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National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Activity last week (BO1976A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 199
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Economic Information </span></p>

<p><svar v="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415"><span class="em"> Only for those 7 years of age and older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="BO76A411" v="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415">12. What did you do for the largest amount of your time during the last week (the week before the census date)?<br /><div class="i1">Questions 13, 14 and 15 should be answered only by those who marked boxes 1, 2 or 3. If marking one of the remaining boxes, skip directly to question 16.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Worked<br />[] 2 Did not work, but had a job (vacation, illness, etc.)<br />[] 3 Unemployed<br />[] 4 Looked for work for the first time [skip to Question 16]<br />[] 5 Only household tasks [skip to Question 16]<br />[] 6 Only student [skip to Question 16]<br />[] 7 Retired and/or rentier [skip to Question 16]<br />[] 8 Other (specify) ____ [skip to Question 16]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Worked
2 Did not work but had a job (vacation, illness, etc.)
3 Unemployed
4 Looked for work for the first time
5 Only household tasks
6 Only student
7 Retired and/or rentier
8 Other
9 Unknown
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 v="BO76A411 BO76A412 BO76A413 BO76A414 BO76A415"><span class="em">C. Economic information</span><br /><br />Questions 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Economic Information should be asked to all persons 7 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A411"><span class="em">Question 12. What did you do the main part of your time last week (before census day)?</span><br /><br />When asking the question, read the alternatives in the indicated order, "Did you work?", "You did not work but had a job?" and so on, until obtaining a response; then, mark the respective box.<br /><br />If you mark box 1, 2 or 3, ask questions 13, 14 and 15. If you mark one of the other boxes (4 to 8), go directly to question 16.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's activity last week.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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