Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset
Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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- PRY1992_PHC-H-H.dat
- PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Employment status last week (PY1992A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
237
End:
238
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section IV. Population information</span></p>
<p>For individuals 10 years of age and older.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A427">14. Did you work the greater part of last week? <br /><div class="i1">(From Sunday the 16th to Saturday the 22nd of August)<br /><br />[] 01 Worked<br />[] 02 Did not work, but had a job<br />[] 03 Looked for work and had worked before<br /><br />For responses 01 through 03, ask questions 15 through 17<br /><br />[] 04 Looked for a first job<br />[] 05 Did household duties<br />[] 06 Is a student<br />[] 07 Lived from investment income<br />[] 08 Is retired or a pensioner<br />[] 09 Obligatory military service<br />[] 10 Other situation</div><br /></svar>
<p>For individuals 10 years of age and older.</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A427">14. Did you work the greater part of last week? <br /><div class="i1">(From Sunday the 16th to Saturday the 22nd of August)<br /><br />[] 01 Worked<br />[] 02 Did not work, but had a job<br />[] 03 Looked for work and had worked before<br /><br />For responses 01 through 03, ask questions 15 through 17<br /><br />[] 04 Looked for a first job<br />[] 05 Did household duties<br />[] 06 Is a student<br />[] 07 Lived from investment income<br />[] 08 Is retired or a pensioner<br />[] 09 Obligatory military service<br />[] 10 Other situation</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Worked |
| 02 | Did not work but was employed |
| 03 | Looked for work and had worked before |
| 04 | Looked for work for first time |
| 05 | Household tasks |
| 06 | Student |
| 07 | Lives from investment income |
| 08 | Retired or pensioner |
| 09 | Military service |
| 10 | Other |
| 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
<svar a="all" v="PY92A427">Question 14: Did you work the majority of last week?<br /><br />We consider "last week" or "reference week" to be from Sunday the 16th to Saturday the 22nd of August.<br /><br />14. Did you work the majority of last week?<br /><div class="i1">(From Sunday the 16th to Saturday the 22nd of August)<br /><br />[x] 1 Worked<br />[] 2 Did not work, but has a job<br />[] 3 Looked for work having worked previously<br />[For answers 01, 02, 03] Ask Questions 15 to 17<br />[] 4 Looked for first job<br />[] 5 Did household chores<br />[] 6 Is a student<br />[] 7 Lived off of rents<br />[] 8 Is retired or receives a pension<br />[] 9 Obligatory military service<br />[] 10 Other situation<br />[For answers 04 to 10] Continue with question 18.</div><br /><br />Take into account the following definitions:<br /><br />Work: Includes all persons who worked for a payment or salary, "in cash" or "in kind", for "tips or commissions" or as "self-employed". Also, the person who worked for a family member for more than two hours daily or more than 15 hours a week without payment or remuneration.<br /><br />Did not work, but had a job: Includes all of the persons who have employment or a business, but in the week of reference did not work due to illness, vacation, broken machinery, lack of work materials, bad weather, etc.<br /><br />Looked for work having worked previously. This refers to the persons who, having working before, want to do so, for which they have made the effort to find employment, personally offering his/her services to possible employers or registering in placement and employment office, placing requests with friends and/or relatives, etc.<br /><br />Did housework: This is the group of persons dedicated to domestic labors in his/her own household, such as housewives and other relatives who do housework without being paid.<br /><br />Studied: This refers to the persons who were exclusively dedicated to studies, without doing any paid activity. If, in addition to studying, he/she did any paid work, mark X inside the circle that corresponds to "work" and do not mark "student".<br /><br />Lived off of rents: Include the persons who received income only from the product of their goods or capital without working. If, in addition to rents, he/she worked, mark "worked".<br /><br /><span class="pg">[page] 30</span><br /><br />Is retired or pensioned: Include the persons who did not have a paid occupation the week before the census and have been maintained only from what they receive in concept of retirement or pension. If, in addition to the retirement or pension, they worked, mark "worked".<br /><br />Obligatory military service: Include the young men/women who provide services in barracks, commissaries, military bases and others.<br /><br />Other situation: Includes any other cause for which he/she did not do nor look for paid employment. Example: does not want to work, is incapacitated, is ill, attends an establishment for regular education, etc.<br /><br />If in question 14 you marked options 01, 02, 03, you should ask questions 15, 16 and 17.<br />If you marked any of the options starting with 04 through 10, make a diagonal line through questions 15, 16 and 17. If it is a man, continue with the next person; if it is a woman, move on to question 18.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person’s employment status during the previous week (August 16-22, 1992).
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Persons 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |