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General Household Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2006_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Reasons for doing nothing (NG2006A_0415)

Data file: NGA2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 168
End: 169
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Part B: Persons(s) present in household continued? (For persons age 10 years and above)
[Applies to questions 11-63]


11. Main job previous week

(If options 1-5 go to Col. 14, and if options 6 or 7 go to next person)

[] 1 Worked for pay
[] 2 Got job but did not work
[] 3 Worked for profit
[] 4 On attachment but didn't work
[] 5 Apprenticeship
[] 6 Kept home
[] 7 Went to school
[] 8 Did nothing



12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?

(If options 6-8 go to col. 42)

[] 1 Looked for job
[] 2 Sick
[] 3 Believed no job available
[] 4 Laid off 30 days or less
[] 5 Waiting to join work
[] 6 Retired
[] 7 Invalid
[] 8 Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Looked for job
2 Sick
3 Believed no job available
4 Laid off 30 days or less
5 Waiting to join work
6 Retired
7 Invalid
8 Others
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
Col. 12: If person did nothing previous week what was the reason:
If the respondent did nothing in the previous week, you need to ask for the reason. Enter which code that is applicable. If however the reason for doing nothing is not among the 7 options listed, then shade 8 (others) and specify.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person?s reasons for doing nothing.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who did nothing the previous week

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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