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6th Census of Population - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 2007
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SLV_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Reason did not work the previous week (SV2007A_WHYNOT)

Data file: SLV2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 282
End: 282
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SV07A439 SV07A440 SV07A441 SV07A442 SV07A443 SV07A444 SV07A445 SV07A456">[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SV07A448">19. Why didn't you work the week prior to the census?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Performed housework<br />[] 2 Is a full-time student<br />[] 3 Is retired, has a pension, or is living off investment income<br />[] 4 Imprisoned<br />[] 5 Permanent disability<br />[] 6 Other reasons (specify) __________</div><br />[Go to Section 4 if any of options 1-6 are marked]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Housework
2 Full-time student
3 Retired, pensioned or rentier
4 In prison
5 Permanent disability that limits working
6 Other reason
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 reason that the person did not work the previous week.
Universe
El Salvador 2007: Persons age 10+ who did not work last week and did not look for work for the first time last week [discrepancies: none]

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