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Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics survey (H.E.D), 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1973
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PAK_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Organization, IPUMS
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Reason for unemployment (PK1973A_UNEMP)

Data file: PAK1973_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PK73A420 PK73A421">For those who did not work for pay or profit last week<br />[Questions 20-21.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PK73A420">20. Was he/she<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Able to work and looking for work (unemployed)<br />[] 2 Temporarily suspended for 30 days<br />[] 3 Job assured but not started<br />[] 4 Unable to work<br />[] 5 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Able to work and looking for work (unemployed)
2 Temporarily suspended for 30 days
3 Job assured but work not started
4 Unable to work (age or disability)
5 Others
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 the person's reason for unemployment.
Universe
Pakistan 1973: Persons age 10+ who did not work last week [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II 3.1%]

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