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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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Reasons not seeking work (MY2000A_0424)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 198
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

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



C24. What is the main reason for not seeking work?

[Question C24 is asked of persons who were not working, had no job to return to and did not look for work during the last 7 days.]

[] 01 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather/sick/confinement/will start new job/waiting for answers to job applications/no qualification
[] 02 Housewife
[] 03 Still schooling
[] 04 Going for further studies
[] 05 Handicapped/ disabled
[] 06 Not interested
[] 07 Retired/ too old
[] 08 Too young
[] 09 Others (Specify) ____

(End interview for this person*)

*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather /sick / confinement / will start new job / waiting for answers to job application / no qualification
2 Housewife
3 Still schooling
4 Going for further studies
5 Handicapped / disabled
6 Not interested
7 Retired / too old
8 Too young
9 Others
99 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 the reasons why the person did not seek a job during the last 7 days.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who were not working and had no job to return to and did not look for work

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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