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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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Worked last week (DO1981A_WORKLW)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 272
End: 272
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>51. Did you do any work or did you have a job during the last week?
<br />(Even if you did not attend for reason of vacations, illness, etc.)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes - Skip to question 58<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 51:</span> Were you employed or did you work last week?</p>

<p>The question, along with the note: "even if you did not attend because of sickness or vacation, etc." is read to the enumerated person.</p>

<p>If the answer is affirmative, circle 1 -- Yes -- is filled in and the enumerator will skip to question 58.</p>

<p>If the answer is No, the enumerator will continue with the next question.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 61]</span></p>

<p>Besides the cases normally considered work, a person is also considered to have worked during the last week if:</p>
<div class="i1">The person was directing the work on his own farm.<br />The person was directly collaborating on his own farm or smallholding<br />The person was a "day workers" (<span class="lang">echando día</span>)<br />The person was directing the work in his own enterprise<br />Etc.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person worked last week.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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