General Population Census of 1975 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1975

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FRA_1975_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS

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Duration of unemployment (FR1975A_DURUNEMP)

Data file: FRA1975_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 188

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="FR75A405 FR75A406 FR75A407 FR75A408 FR75A409 FR75A410 FR75A411 FR75A412 FR75A418 FR75A419 FR75A422 FR75A425 FR75A426 FR75A427 FR75A428 FR75A432 FR75A433 FR75A435 FR75A438 FR75A439 FR75A440 FR75A441"><span class="em">For all people 16 years of age or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 8 -18]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="FR75A409 FR75A412" v="FR75A409 FR75A412 FR75A418 FR75A419 FR75A439 FR75A440 FR75A441"><span class="h3">17. If you are currently without work and if you are looking for some:</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">a. For how long have you been looking for work?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 less than 3 months<br />[] 2 3 to less than 6 months<br />[] 3 6 months to less than a year<br />[] 4 one year or more</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">b. Have you already worked?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">c. What is your career? ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	Unemployed, never worked
1	Unemployed, looking for work for less than 3 months
2	Unemployed, looking for work for 3 to 6 months
3	Unemployed, looking for work for 6 months to 1 year
4	Unemployed, looking for work 1 year or more
5	Unemployed, having already worked, no duration specified
6	Unemployed, previos work or duration of unemployment unknown
9	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.

Interviewer instructions

<svar v="FR75A405 FR75A406 FR75A408 FR75A409 FR75A410 FR75A412 FR75A418 FR75A419 FR75A422 FR75A425 FR75A426 FR75A427 FR75A428 FR75A432 FR75A433 FR75A435 FR75A438 FR75A439 FR75A440 FR75A441">[Questions 8 - 18 are for persons age 16 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="FR75A409 FR75A412" v="FR75A409 FR75A412 FR75A418 FR75A419 FR75A439 FR75A440 FR75A441"><span class="em">Question 17: The case of the unemployed and those who are looking for work.</span><br />This question concerns all people having or having not already worked, who fulfill the following conditions simultaneously:<br />a) do not have a job:<br />b) are actively looking for work.<br />Do not apply to these people the label "unemployed" which is sometimes judged offensive and which has a slightly different connotation.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's unemployment duration.

Universe

France 1975: Unemployed persons currently looking for a job [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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