Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1983
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IND_1983_NSS38-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Principal usual activity status (IN1983A_0416)
Data file: IND1983-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
159
End:
160
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Principal usual activity: [Questions 2 to 3]
2. Status:
Working with an employer under obligation/ work not specifically compensated by prevalent wage or salary:
[] 1 Attached to landlord
[] 2 Attached to money-lender
[] 3 Attached to landlord-cum-money lender
[] 4 Attached to others
[] 11 Worked (self-employed) in household enterprise
[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise
[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour in public works
[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour in other types of work
[] 81 Sought work
[] 91 Attended educational institutions
[] 92 Attended domestic duties only
[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.), sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use
[] 94 Too young to work/ to attend school/ to seek employment
[] 95 Old and disabled
[] 96 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.
[] 97 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.
[] 98 Others
2. Status:
Working with an employer under obligation/ work not specifically compensated by prevalent wage or salary:
[] 1 Attached to landlord
[] 2 Attached to money-lender
[] 3 Attached to landlord-cum-money lender
[] 4 Attached to others
[] 11 Worked (self-employed) in household enterprise
[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise
[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour in public works
[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour in other types of work
[] 81 Sought work
[] 91 Attended educational institutions
[] 92 Attended domestic duties only
[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.), sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use
[] 94 Too young to work/ to attend school/ to seek employment
[] 95 Old and disabled
[] 96 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.
[] 97 Beggars, prostitutes, etc.
[] 98 Others
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Attached to landlord |
| 2 | Attached to money lender |
| 3 | Attached to landlord-cum-money lender |
| 4 | Attached to others |
| 11 | Worked (self-employed) in household enterprise |
| 21 | Worked as helper in household enterprise |
| 31 | Worked as regular salaried/wage employee |
| 41 | Worked as casual wage labor in public works |
| 51 | Worked as casual wage labor in other types of work |
| 81 | Did not work but was seeking and/or available for work |
| 91 | Attended educational institutions |
| 92 | Attended domestic duties only |
| 93 | Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use |
| 94 | Too young to work/to attend school/to seek employment |
| 95 | Old and disabled |
| 96 | Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc. |
| 97 | Beggars, prostitutes, etc. |
| 98 | Others |
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
(a) Activity status : The activity status of an individual is the activity situation obtaining for the person is respect of his/her participation in gainful and also non-gainful activities during a given reference period. Normally, one of the following three major activity situations of a combination of them will obtain to a person:
(i) of working or being engaged in gainful activities (or work) for pay, profit or family gain,
(ii) of being not engaged in gainful activities (of work ) but either of making tangible efforts to seek work or of being available for work, and
(iii) of being not available for work because of various reasons.
Identification of each individual according to a unique situation poses a problem when more than one of the three activity situations listed above concurrently obtain to a person. In such an eventuality, the unique identification under any one of the three activity situations is done by adopting either the 'relatively long time' or the major time) or the 'priority' criterion. The former is used for classification of persons under 'usual activity status' with reference to a period of 365 days preceding the data of survey and the latter for classification of persons under 'current activity status' with reference to a period of 7 days preceding the date of survey or to each day of the seven days period. The three major activity status referred to above have been further sub-divided into several detailed activity categories. The detailed categories (under each of the three major activity status categories) along with the corresponding coded to be used in the 38th round survey are listed below:
(i) Situation of working or being engaged in gainful activities (employed)
1. worked with an employer under obligation/work not specifically compensated by prevalent wage/salary.
(a) attached to land lord - 01
(b) attached to money lender - 02
(c) attached to land lord-cum-money lender - 03
(d) attached to others - 04
2. worked (self-employed) in household enterprise - 11
3. worked as helper in household enterprise - 21
4. worked as regular salaried/wage employee - 31
5. worked as casual wage labour in public works - 41
6. worked as casual wage labour in other types of work - 51
7. did not work though there was work in the household enterprise - 61
8. did not work but had regular salaried/wage employment - 71
(ii) situation of being not engaged in work but available for work:
1. sought work - 81
2. did not seek but was available for work - 82
(iii) situation of being not available for work:
1. attended education institution - 91
2. attended domestic duties only - 92
3. attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of good, sewing, tailoring, weaving etc. for household use - 93
4. too young to work/attend school/seek employment - 94
5. old and disabled - 95
6. rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc - 96
7. beggars, prostitutes, etc - 97
8. others - 98
9. did not work due to sickness (for casual workers only) - 99
for usual status classification, codes 61, 71, 82 and 99 are not applicable and code 81 will be used to indicate both the situations-seeking work and being available for work.
