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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Looked for work last week (DO1981A_WKLWLOOK)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 274
End: 274
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For individuals 10 years of age and older</span>[Applies to questions 51-64.]</p>

<p>53. Did you look for work during the last week?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For persons 10 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 53:</span> Did you look for work last week?</p>

<p>The corresponding circle is filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person looked for work last week.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 10+ who did not work and did not receive pay last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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