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Noveno Censo Nacional de Población y Quinto de Vivienda de Panamá 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1990
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PAN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS
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Principal economic activity (PA1990A_EMPSTAT1)

Data file: PAN1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 173
End: 174
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PA90A430 PA90A439 PA90A400 PA90A441 PA90A442 PA90A423 PA90A440 PA90A449 PA90A425 PA90A450 PA90A451 PA90A452"><span class="h2">VI. Degree or diploma obtained and economic characteristics.</span><br />For individuals 10 years of age and older<br />[Questions 13 - 21 were asked of people 10 years and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA90A400 PA90A440 PA90A441 PA90A442"><a name='49'></a>14. Principal activity of the individual:
<br /><br /><div class="i1">14a. Did you work last week, or did you have a job from which you were temporarily absent?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 01 Yes<br />No. If no, ask</div><br /><div class="i1">14b. Did you look for work last week?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 02 Yes<br />No. If no, ask</div><br /><div class="i1">14c. For what reason did you not look for work last week?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 03 Does occasional work<br />[] 04 Looked for work before and waiting to hear<br />[] 05 Impossible to find work</div><br /><div class="i1">[If any answer above was selected,] (Continue with questions 15 - 17)</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 06 Homemaker [specifically female]<br />[] 07 Student<br />[] 08 Retired or pensioner<br />[] 09 Rentier<br />[] 10 Other condition<br />[For responses 06 - 10], (go directly to question 21)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked last week
02 Looked for work last week
03 Occasional
04 Wating for news
05 Impossible to find
06 Homemaker
07 Student
08 Retired pensioner
09 Rentier
10 Other condition
11 Collective individual
98 Unknown
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 person's principal activity last week.
Universe
Panama 1990: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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