Census of Canada 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991

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CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

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Hours worked in reference week (CA1991A_0481)

Data file: CAN1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 278

End: 280

Width: 3

Range: 1 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

STEP 10: Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over.

30. Last week, how many hours did this person work (not including volunteer work, housework, maintenance or repairs for his/her own home)?

Include as work: working without pay in a family farm or business (e.g., assisting in seeding, doing accounts); working in his/her own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership; working for wages, salary, tips or commission.
Number of hours (to the nearest hour) - go to Question 36 ____
Or
[] None - continue with the next question

Categories

Value	Category
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
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24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
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70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99
100	100+
998	Unknown
999	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

Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over, that is, for each person born before June 4, 1976.

Question 30: Number of hours worked

Enter the total number of hours worked last week. Remember to include the following situations:

Working without pay in a family farm or business

This means working without regular money wages for a spouse or a relative who is a member of the same household, at tasks which contribute to the operation of a farm or business run by the relative (for example, bookkeeping for a farm or business owned by a spouse).

Working in his/her own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership (i.e. self-employed with or without paid help)

Include any fishing, trapping or hunting for profit or for the maintenance of family or community, undertaken with his/her own or rented equipment or with the equipment in which he/she has a share.
The hours worked should include all time spent preparing, maintaining and administering the operation of a farm, business or professional practice. Farmers should include hours spent maintaining farm fences, buildings or machinery, as well as cultivating, sowing or milking. Fishermen should include time spent preparing and maintaining boats, nets, etc. If the number of hours is not known, enter the best estimate.

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Working for wages, salary, tips or commission

Turn to Question 41 in this Guide for more complete definitions of these situations.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the actual number of hours that persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents, worked in the week prior to enumeration.

Universe

Persons age 15+ currently employed

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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