Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 1973
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Reference ID
CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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- CRI1973_PHC-H-H.dat
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Employment status (CR1973A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
199
End:
199
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CR73A419 CR73A420 CR73A421 CR73A422 CR73A423 CR73A424 CR73A425 CR73A426 CR73A427"><span class="em">Only for individuals 12 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 17 - 22]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR73A419">17. Activity status.<br /><div class="i1">Mark only one circle according to the instruction on page 47 of the Enumerator's Manual.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Worked<br />[] 2 Did not work<br />[] 3X Looked for work for the first time<br />[] 4X Student<br />[] 5X Household duties<br />[] 6X Pensioner or rentier<br />[] 9X Others (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR73A419">17. Activity status.<br /><div class="i1">Mark only one circle according to the instruction on page 47 of the Enumerator's Manual.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Worked<br />[] 2 Did not work<br />[] 3X Looked for work for the first time<br />[] 4X Student<br />[] 5X Household duties<br />[] 6X Pensioner or rentier<br />[] 9X Others (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Worked |
| 2 | Did not work, had worked before |
| 3 | Looked for work for first time |
| 4 | Student |
| 5 | Household tasks |
| 6 | Retired/pensioner |
| 7 | Other |
| 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 a="all" v="CR73A419"><span class="h2">23.- Question No. 17.- Activity status</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Only one circle should be marked for each person.</span> Ask what the person does and then include it in the corresponding space.<br /><br /><span class="em">23.1.-</span> Worked: refers to <span class="em">all persons 12 years old or older who during the week of may 7 to 12 worked one hour or more or was in possession of a job</span>.<br /><br />This job could have been for:<br /><br /><div class="i1">23.1.1.- a) Received remuneration, in money, in kind or in both.<br /><br />23.1.2.- b) Having had incomes or not; such is the case of "worker by own account".<br /><br />23.1.3.- c) Not having had remuneration or incomes, such is the case of "non remunerated family worker".</div><br /><br />All persons who during the week of May 7 to 12 were in possession of a job should be included, even if they were on vacation, sick, on strike, involuntary work stoppage, etc.<br /><br />It is not considered that a person "worked", if a person is dedicated exclusively to domestic crafts or household duties, such as painting it, working in the garden, repairing it, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">23.2.- Did not Work</span>: refers to <span class="em">every person 12 years old or more</span> WHO WAS CAPABLE OF WORKING who in the week of May 7 to 12 did not have a job, and either was looking for it or did not look for it because they thought they were not going to find it.<br /><br /><span class="em">23.3.- Looked for Work for the First Time</span>: refers to <span class="em">every person 12 years old or more who was capable of working</span>, who never has worked and looks for work for the first time, including those who took the steps to work for their own account or as employer.<br /><br /><span class="em">23.4.- Student</span>: refers to a <span class="em">person 12 years old or more who is dedicated exclusively to studying</span> during the week from May 7 to 12. That is, if a person <span class="em">worked</span> during the aforementioned week, it should be written down as such.<br /><br /><span class="em">23.5.- Domestic Crafts</span>: refers to <span class="em">every person 12 years old or more who in</span> the week of May 7 to 12 were dedicated exclusively to the care of their own home. Generally they are understood to be women and as an exception, men.<br /><br /><span class="em">Servants and other paid employees of the house should be written down as "worked".</span><br /><br /><span class="em">23.6.- Pensioned, Rentiers or Retirees</span>: refer to <span class="em">persons who live exclusively from a pension, retirement payment or investment</span>. They should always be written down as such, even if they do household duties "Domestic Crafts".<br /><br /><span class="em">23.7.- Others: are those persons 12 years old or older who cannot be classified in the previous points</span>. The persons referred to in this group are<br /><br /><div class="i1">23.7.1.- <span class="em">Persons Interned in Institutions</span>: are residents in a permanent form in jails, convents, asylums, etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 47]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">23.7.2.- <span class="em">Other Persons</span>: includes persons such as the blind, beggars, paralytics, and others with mental or physical deficiencies who do not work in any occupation.</div><br /><br />Children who finished their primary education or now do not attend school, who do not work, or who do not look for work for the first time, should be included in this group.<br /><br />Also all persons not included in the previous classifications are included here, such as: Persons 65 years old or older, vagabonds, antisocial persons, etc.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's economic activity or employment status.
Universe
Costa Rica 1973: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none].
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |