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5th Census of Population - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 1992
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SLV_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Employment status (SV1992A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: SLV1992_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 217
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SV92A401 SV92A402 SV92A403 SV92A404 SV92A405 SV92A407 SV92A408 SV92A409 SV92A410 SV92A411 SV92A412 SV92A413 SV92A414 SV92A415 SV92A416 SV92A417 SV92A418 SV92A419 SV92A420 SV92A421 SV92A422 SV92A423 SV92A424 SV92A425 SV92A426 SV92A427 SV92A428 SV92A429 SV92A430 SV92A431 SV92A432 SV92A433 SV92A434 SV92A435 SV92A436 SV92A437 SV92A438 SV92A439 SV92A440 SV92A441 SV92A442 SV92A443 SV92A444 SV92A445 SV92A446 SV92A447 SV92A449 SV92A450"><span class="h1">V. Information on members of the household</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="SV92A408 SV92A409 SV92A410 SV92A411 SV92A412 SV92A414 SV92A415 SV92A449 SV92A450"><span class="h2">2. Persons age 10 or older</span><br />[Questions 14-21 were asked of persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SV92A408"><span class="em">14. The week prior to the census you:</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked in exchange for wage in money or kind<br />[] 2 Worked for somebody else without receiving a wage<br />[] 3 Had a job, business, enterprise, owned a farm, but did not work (due to sickness, strike, vacation, bad weather, etc.)<br />(If 1, 2, or 3 are selected, continue with question 16)<br />[] 4 Looked for a job and had previously worked<br />[] 5 Looked for a job for the first time (i.e., had not worked previously)<br />[] 6 Did not look for a job because you though none were available<br />[] 7 Was a "housewife" exclusively<br />[] 8 Studied exclusively<br />[] 9 Were a retiree, pensioned, or renter<br />[] 10 Were institutionalized [imprisoned]<br />[] 11 Were permanently unable to work [disabled]<br />[] 12 Other (specify) ____<br />(For options 4-12, continue with question 15)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked for wage/salary
02 Worked without pay
03 Had employment but did not work
04 Looked for work, previously worked
05 Looked for work, first time
06 Did not look for work, believed no work available
07 Homemaker
08 Student
09 Retired/pensioner/rentier
10 Imprisoned
11 Permanently disabled
12 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status during the week prior to the census.
Universe
El Salvador 1992: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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