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Costa Rica, 2011

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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Employment status (CR2011A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 255

End: 255

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Employed
2	Unemployed looking for work and has worked previously
3	Unemployed seeking first job
4	Inactive retired or receiving pension
5	Inactive lives on rent or investment income
6	Inactive student
7	Inactive domestic chores
8	Inactive other situation

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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent is employed or economically active.

Universe

Costa Rica 2011: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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