National Population Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset
Greece, 1991
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GRC_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Service of Greece, IPUMS
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Occupation during the previous week (GR1991A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: GRC1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
240
End:
240
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="GR91A415 GR91A416 GR91A417 GR91A418 GR91A419 GR91A420 GR91A421 GR91A422 GR91A423 GR91A424 GR91A425 GR91A426 GR91A427 GR91A428 GR91A429 GR91A430 GR91A431 GR91A432 GR91A433 GR91A434 GR91A435 GR91A436 GR91A437 GR91A438"><span class="em">The following questions should only be completed for persons born in 1980 or earlier.</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR91A419"><span class="em"><br />15. What was he/she doing during the previous week (March 10-16)?<br /></span><br />-Every person who worked for even one hour during the previous week, either for pay or without pay in the family business, should answer "working." The same applies to persons who had a job from which they were temporarily absent during the specified week. This includes those who had a job (either as an employee or as a self-employed person) and those who normally work in the family business without pay but who did not work at all during the previous week, due to a temporary reason such as sickness, leave of absence, poor weather conditions, or an absence of seasonal work (e.g., for a farmer).<br />-Every person who was seeking work during the previous week and who was ready to accept work that was offered should answer "looking for work." This is true regardless of whether persons were seeking work because they had been dismissed or they had finished a job or the business where they worked had closed or they were looking for a first job.<br />-Keeping house, student, etc.: People not in the labor force during the previous week (i.e., neither working nor temporarily absent from a job, as in answer 1, nor looking for work, as in answer 2) should specify their main non-labor force activity, selecting one of the answers numbered 3-7. Every person who is mainly occupied in keeping house or who is primarily a pupil or student or conscript or pensioner (answers 3-6) and who also worked during the previous week, even for one hour, should give one of the answers 3, 4, 5 or 6 as well as 1, i.e., "working." (In such cases, two answers are admissible.)<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Looking for work<br />[] 3 Keeping house<br />[] 4 Pupil or student<br />[] 5 Conscript<br />[] 6 Pensioner<br />[] 7 Other ___ (specify)</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR91A419"><span class="em"><br />15. What was he/she doing during the previous week (March 10-16)?<br /></span><br />-Every person who worked for even one hour during the previous week, either for pay or without pay in the family business, should answer "working." The same applies to persons who had a job from which they were temporarily absent during the specified week. This includes those who had a job (either as an employee or as a self-employed person) and those who normally work in the family business without pay but who did not work at all during the previous week, due to a temporary reason such as sickness, leave of absence, poor weather conditions, or an absence of seasonal work (e.g., for a farmer).<br />-Every person who was seeking work during the previous week and who was ready to accept work that was offered should answer "looking for work." This is true regardless of whether persons were seeking work because they had been dismissed or they had finished a job or the business where they worked had closed or they were looking for a first job.<br />-Keeping house, student, etc.: People not in the labor force during the previous week (i.e., neither working nor temporarily absent from a job, as in answer 1, nor looking for work, as in answer 2) should specify their main non-labor force activity, selecting one of the answers numbered 3-7. Every person who is mainly occupied in keeping house or who is primarily a pupil or student or conscript or pensioner (answers 3-6) and who also worked during the previous week, even for one hour, should give one of the answers 3, 4, 5 or 6 as well as 1, i.e., "working." (In such cases, two answers are admissible.)<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Looking for work<br />[] 3 Keeping house<br />[] 4 Pupil or student<br />[] 5 Conscript<br />[] 6 Pensioner<br />[] 7 Other ___ (specify)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Working |
| 2 | Job seeker |
| 3 | Household activities |
| 4 | Pupil or Student |
| 5 | Conscript |
| 6 | Pensioner |
| 7 | Other case |
| 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">The following questions (12-25) were answered only by individuals born in 1980 or before.</span></p>
<p>12. Level of education
<br />[As in the form, omitted]</p>
<p>13.
<br />[As in the form, omitted]</p>
<p>The question was clear and without problems. In the case of graduates of a foreign educational institution the code of the respective Greek educational institution was checked.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR91A419">15. What was his/her occupation during the previous week (10-16 March)?<br />Working- [as in the form, omitted]<br />Individuals which left or lost their job even one day before the census taking were not considered as working.<br /><br />Job seeker [as in the form, omitted]<br />Individuals that were ready to take offered jobs and that during the last four (4) weeks took initiatives towards finding work (applying in companies, registering in the OAED, participating in competitions, answering or placing adds, asking for the help of friends and relations etc.).<br /><br />Individuals who did not work but were available and had agreed to work at a future date from the reference period were considered as seeking work as well as the individuals that were available and were trying to seek work.<br /><br />If the individual did not give any of these two answers (working, seeking work) the cases 3-7, economically non active, were checked. [As in the form, omitted]<br /></svar>
<p>12. Level of education
<br />[As in the form, omitted]</p>
<p>13.
<br />[As in the form, omitted]</p>
<p>The question was clear and without problems. In the case of graduates of a foreign educational institution the code of the respective Greek educational institution was checked.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="GR91A419">15. What was his/her occupation during the previous week (10-16 March)?<br />Working- [as in the form, omitted]<br />Individuals which left or lost their job even one day before the census taking were not considered as working.<br /><br />Job seeker [as in the form, omitted]<br />Individuals that were ready to take offered jobs and that during the last four (4) weeks took initiatives towards finding work (applying in companies, registering in the OAED, participating in competitions, answering or placing adds, asking for the help of friends and relations etc.).<br /><br />Individuals who did not work but were available and had agreed to work at a future date from the reference period were considered as seeking work as well as the individuals that were available and were trying to seek work.<br /><br />If the individual did not give any of these two answers (working, seeking work) the cases 3-7, economically non active, were checked. [As in the form, omitted]<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation during the previous week of the census.
Universe
Greece 1991: Persons born in or before 1980 [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |