting sugar cane, clearing land, harvesting, etc.) will be considered as having worked; or<br /><span class="em">0 - No occupation</span> - a person who does not want to work or who, although desiring to work, stopped looking because he or she failed to find any job and does not fit into any of the above categories.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates current activity status if the person did not worked during September 1, 1989 and August 31, 1990.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Persons age 10+ who did not work any time between September 1, 1989 and August 31, 1990 [Discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |