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Census of Population and Housing 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1972
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ISR_1972_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center
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In the labor force last week (IL1972A_0422)

Data file: ISR1972-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 1-24 asked only of those 14 years of age or older.]




In questions 13-21, full or part-time work for payment, profit, or other remuneration, and also work of a family member without pay in a family business will be considered as "work". Not considered as "work": work of woman in her own household.




[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons aged 14+ who did not serve in regular or professional military service (not including army reserves) last week, per question 13]




14. Did you actively look for work during the last week?

For example, through the Labor Exchange, enquiring at various places of work, attempting to set up a business etc.

[] 1. Yes
[] 2. No


15. Do you have a job, a business, or an agricultural farm that you were absent from in the last week (for reasons of leave, sickness, army reserve duty, or other cause)?

[] 1. Yes
[] 2. No
Categories
Value Category
1 Worked last week
2 Absent from work last week
3 Sought work last week
4 Did not 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a person was in the labor force last week.
Universe
Persons age 14+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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