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

Colombia, 2005 - 2006
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COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Type of work that he/she did last week (CO2005A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 348
End: 349
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO05A492 CO05A493 CO05A494 CO05A495 CO05A496 CO05A497 CO05A498 CO05A499 CO05A500 CO05A501 CO05A502 CO05A503 CO05A504 CO05A505 CO05A506 CO05A507 CO05A508 CO05A509 CO05A510 CO05A511 CO05A512 CO05A513 CO05A514 CO05A515 CO05A516 CO05A517 CO05A518"><span class="em">For persons five years old or more</span> (generated through the DMC )<br />[Questions 45-52 were asked of persons age 5+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO05A499">47. During the past week, [the respondent]: (basic)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked?<br />[] 2 Did not work, but had a job?<br />[] 3 Looked for work having worked previously?<br />[] 4 Looked for work for the first time? (Continue with 51)<br />[] 5 Studied only, neither worked nor looked for work? (Continue with 51)<br />[] 6 Did household chores and neither did not work nor look for work? (Continue with 51)<br />[] 7 Was permanently incapacitated for work? (Continue with 51)<br />[] 8 Lived off of retirement pension or rents and neither did not work nor look for work? (Continue with 51)<br />[] 9 Was in another situation? (Continue with 51)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked
02 Did not work, but had a job
03 Looked for work having worked previously
04 Looked for work for the first time
05 Studied and neither did not work nor look for work
06 Did household chores and neither did not work nor look for work
07 Permanently incapacitated for work
08 Lived off of retirement or rents and neither did not work nor look for work
09 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
Colombia 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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