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National Population Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Greece, 1991
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National Statistical Service of Greece, IPUMS
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Working or seeking work (GR1991A_SEEKWRK)

Data file: GRC1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 239
End: 239
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="GR91A418"><span class="em"><br />14. Does he/she usually work or is he/she seeking work?<br /></span><br />-This question refers to the person's main activity during the twelve months prior to the census enumeration.<br />-Members of the household who work without pay in the family business or on the family farm should answer that they work, if they systematically work during the season of intensive work for the family business or farm.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Working<br />[] 2 Looking for work<br />[] 3 Other (does not usually work or look for work)<br />___ _ (Specify the other activity)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working
2 Job seeking
3 Does not usually work or seeking work
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="GR91A418">14. Does he/she usually work or is he/she seeking work?<br /><span class="em">Working, job seeking, other occupation</span><br /><br />[As in the form, and why it is important to ask for the twelvemonth etc., omitted]<br /><br />Every individual which for the most part of the year was occupied with some work, regardless of whether or not he/she was working during the census taking, even if the enumerated was unemployed, on leave, sick, did not work due to the mending of the machine that he/she was operating etc., answered as working. The individuals which had started working a few days before the census taking, those working in seasonal work and were occupied systematically as well as officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers (continuous occupation) of the armed forces were considered as working.<br /><br />Individuals who just before the census taking had stopped working because of pension, sickness or other reason and did not have the intention or prospect of work in the future, conscripts or reserves on their military service and prisoners were considered as not working.<br /><br /><span class="em">Seeking work answered:</span><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 74]</span><br /><br />Every individual which for the most part of the year did not work, or was available to work and was seeking work but regardless of his/her efforts could not find work.<br /><br />Individuals not belonging to one of the above mentioned cases answered "<span class="em">other case</span>".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was working or seeking work for those aged 10 and older.
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
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