General Census (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing) 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

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Type of work that he/she did last week (CO2005A_0499)

Data file: COL2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 328

End: 329

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons five years old or more (generated through the DMC )
[Questions 45-52 were asked of persons age 5+.]

47. During the past week, [the respondent]: (basic)

[] 1 Worked?
[] 2 Did not work, but had a job?
[] 3 Looked for work having worked previously?
[] 4 Looked for work for the first time? (Continue with 51)
[] 5 Studied only, neither worked nor looked for work? (Continue with 51)
[] 6 Did household chores and neither did not work nor look for work? (Continue with 51)
[] 7 Was permanently incapacitated for work? (Continue with 51)
[] 8 Lived off of retirement pension or rents and neither did not work nor look for work? (Continue with 51)
[] 9 Was in another situation? (Continue with 51)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Worked
2	Did not work, but had a job
3	Looked for work having worked previously
4	Looked for work for the first time
5	Studied and neither did not work nor look for work
6	Did household chores and neither did not work nor look for work
7	Permanently incapacitated for work
8	Lived off of retirement or rents and neither did not work nor look for work
9	Was in another situation
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 type of work the person did last week.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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