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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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Reason for wanting to change jobs (NG2006A_0418)

Data file: NGA2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 172
End: 173
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



14. Do you like to change job?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No



15. Reason for the change

[] 1 Low income in present job
[] 2 Job doesn't match skill
[] 3 Job environment not congenial
[] 4 Excessive hours of work
[] 5 Precarious job(s)
[] 6 Inadequate tools
[] 7 Equipment or training for assigned task
[] 8 Travel to work difficulties
[] 9 Inconvenient work schedules
[] 10 Recurring work stoppage
[] 11 Prolonged non wage payment
Categories
Value Category
1 Low income in present job
2 Job does not match skill
3 Job environment not congenial
4 Excessive hours for work
5 Precarious job or jobs
6 Inadequate tools
7 Equipment or training for assigned task
8 Travel to work difficulties
9 Inconvenient work schedules
10 Recurring work stoppage
11 Prolonged non wage payment
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. 15: Reason for the change:
This question is asked only from persons who wanted to change job(s). Probe to get accurate response(s) and fill in the code of the major reason in the spaced provided.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person?s reason for wanting to change jobs.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who were economically active the previous week and reported wanting to change jobs

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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