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XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Months of paid work (CO1973A_WORKMNTHS)

Data file: COL1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 227
End: 228
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="CO73A423"><span class="em">18. How many months did you work for pay or in a family business this year (1973)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 00 Didn't work<br />Months worked __ __</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Didn't work
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
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="CO73A423"><span class="em">Question No. 18. Months worked</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />This question refers to the months worked by a person during the year 1973, from January 1 to October 24.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 55]</span><br /><br />A month worked is considered during which a person carried out a trade that reported earnings or worked in a family business, during 15 days of the week or more, together or in intervals.<br /><br />Mark "x" in the box "did not work" when a person worked less than 15 days during this year or did not work at all.<br /><br />If a person claims to have worked more than 15 days during this year write down the number of months worked. The minimum to write down is 01 and the maximum 10.<br /><br />As time worked also those who correspond to vacations, temporary absence due to sickness and other causes should be considered, especially a person who had received remuneration in money and/or kind.<br /><br />When the information is given in months or fractions of months, specify if the days worked were 15 or more and write the entire number of months. If a person worked less than 15 days of the month it will not count as a month worked.<br /><br />In the case of persons who did not work 15 days during a single month but who from January to October worked more than 15 days, the days worked will be calculated and the months that are equal to those days will be written down.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how many months the person worked for pay or in a family business during the year 1973.
Universe
Colombia 1973: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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