1980 Population census - IPUMS Subset

Hungary, 1980

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HUN_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Hungarian Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Economic activity (HU1980A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: HUN1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 163

End: 164

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="HU80A417">14. Are you economically active?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes; please continue with questions 15-18<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i2">If no, please indicate whether<br /><br />[] Inactive earner</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 20 Being on child care allowance<br />[] 30 Pensioner, renter by own right<br />[] 31 Pensioner, renter by widow's right<br />[] 32 Other inactive earner</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Dependent</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 40 Child attending no school<br />[] 41 Pupil of primary school<br />[] 42 Pupil of secondary school<br />[] 43 Apprentice<br />[] 44 Pupil of secondary vocational school<br />[] 45 Student of third-level school<br />[] 46 Person seeking first employment<br />[] 47 Physically, mentally defective<br />[] Other dependent</div><br /><div class="i2">If other dependent but worked, working days in 1979</div><br /><div class="i3">_ _ _ Days agricultural work<br />_ _ _ Days non agricultural work<br />_ _ _ Days all together</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Enumerated together with the supporter and serial number of supporter [] not [] 2 Enumerated together with the supporter and the supporter is:</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 2 Economically active<br />[] 3 On child care allowance<br />[] 4 Pensioner<br />[] 5 Other inactive earner<br />[] 6 Public institution</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
10	Active earner
11	Inactive earner or dependent but worked for more than 90 days in the agriculture in 1979
20	Inactive earner: with childcare allowance
30	Inactive earner: pensioner on his own right
31	Inactive earner: pensioner on the right of the late husband/wife
32	Inactive earner: other
40	Dependent: not attending any school (born between 1966-1977)
41	Dependent: primary school attendant
42	Dependent: secondary school attendant
43	Dependent: vocational school attendant
44	Dependent: vocational secondary school attendant
45	Dependent: student in higher education
46	Dependent: seeking the first job in his life
47	Dependent: handicapped (born only in 1965 and before and not attending any school)
48	Dependent: other dependents (born in 1965 or before but not suiting the former categories)

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.

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Definition

This variable indicates the person's economic activity.

Universe

Hungary 1980: All persons

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