Census of Population and Housing 1995 - IPUMS Subset
Israel, 1995
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ISR_1995_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center
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- ISR1995-H-H
- ISR1995-P-H
Hours of work per week (IL1995A_0436)
Data file: ISR1995-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
202
End:
203
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Part C: Anyone 15 years and older is requested to fill-in both pages
[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]
[Questions 25-33 were asked of persons age 15+ who were not in regular military service last week and worked in Israel at any time during the last 12 months, per questions 21, 24]
25. How many hours per week did you generally work, in all places of employment? Hours a week: _ _
[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]
[Questions 25-33 were asked of persons age 15+ who were not in regular military service last week and worked in Israel at any time during the last 12 months, per questions 21, 24]
25. How many hours per week did you generally work, in all places of employment? Hours a week: _ _
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1-4 hours |
| 2 | 5-9 |
| 3 | 10-14 |
| 4 | 15-19 |
| 5 | 20-24 |
| 6 | 25-29 |
| 7 | 30-34 |
| 8 | 35-39 |
| 9 | 40-44 |
| 10 | 45+ |
| 98 | 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
12. 'Work' definition
Only civilian workers in the civilian or military sector are to supply details regarding their work.
Soldiers in a regular or compulsory service answer that they are serving in the IDF but they are not asked about their work in the army.
In the census questionnaire, work is any full time or part time work for a pay, profit, or any other compensation, and work without pay of a family member in the family business or farm.
[p.51]
12.1 Activities considered as Work
The following activities are considered as work in the census questionnaire:
Students, trainees
-- Work of an apprentice or a trainee -- even if he works without pay;
-- Work of a student in an agricultural school;
-- Work of trainees for a pay, in a professional course;
-- Work of a student in a Kibbutz, not done in school or as a national service;
-- Work of a Yeshiva student, 18 years and over, who teaches in the Yeshiva;
-- Work in a hospital of a student in nurses' school;
-- Work of students as tutors.
Army, air-force, navy
-- Work of a religious girl in her Service-Year (An alternative service to military service);
-- Regular service on the Borders Guard, or work as a policeman in the police;
-- Work of a civilian worker in the military forces;
-- Work of aircrew members in civilian airplanes and of seamen in civilian ships.
Private lessons, babysitter, foster family
-- Providing private lessons for a pay;
-- Babysitting for a pay;
-- Work of a caretaker or a housekeeper who get paid or get accommodation, food and pocket money;
-- Taking care of children within a foster family. If a couple takes care of the children in this arrangement and they are not employed in any other work, only one of them has to be referred to as employed while the other will be considered as unemployed.
Courses
-- People who are sent by their workplace for a general or professional course, for up to one week.
Work abroad
-- Work of an Israeli who is abroad less than a year, and is employed by an Israeli institution, factory or business;
Examples: Embassy worker, worker of Keren Kayemett LeIsrael [Jewish National Fund], a worker of a construction company who is sent abroad to work in a construction project.
-- Work of a self-employed, who is abroad less than a year, for his business in Israel.
Example: An owner of a cloths shop who travels abroad to import merchandise.
Other work
-- Work of a prisoner in prison, not for the maintenance of the prison.
-- Civilian work of a soldier in a compulsory service, whose civilian work is in addition to his military service.
[p. 52]
12.2 Activities not considered as work
The following different activities are not to be marked as work in the census questionnaire:
A. Work of a housewife in her house;
B. Volunteering work -- without pay;
C. Work of a student in vocational high school, as part of studying (excluding agricultural school);
D. Work of an Israeli abroad who stays there less than a year and work for non-Israeli institution, factory or business.
E. Inactive partnership in a business or factory.
F. Work of an institution resident for the maintenance of the institution. For example: Work of a prisoner in the prison's kitchen.
17. Question 25
25. How many hours per week did you usually work in all workplaces?
I worked _ _ Hours a week
A. The answer is of the number of hours that a person works usually in a week. If a person worked on a regular basis in several workplaces, write the total number of weekly hours he worked in all workplaces.
B. A person who did not work last week will refer to the last workplace (workplaces) he worked in, in Israel, during the last 12 months.
