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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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IND_1993_NSS50-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for working (IN1993A_0481)

Data file: IND1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 238
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(8) Follow-up question for children 5-14 years
[Questions 1-21 were asked of persons who were 5-14 years old.]




If code 2 or 3 in question 3
[Questions 13-21 were asked of children who were not currently attending school, per question 3.]




If code 1 in question 14
[Questions 15-19 were asked of children who were working, per question 14.]




18. Reason for working:

[] 1 To supplement household income
[] 2 Shortage of labour in household enterprise
[] 3 To acquire skill
[] 4 To meet personal expenses
[] 5 To spend vacation time
[] 6 Forced to repay loan
[] 9 Others
Categories
Value Category
1 To supplement household income
2 Shortage of labor in household enterprise
3 To acquire skill
4 To meet personal expenses
5 To spend vacation time
6 Forced to repay loan
7 Others
8 Unknown
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
5.8.0 Block 8: Follow-up questions for children aged 5-14 years: This block, which will be filled in only for persons aged5-14 years in children, is meant to record the education and activity profile of children. The details to be recorded include school attendance particulars, work related activity, etc. The time reference for identifying the activities pursued by children will be strictly that followed in either block 4 or block 5. Instead a reasonable regularity activity will be the criteria. A child will be considered working if he has spent at least a day any work with some regularity which may be seasonal.



5.8.14 Column (14) - (18): These columns are same as the corresponding columns (5) - (9) and they will be filled-in the same way.

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Definition
This variable indicates the reason why the person was working while not attending school.
Universe
Persons age 5-14 who were not atttending school and working

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Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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