V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset
Ecuador, 1990
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Reference ID
ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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- ECU1990_PHC-H-H.dat
- ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Employment status (EC1990A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
189
End:
190
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="EC90A412 EC90A401 EC90A418 EC90A419 EC90A420 EC90A414 EC90A428 EC90A429 EC90A430 EC90A407"><span class="em">For all individuals 8 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-18.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="EC90A412">13. What did you do last week?<br /><div class="i1">Read the response options in the order indicated: Worked (at least one hour), had a job but did not work (due to illness, vacation, strike, etc.), looked for work having worked before (unemployed), looked for work for the first time, etc. Upon receiving an answer, mark the appropriate box and go on the next question as indicated.<br /><br />[] 0 Worked (at least one hour)<br />[] 1 Had a job but did not work<br />[] 2 Looked for a job having worked before (unemployed)</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">For any of these responses, skip to question 15 </span></div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Looked for work for the first time<br />[] 4 Household duties only<br />[] 5 Student only<br />[] 6 Retired only<br />[] 7 Pensioner only<br />[] 8 Disabled for purposes of work<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">For any of these responses, continue with question 14</span></div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="EC90A412">13. What did you do last week?<br /><div class="i1">Read the response options in the order indicated: Worked (at least one hour), had a job but did not work (due to illness, vacation, strike, etc.), looked for work having worked before (unemployed), looked for work for the first time, etc. Upon receiving an answer, mark the appropriate box and go on the next question as indicated.<br /><br />[] 0 Worked (at least one hour)<br />[] 1 Had a job but did not work<br />[] 2 Looked for a job having worked before (unemployed)</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">For any of these responses, skip to question 15 </span></div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Looked for work for the first time<br />[] 4 Household duties only<br />[] 5 Student only<br />[] 6 Retired only<br />[] 7 Pensioner only<br />[] 8 Disabled for purposes of work<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">For any of these responses, continue with question 14</span></div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Worked at least 1 hour |
| 01 | Employed but did not work |
| 02 | Looked for work |
| 03 | Looked for work for first time |
| 04 | Only household tasks |
| 05 | Only student |
| 06 | Only retired |
| 07 | Only pensioner |
| 08 | Unable to work (disability) |
| 09 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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
<svar a="all" v="EC90A412"><span class="em">Question 13. What did he/she do last week?</span><br /><br />Read the question and all of the categories of answers. Observe instructions that tell you how to continue, this way you will avoid asking unnecessary questions.<br /><br />Just like the other questions, there can only be one answer.<br /><br />Pay attention to the following definitions:<br /><br />"Did you work?" refers to all persons that carried out one or more activities during the week of the 19th to the 24th of November, whether they were paid or not, in the home or outside the home, for at least one hour.<br /><br />"Do you have a job but did not work?", when the person has a job but in the week of the 19th to the 24 of November he/she did not work because of vacations, illness, strike, bad weather, etc.<br /><br />"Looked for work, having worked before (unemployed)", is the person who left his/her job, voluntarily or involuntarily, and was looking for work in the week of the 19th to the 24th of November.<br /><br />"Looked for work for the first time?", when the person has never held a job and in the week of the 19th to the 24th of November the person was seeking employment.<br /><br />"Only housework?", when the person being interviewed only did domestic household tasks. If this was a paid job, you should mark "worked", code "0".<br /><br />"Only studied?", when the person only went to school.<br /><br />"Only retired?", when the person receives a retirement pension for services provided previously and the week from the 19th to the 24th of November, the person did not carry out any productive activity.<br /><br />"Only pensioner?', when the person did not carry out any productive activity and receives a pension (charity, orphan) for services previously provided by a relative affiliated with Social Security.<br /><br />Take into account that for women (and only for them) 15 years old or more, you must investigate chapter D, fertility and mortality characteristics, questions 19-22.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Last week, did you carry out or help carry out any activity that was paid or unpaid? For example, did you plant, harvest, care for animals that would be sold; prepare textiles to sell; wash, iron or sew clothing for someone else? Did you help attend any business; sell food, artisan goods, fruit, newspapers or other goods? Did you take care of or watch children or elderly persons or carry any similar tasks?</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[ ] 1 Yes. Continue with question 15.<br />[ ] 2 No. For women, continue with question 19; for men, continue with question 23.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the employment status of a person during the last week (labor force status).
Universe
Ecuador 1990: Persons age 8+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |