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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 1990
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PHL_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Availability for work (PH1990A_WRKAVAIL)

Data file: PHL1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PH90A419 PH90A420 PH90A421 PH90A422 PH90A423 PH90A424 PH90A425 PH90A426 PH90A427 PH90A428 PH90A429 PH90A430 PH90A431"><span class="h2">10 Years Old and Older</span><br /><br />[Questions P23-P31 apply to persons 10 years old and over]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH90A419"><span class="em">P23. Usual Activity/Occupation</span><br /><br />___ What was [respondent] 's usual activity/occupation during the past twelve months?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Describe occupation as fully as possible.<br />Examples: Palay Farmer, Filing Clerk, Fruit Vendor, Student, etc.<br />If housewife, student, or retiree, skip to P25.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH90A429"><span class="em">P29. Availability for Work</span><br /><br />Was [respondent] available for work during the past seven days?<br /><br />Encircle code<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Yes<br />2 No, skip to P32.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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 the unemployed person was available for work or not during the past seven days.
Universe
Philippines 1990: Persons age 10+ not employed during the past week [discrepancies: type I: 15 %; type II: none]

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