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Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2000
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CHE_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Employment status (CH2000A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 286
End: 288
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CH00A400 CH00A414 CH00A419 CH00A447 CH00A449 CH00A450 CH00A451 CH00A452 CH00A454 CH00A455 ">Questions 12, 13 and 14 are intended for those aged 15 and over<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CH00A400 CH00A419 CH00A447 CH00A451 CH00A452">13. Occupation: present situation<br /><div class="i1">Please tick everything that applies.<br /><br />'In employment' means persons:<br />Who work one hour or more a week against payment<br />Who work in a family business without payment<br />Who are currently ill, on paid maternity leave or military service but are otherwise in employment.<br />Casual jobs should also be counted.<br /><br />Apprentices should select both 'In employment' and 'Undergoing training'. The appropriate number of hours must be given for both categories.<br /><br /> [] In (full-time) employment</div><br /><div class="i2">Average number of hours a week: _ _ hours</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] In (part-time) employment (at least one hour a week)</div><br /><div class="i2">Average number of hours a week: _ _ hours</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Several (part-time) jobs</div><br /><div class="i2">Average number of hours a week: _ _ hours</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Unemployed<br />[] Not in employment but seeking a job<br />[] Not in employment but future job guaranteed<br />[] Not employed and not looking for a job<br />[] Undergoing training (school, studies, apprenticeship) _ _ hours<br />[] Retired, pension, beneficiary (old-age, disability, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
111 Self-employed with employee(s)
112 Self-employed with no employee(s)
113 Co-working family member
121 Employed in company management
122 Employee in own company
123 Employed who are mid- or lower-level executives
124 Employed in non-management
125 Apprentice
126 Employed not otherwise specified
130 Working population not otherwise specified
200 Unemployed
301 Not in labour force: in school or training
302 Not in labour force: volunteer work
303 Not in labour force: house work
304 Not in labour force: retired
305 Not in labour force: other
999 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 employment status.
Universe
Switzerland 2000: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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