XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Colombia, 1973
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Reference ID
COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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- COL1973_PHC-H-H.dat
- COL1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Employment status (CO1973A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: COL1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
218
End:
219
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CO73A419 CO73A420 CO73A421 CO73A422 CO73A423 CO73A424 CO73A425"><span class="h2">C. Economic characteristics (For persons 10 years old or more)</span><br />[Applies to questions 14 - 19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A419"><span class="em">14. What did you do the week before the census (14 to 20 October)</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Work<br />[] 2 Did not work but has a job<br />[] 3 Looking for work and has worked before<br />[] 4 Looking for work for the first time<br />[] 5 Lives on rent payments<br />[] 6 Has a pension<br />[] 7 In school<br />[] 8 Home business, self-employed<br />[] 9 No work</div><br />If the answer is 1, 2, or 3, continue with question 15. If the answer is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, continue with question 18.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A419"><span class="em">14. What did you do the week before the census (14 to 20 October)</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Work<br />[] 2 Did not work but has a job<br />[] 3 Looking for work and has worked before<br />[] 4 Looking for work for the first time<br />[] 5 Lives on rent payments<br />[] 6 Has a pension<br />[] 7 In school<br />[] 8 Home business, self-employed<br />[] 9 No work</div><br />If the answer is 1, 2, or 3, continue with question 15. If the answer is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, continue with question 18.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Work |
| 02 | Did not work but have a job |
| 03 | Looking for work and have worked before |
| 04 | Looking for work for the first time |
| 05 | Live on rent payments |
| 06 | Have a pension |
| 07 | In school |
| 08 | Home business, self-employed |
| 09 | No work |
| 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 v="CO73A419 CO73A420 CO73A421 CO73A422 CO73A423 CO73A424 CO73A425"><span class="h3">Section C. Economic characteristics</span><br /><br />This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.<br />[Applies to questions 14 - 19]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A419"><span class="em">Question No. 14. Activity during the week previous to the day of the census.</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 50]</span><br /><br />Take into account the following:<br /><br />The question refers to what a person did during the week understood to be October 14 to 20.<br /><br />Mark an "x" in the box corresponding to the obtained information.<br /><br />Two or more alternatives will never be marked for the same person. If someone had two activities, only pick the alternative that is put first, in the form.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. Mark "x" in the box "worked" when a person did any labor during one or more hours during the week in exchange for remuneration. In this category persons who without receiving remuneration for their work are included, working in family businesses or exploitations for 15 or more hours in the week.<br /><br />2. Mark "x" in the box "did not work but had a job", when a person had employment during the week of October 14 to 20, but did not work for any temporary reason like sickness, passage, vacation, on leave, work conflict, machine injury, bad weather, etc.<br /><br />3. Mark "x" in the box "looked for work but worked before", in the case of persons who worked some time in their life, but did not have employment during the week of October 14 to 20, and spent this week looking for new employment.<br /><br />4. Mark "x" in the box "looked for work for the first time", when a person looked for work the week before the Census day, but had not worked previously.<br /><br />5. Mark "x" in the box "lived by their investments", when a person did not do any job, or did not look for employment during the week before the Census day and periodically receives income provided from interest on loaned money, participation in earnings of a business, stocks (dividends) or leasing of buildings, houses, lands, machinery or equipment.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 51]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">6. Mark "x" in the box "retired or pensioned", when a person does not work or look for work during the week of October 14 to 20 and receives pensions of widow, physical incapacity, etc., or retirement by leaving a job after becoming a certain age or certain number of years of service.<br /><br />7. Mark "x" in the box "studied" when a person did not work, or look for work in the week before the Census, and attended educational classes of any type.<br /><br />8. Mark "x" in the box "domestic duties", when a person did not work or did not look for work in the week of October 14 to 20, and did domestic activities (washing, cooking, taking care of children, etc.) in their own household without receiving remuneration.<br /><br />9. Mark "x" in the box "without activity", for persons who are not located in any of the previous alternatives.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">How to continue the filling out of the form</span><br /><br />For persons who are in the alternatives 1 (worked), in 2 (did not work but looked for work) or 3 (Looked for work but worked before) ask all the other questions in section C. about <span class="em">economic characteristics</span>.<br /><br />For persons who are in the other alternative (4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9) go directly to questions 18 and 19, without filling out questions 15, 16 and 17.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A419"><span class="em">Question No. 14. Activity during the week previous to the day of the census.</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 50]</span><br /><br />Take into account the following:<br /><br />The question refers to what a person did during the week understood to be October 14 to 20.<br /><br />Mark an "x" in the box corresponding to the obtained information.<br /><br />Two or more alternatives will never be marked for the same person. If someone had two activities, only pick the alternative that is put first, in the form.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. Mark "x" in the box "worked" when a person did any labor during one or more hours during the week in exchange for remuneration. In this category persons who without receiving remuneration for their work are included, working in family businesses or exploitations for 15 or more hours in the week.<br /><br />2. Mark "x" in the box "did not work but had a job", when a person had employment during the week of October 14 to 20, but did not work for any temporary reason like sickness, passage, vacation, on leave, work conflict, machine injury, bad weather, etc.<br /><br />3. Mark "x" in the box "looked for work but worked before", in the case of persons who worked some time in their life, but did not have employment during the week of October 14 to 20, and spent this week looking for new employment.<br /><br />4. Mark "x" in the box "looked for work for the first time", when a person looked for work the week before the Census day, but had not worked previously.<br /><br />5. Mark "x" in the box "lived by their investments", when a person did not do any job, or did not look for employment during the week before the Census day and periodically receives income provided from interest on loaned money, participation in earnings of a business, stocks (dividends) or leasing of buildings, houses, lands, machinery or equipment.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 51]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">6. Mark "x" in the box "retired or pensioned", when a person does not work or look for work during the week of October 14 to 20 and receives pensions of widow, physical incapacity, etc., or retirement by leaving a job after becoming a certain age or certain number of years of service.<br /><br />7. Mark "x" in the box "studied" when a person did not work, or look for work in the week before the Census, and attended educational classes of any type.<br /><br />8. Mark "x" in the box "domestic duties", when a person did not work or did not look for work in the week of October 14 to 20, and did domestic activities (washing, cooking, taking care of children, etc.) in their own household without receiving remuneration.<br /><br />9. Mark "x" in the box "without activity", for persons who are not located in any of the previous alternatives.</div><br /><br /><span class="em">How to continue the filling out of the form</span><br /><br />For persons who are in the alternatives 1 (worked), in 2 (did not work but looked for work) or 3 (Looked for work but worked before) ask all the other questions in section C. about <span class="em">economic characteristics</span>.<br /><br />For persons who are in the other alternative (4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9) go directly to questions 18 and 19, without filling out questions 15, 16 and 17.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the activity status during the week prior to the day of the census.
This variable is used to define the universe for subsequent employment questions. In the labor force is defined as those who answered yes they were working the week prior to the census, no they were not working but have a job, or those with no job but were looking for work. Those not in the labor force are defined as those who answered no they were not working and it was their first time looking for work, those living on rent payments, those with a pension, those in school, those with a home business or self-employeed, and those not working.
This variable is used to define the universe for subsequent employment questions. In the labor force is defined as those who answered yes they were working the week prior to the census, no they were not working but have a job, or those with no job but were looking for work. Those not in the labor force are defined as those who answered no they were not working and it was their first time looking for work, those living on rent payments, those with a pension, those in school, those with a home business or self-employeed, and those not working.
Universe
Colombia 1973: Persons age 10+
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |