IX General Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1970

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MEX_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS

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Number of weeks looking for work (MX1970A_UNEMN)

Data file: MEX1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 211

End: 212

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="MX70A414 MX70A415 MX70A416 MX70A417 MX70A418 MX70A419 MX70A420 MX70A421 MX70A422 MX70A423 MX70A424 MX70A425"><span class="em">For persons twelve years old or more</span><br /></svar></p>

<p>14. Job seekers</p>

<p>Has the person been looking for work? Mark with an X</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] Yes<br />[ ] No</div><p>For how many weeks has the person been looking?</p>
<div class="i1">_____weeks</div>

Categories

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02	2
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91	91
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
98	98
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of weeks looking for work.

Universe

Mexico 1970: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept

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