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XI Censo de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1981
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VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Employment status (VE1981A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: VEN1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 208
End: 209
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VE81A421 VE81A422 VE81A423 VE81A424 VE81A425 VE81A426 VE81A428 VE81A429 VE81A430 VE81A431 VE81A432">(Only for people 12 years of age and older.)<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE81A421">18. In which of the following situations did you find yourself last week? (Mark only one response)<br /><div class="i1">[] Working -- Go on to question 24<br />[] Not working but employed -- Go on to question 24<br />[] Looking for work<br />[] Household duties<br />[] Studying<br />[] Living from investment income<br />[] As a pensioner or retiree<br />[] In another situation<br />[] Permanently disabled for purposes of work</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Working
02 Not working but is employed
03 Looking for work
04 Engaged in household duties
05 Student
06 Rentier
07 Pensioner or retired
08 Other situation
09 Permanently disabled for purposes of employment
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the economic activity of the person.
Universe
Venezuela 1981: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 4.6%; type II none]

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