General Population Census of 1975 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1975

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Reference ID

FRA_1975_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), Minnesota Population Center

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Duration of unemployment (FR1975A_0412)

Data file: FRA1975-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 168

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For all people 16 years of age or older
[Applies to questions 8 -18]

17. If you are currently without work and if you are looking for some:

a. For how long have you been looking for work?

[] 1 less than 3 months
[] 2 3 to less than 6 months
[] 3 6 months to less than a year
[] 4 one year or more

b. Have you already worked?

[] Yes
[] No

c. What is your career? ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	Unemployed, never worked
1	Unemployed, looking for work for less than 3 months
2	Unemployed, looking for work for 3 to 6 months
3	Unemployed, looking for work for 6 months to 1 year
4	Unemployed, looking for work 1 year or more
5	Unemployed, having already worked, no duration specified
6	Unemployed, previos work or duration of unemployment unknown
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

[Questions 8 - 18 are for persons age 16 or older]

Question 17: The case of the unemployed and those who are looking for work.
This question concerns all people having or having not already worked, who fulfill the following conditions simultaneously:
a) do not have a job:
b) are actively looking for work.
Do not apply to these people the label "unemployed" which is sometimes judged offensive and which has a slightly different connotation.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's unemployment duration.

Universe

Unemployed persons currently looking for a job

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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