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1985 Intercensus Population Survey - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1985
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IDN_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Months looking for work (ID1985A_LOOKMNTHS)

Data file: IDN1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 260
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(Persons age 10 or older)
<br />[Questions 1-17 were asked of persons age 10 or older]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A440">Q.11 How long [has the respondent] been looking for work?<br /><div class="i1">____months</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
000 Less than 1 month
001 1
002 2
003 3
004 4
005 5
006 6
007 7
008 8
009 9
010 10
011 11
012 12
013 13
014 14
015 15
016 16
017 17
018 18
019 19
020 20
021 21
022 22
023 23
024 24
025 25
026 26
027 27
028 28
029 29
030 30
031 31
032 32
033 33
034 34
035 35
036 36
037 37
038 38
039 39
040 40
041 41
042 42
043 43
044 44
045 45
046 46
047 47
048 48
049 49
050 50
051 51
052 52
053 53
054 54
055 55
056 56
057 57
058 58
059 59
060 60
061 61
062 62
063 63
064 64
065 65
066 66
067 67
068 68
069 69
070 70
071 71
072 72
073 73
074 74
075 75
076 76
077 77
078 78
079 79
080 80
081 81
082 82
083 83
084 84
085 85
086 86
087 87
088 88
089 89
090 90
091 91
092 92
093 93
094 94
095 95
096 96
097 97
098 98
998 Unknown
999 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 v="ID85A406 ID85A407 ID85A408 ID85A409 ID85A410 ID85A411 ID85A412 ID85A413 ID85A414 ID85A415 ID85A416 ID85A417 ID85A418 ID85A419 ID85A420 ID85A421 ID85A422 ID85A423 ID85A424 ID85A425 ID85A426 ID85A427 ID85A428 ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h2">X. Information on household members</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">A. Block VII: General information on household members</span><br />1. The objective of this block is to record information on items such as sex, age, schooling status, and activities conducted during the past week for every household member, starting with the member with serial number "01" and continuing to the last household member.<br /><br />2. Method of filling out the form<br />Circle one of the codes corresponding to the respondent's answer, and then write the code in the box on the right.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ID85A429 ID85A430 ID85A431 ID85A432 ID85A433 ID85A434 ID85A435 ID85A436 ID85A437 ID85A438 ID85A439 ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448 ID85A449 ID85A450 ID85A451"><span class="h3">Block VIII: Labor force (Persons age 10 or older)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ID85A440 ID85A441 ID85A442 ID85A443 ID85A444 ID85A445 ID85A446 ID85A447 ID85A448">Questions 11 -- 14: These questions ask the respondent about his/her search for work.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID85A440">Question 11: Length of time respondent has been looking for work. The answer should be written in months in the space provided and in the boxes to the right.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months the person has been looking for work.
Universe
Indonesia 1985: Persons age 10+ who did not work for at least 1 hour last week and did not have a job to return and who looked for work in the past week or who worked for at least 1 hour and had a job to return to and looked for work last week [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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