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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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Ever performed any paid work (DO1981A_WORKPAID)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 277
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>56. Have you previously done any work for which you received payment in money?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No - Skip to question 65</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 56:</span> Have you previously carried out a job for which a payment in money was received?</p>

<p>If the answer is affirmative, circle 1 -- Yes -- is filled in and the enumerator will proceed to the next question, if the answer is No, circle 2 is filled in and the enumerator will skip to question 65.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has ever performed paid work.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 10+ who did not work, did not receive pay, and did not perform unpaid work last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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