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Sexto Censo de Población y Segundo de Vivienda de Panamá 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1960
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PAN_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Departamento de Censos, IPUMS
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Employment status (PA1960A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PAN1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PA60A416 PA60A417 PA60A418 PA60A419 PA60A420 PA60A421 PA60A422 PA60A423 PA60A424 PA60A425 PA60A426 PA60A433">Only for those 10 years of age and older.<br />[Questions 14-22 were asked only of persons aged 10 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA60A416">14. General classification:<br /><div class="i1">Mark only one box as appropriate. Working: has a job or is employed. Looking for work: does not have work and is looking for work. Housewife: she who dedicates her time exclusively to the care of her home. Other: when none of the pervious terms applies to the person being enumerated (student, retired, etc.).<br /><br />[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Looking for work<br />[] 3 Homemaker [housewife]<br />[] 4 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Works
2 Looking for work
3 Homemaker
4 Other
5 New employee
6 Student
8 Unknown
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 employment status.
Universe
Panama 1960: Person age 10+ not in indigenous groups [discrepancies: none]

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