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VIII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1970. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1970
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BRA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Time looking for work (BR1970A_DURUNEMP)

Data file: BRA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR70A422 BR70A423 BR70A424 BR70A425 BR70A426 BR70A427"><span class="em">Only for people who worked in the 12 months prior to the census date (Sept-1-1969 through Aug-31-1970) or who are seeking work (response 7 in #22)</span><br />[Applies to questions 23 - 28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR70A427"><span class="h3">28. How long work has been sought</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 less than 3 months<br />[] 2 3 months or more<br />[] 3 working</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than 3 months
2 3+ months
3 Working
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 a="all" v="BR70A427"><span class="h3">Question 28 - How Long Have You Been Looking for Work?</span><br /><br />Record:<br /><br /><div class="i1">a) for how many months he or she has been looking for work, for those who were unemployed during the week prior to the date of the Census (or looking for work for the first time);<br />b) Box 3, for those who were working during the last week.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months the person had been looking for a job.
Universe
Brazil 1970: Persons working or seeking work 12 months prior to census [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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