17.1 Include in 'working hours':
A. Extra working hours in addition to the hours usually worked.
B. Waiting hours to customers (of a physician, driver, porter etc.); include all hours he stays at the workplace. Stand-by hours are not considered as working hours.
C. Preparation hours related to work, even if not done in the workplace; like a teacher checking homework, a dancer in rehearsals.
D. Working hours of a person who worked without pay in the family business or farm.
17.2 Do not include in working hours:
Travel to work and from it, when the travel is not part of work, even if the worker is paid for travel time.
Only civilian workers in the civilian or military sector are to supply details regarding their work.
Soldiers in a regular or compulsory service answer that they are serving in the IDF but they are not asked about their work in the army.
In the census questionnaire, work is any full time or part time work for a pay, profit, or any other compensation, and work without pay of a family member in the family business or farm.
[p.51]
12.1 Activities considered as Work
The following activities are considered as work in the census questionnaire:
Students, trainees
-- Work of an apprentice or a trainee -- even if he works without pay;
-- Work of a student in an agricultural school;
-- Work of trainees for a pay, in a professional course;
-- Work of a student in a Kibbutz, not done in school or as a national service;
-- Work of a Yeshiva student, 18 years and over, who teaches in the Yeshiva;
-- Work in a hospital of a student in nurses' school;
-- Work of students as tutors.
Army, air-force, navy
-- Work of a religious girl in her Service-Year (An alternative service to military service);
-- Regular service on the Borders Guard, or work as a policeman in the police;
-- Work of a civilian worker in the military forces;
-- Work of aircrew members in civilian airplanes and of seamen in civilian ships.
Private lessons, babysitter, foster family
-- Providing private lessons for a pay;
-- Babysitting for a pay;
-- Work of a caretaker or a housekeeper who get paid or get accommodation, food and pocket money;
-- Taking care of children within a foster family. If a couple takes care of the children in this arrangement and they are not employed in any other work, only one of them has to be referred to as employed while the other will be considered as unemployed.
Courses
-- People who are sent by their workplace for a general or professional course, for up to one week.
Work abroad
-- Work of an Israeli who is abroad less than a year, and is employed by an Israeli institution, factory or business;
Examples: Embassy worker, worker of Keren Kayemett LeIsrael [Jewish National Fund], a worker of a construction company who is sent abroad to work in a construction project.
-- Work of a self-employed, who is abroad less than a year, for his business in Israel.
Example: An owner of a cloths shop who travels abroad to import merchandise.
Other work
-- Work of a prisoner in prison, not for the maintenance of the prison.
-- Civilian work of a soldier in a compulsory service, whose civilian work is in addition to his military service.
[p. 52]
12.2 Activities not considered as work
The following different activities are not to be marked as work in the census questionnaire:
A. Work of a housewife in her house;
B. Volunteering work -- without pay;
C. Work of a student in vocational high school, as part of studying (excluding agricultural school);
D. Work of an Israeli abroad who stays there less than a year and work for non-Israeli institution, factory or business.
E. Inactive partnership in a business or factory.
F. Work of an institution resident for the maintenance of the institution. For example: Work of a prisoner in the prison's kitchen.
17. Question 25
25. How many hours per week did you usually work in all workplaces?
I worked _ _ Hours a week
A. The answer is of the number of hours that a person works usually in a week. If a person worked on a regular basis in several workplaces, write the total number of weekly hours he worked in all workplaces.
B. A person who did not work last week will refer to the last workplace (workplaces) he worked in, in Israel, during the last 12 months.
17.1 Include in 'working hours':
A. Extra working hours in addition to the hours usually worked.
B. Waiting hours to customers (of a physician, driver, porter etc.); include all hours he stays at the workplace. Stand-by hours are not considered as working hours.
C. Preparation hours related to work, even if not done in the workplace; like a teacher checking homework, a dancer in rehearsals.
D. Working hours of a person who worked without pay in the family business or farm.
17.2 Do not include in working hours:
Travel to work and from it, when the travel is not part of work, even if the worker is paid for travel time.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the hours of work per week of the person.
Universe
Persons age 15+ who worked as civilian last year
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |