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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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Reason for quitting earlier job (IN1993A_0447)

Data file: IND1993-P-H

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 205
End: 205
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.]




16. Whether ever worked:

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No





If code 1 in question 16, particulars of last employment.
[Questions 17-22 were asked of persons who ever worked, per question 16.]




21. Reason for break in employment:

[] 1 Loss of earlier job
[] 2 Quit earlier job
[] 3 Lay-off without pay
[] 4 Unit has closed down
[] 5 Lack of work in the enterprise (for self-employed persons)
[] 6 Lack of work in the area (for casual labour)
[] 9 Others





22. If code 2 in question 21 [If quit earlier job, per question 21.], reason for quitting job:

[] 1 Work was not remunerative enough
[] 2 Unpleasant environment
[] 3 Employer harsh
[] 4 Health hazard
[] 6 To avail benefits of voluntary retirement
[] 9 Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Work was not remunerative
2 Unpleasant environment
3 Employer harsh
4 Health hazard
5 Others
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.



5.6.17 Columns (17)-(22): If code 1 in col. (16) particulars of last employment : Columns (17) - (22) will be used to record the particulars of the last employment of those who had some employment in the past. Procedure for recording the particulars is explained in the subsequent paragraphs.



5.6.22 Column (22): Reason for quitting job: For those persons who have quit their job (i.e. code 2 in column (21) the reason for quitting the job will be recorded as follows.

1. Work was not remunerative enough
2. Unpleasant environment
3. Employer harsh
4. Health hazard
6. To avail benefits of voluntary retirement
9. Others


Codes are self-explanatory. Unpleasant environment will be excluding the factor mentioned for codes 3 and 4. In case more than one code is applicable, the code which appears first in the code list will be given.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for quitting an earlier job.
Universe
Unemployed persons because of quitting earlier job

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Concept
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Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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