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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment July, 1993-June, 1994 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1993 - 1994
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Nature of efforts made to get work (IN1993A_0438)

Data file: IND1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(6) Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the 7 days of work (i.e., code 1 in question 22 of section 5)
[Questions 1-15 were asked of persons who were unemployed for all the 7 days of the week, per question 22 in section 5.]




Particulars of work sought/available for
[Questions 9-15.]




12. Whether efforts made to get work:

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No





If code 1 in question 12:
[Questions 13-14 were asked of persons who made efforts to get work, per question 12.]




13. Nature of efforts made:

[] 1 Registered in the employment exchange
[] 2 Contacted prospective employer in person
[] 3 Contacted prospective employer through application
[] 9 Other efforts
Categories
Value Category
1 Registered in the employment exchange
2 Contacted prospective employer in person
3 Contacted prospective employer through application
4 Contacted prospective employer through other efforts
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
5.6.0 Block6: Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the seven days of the week: This block is meant for collecting information on persons who are found to be unemployed on all the seven days of the week preceding the date of survey. Such persons will be identified on the basis of the daily time disposition recorded in block 5, and column (22) of block 5 will have code 1 for such persons. Information to be recorded in this block broadly includes their academic performance, particulars of work sought/available and for those who had some employment in the past, the particulars of such employment. The item wise description of the blocks is as below.



5.6.8 Column (9) - (15): Particulars of work sought/available:
Columns (9) to (15) will be used to record the particulars like the nature of work sought, sector in which sought and efforts made, etc.



5.6.13 Column (13): If code 1 in col. (12), nature of efforts made: For those persons who have reported 'yes' in column (12) i.e. made efforts to get work, the nature of efforts made will be recorded in codes as follows:

1. Registered in the employment exchange
2. Contacted prospective employer in person
3. Contacted prospective employer through application
9. Other efforts


Where more than one code is applicable, the code appearing first will be recorded. 'Registered in the employment exchange' will be only those who are currently in the live register of employment exchange.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the nature of efforts the person made to get work.
Universe
Unemployed persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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