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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Activity last week (PE2007A_REASONWK)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 238
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="em">For persons aged six or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="PE07A436" v="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439">13. Did you work at least one hour last week for payment in cash or kind?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes (go to question 16)<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A437">14. Last week did you (Read each option and circle only one number):<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Not work, though you had a job?<br />[] 2 Have your own business, though you did not work?<br />[] 3 Do some odd job for payment in cash or kind?<br />[] 4 Help out on the farm or in the store or business of a family member without receiving pay?<br />[] 5 Not work?</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">If you circled any number between 1 and 4, go to question 16.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Did not work, though you had a job
2 Have your own business, though you did not work
3 Do some odd job for payment in cash or kind
4 Help out on the farm or in the store or business of a family member without receiving pay
5 Didn't work
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="PE07A436 PE07A437 PE07A438 PE07A439 PE07A440 PE07A441 PE07A442 PE07A443 PE07A444 PE07A445 PE07A446"><span class="h3">For persons aged six and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 13-19]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A437"><span class="em">Question 14: Why you did not work last week?</span><br />If you circle any of the numbers between 1 and 4, go to question 16.<br />Option 5, "Didn't work" should not be read out loud. Circle this option only if the respondent does not answer the previous options in the affirmative. Then continue on to question 15.<br />[Each of the 4 examples below is accompanied by an explanatory drawing.]<br /><div class="i1">1. <span class="ital">Didn't work, but had a job</span>. This is when the person had a job but didn't work last week because he/she was on vacation, on strike, on leave, etc., and was paid.<br />2. <span class="ital">Didn't work, but has his/her own business</span>. This is when the person works for him/her self, but was temporarily absent last week and his/her company continued to operate and generate revenue.</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 53]</span><br /><div class="i1">3. <span class="ital">Did odd job(s) for payment in cash or kind</span>. This is when he/she worked for at least one hour at an odd job or in casual employment last week, and received payment in cash or kind for the work.<br />4. <span class="ital">Helped out on the farm or in the store or business of a family member without receiving any pay</span>. This is when the person worked at least 15 hours last week in a family member's business without receiving any pay. This is the case for those who work in the field as unpaid family workers. An example of this would be agricultural assistants.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for not working last week.
Universe
Peru 2007: Persons age 6+ who did not work at least one hour for pay last week [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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