5.6.0 Block 6: usual activity particulars :
The usual activity particulars with respect to a reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey of all the normally resident members of the household and particulars of their seasonal movement if any, in connection with their work, will be collected in Block 6.
5.6.2 Column (2): principal usual activity status:
For determining the principal usual activity status of a person, the reference period to be used will be the 365 days preceding the date of survey. As mentioned earlier, the broad activity status of the person will first be determined adopting the 'relatively long' or 'major time' criterion. Thus, the broad usual activity status of a person will be the one out of the three-broad activity status, such as 'working', 'seeking and/or available for work' and 'neither working nor available for work' on which relatively long period was spent by the person during the 365 days preceding the date of survey. After determining the broad status, the detailed activity status within the broad group will again be determined adopting again the 'relatively long' or 'major time' criterion. The detailed activity status, thus determined, will be the principal usual activity status of the person. The code corresponding to this activity status will be recorded in column (2).
(i) of working or being engaged in gainful activities (or work) for pay, profit or family gain,
(ii) of being not engaged in gainful activities (of work ) but either of making tangible efforts to seek work or of being available for work, and
(iii) of being not available for work because of various reasons.
Identification of each individual according to a unique situation poses a problem when more than one of the three activity situations listed above concurrently obtain to a person. In such an eventuality, the unique identification under any one of the three activity situations is done by adopting either the 'relatively long time' or the major time) or the 'priority' criterion. The former is used for classification of persons under 'usual activity status' with reference to a period of 365 days preceding the data of survey and the latter for classification of persons under 'current activity status' with reference to a period of 7 days preceding the date of survey or to each day of the seven days period. The three major activity status referred to above have been further sub-divided into several detailed activity categories. The detailed categories (under each of the three major activity status categories) along with the corresponding coded to be used in the 38th round survey are listed below:
(i) Situation of working or being engaged in gainful activities (employed)
1. worked with an employer under obligation/work not specifically compensated by prevalent wage/salary.
(a) attached to land lord - 01
(b) attached to money lender - 02
(c) attached to land lord-cum-money lender - 03
(d) attached to others - 04
2. worked (self-employed) in household enterprise - 11
3. worked as helper in household enterprise - 21
4. worked as regular salaried/wage employee - 31
5. worked as casual wage labour in public works - 41
6. worked as casual wage labour in other types of work - 51
7. did not work though there was work in the household enterprise - 61
8. did not work but had regular salaried/wage employment - 71
(ii) situation of being not engaged in work but available for work:
1. sought work - 81
2. did not seek but was available for work - 82
(iii) situation of being not available for work:
1. attended education institution - 91
2. attended domestic duties only - 92
3. attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of good, sewing, tailoring, weaving etc. for household use - 93
4. too young to work/attend school/seek employment - 94
5. old and disabled - 95
6. rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc - 96
7. beggars, prostitutes, etc - 97
8. others - 98
9. did not work due to sickness (for casual workers only) - 99
for usual status classification, codes 61, 71, 82 and 99 are not applicable and code 81 will be used to indicate both the situations-seeking work and being available for work.
5.6.0 Block 6: usual activity particulars :
The usual activity particulars with respect to a reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey of all the normally resident members of the household and particulars of their seasonal movement if any, in connection with their work, will be collected in Block 6.
5.6.2 Column (2): principal usual activity status:
For determining the principal usual activity status of a person, the reference period to be used will be the 365 days preceding the date of survey. As mentioned earlier, the broad activity status of the person will first be determined adopting the 'relatively long' or 'major time' criterion. Thus, the broad usual activity status of a person will be the one out of the three-broad activity status, such as 'working', 'seeking and/or available for work' and 'neither working nor available for work' on which relatively long period was spent by the person during the 365 days preceding the date of survey. After determining the broad status, the detailed activity status within the broad group will again be determined adopting again the 'relatively long' or 'major time' criterion. The detailed activity status, thus determined, will be the principal usual activity status of the person. The code corresponding to this activity status will be recorded in column (2).
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's principal occupation in the past 365 days.
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Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |