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Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center
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Looking for work during the last 7 days (MY2000A_0423)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above



C23. Did you look for work during the last 7 days?

[Question C23 is asked of persons who were not working and who did not have any work to return to.]

[] 1 Yes (End interview for this person*)
[] 2 No

*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person looked for work during the last 7 days.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who were not working and had no job to return to

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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