The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset
Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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- THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- THA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Reason for not working (TH1980A_WRKREASN)
Data file: THA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
230
End:
231
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="TH80A423 TH80A424 TH80A425 TH80A426 TH80A432 TH80A433">For person 11 years and older or those who were born before and in the year 1968.<br />For ever-married women.<br />[Questions L22-L25 were asked of women age 11 and over who have ever been married.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A429">L28. What job was [respondent] working in during last week?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Specify kind of work i.e. typist, school teacher, accountant, farmer, etc.<br /><br />Occupation last week (25-31 March 1980) ____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A430">L29. Reason for not working ____<br /><br /><div class="i1">If 'not work' in column 28.<br /><br />Example: looking for work, student, aged/disability, waiting for farm season, homemaker, retired official, etc.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A429">L28. What job was [respondent] working in during last week?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Specify kind of work i.e. typist, school teacher, accountant, farmer, etc.<br /><br />Occupation last week (25-31 March 1980) ____</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A430">L29. Reason for not working ____<br /><br /><div class="i1">If 'not work' in column 28.<br /><br />Example: looking for work, student, aged/disability, waiting for farm season, homemaker, retired official, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Looking for work, inexperienced |
| 02 | Looking for work, experienced worker |
| 03 | Waiting for farm season |
| 04 | Housewife |
| 05 | Student |
| 06 | Disabled, ill, aged person |
| 07 | Priest, nun |
| 08 | Prisoner, on welfare |
| 09 | Income recipient |
| 10 | Not looking, waiting for job transfer |
| 11 | Not looking, discouraged |
| 12 | Other |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">3.23 Job:</span></p>
<p>A job that can fall into any following categories:</p>
<div class="i1">3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.<br />2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.<br />3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.</div><span class="h3">3.24 Occupation:</span></p>
<p>A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns 22 - 29 </span></p>
<p>Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or who were born before or in 1968 (Monkey year)</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 28 Occupation in last 7 days before the date of census (March 25<br />- 31, 1980)</span> </p>
<p>Ask "What have you been doing for a living in last 7 days (March 25 - 31, 1980)?"</p>
<p>Record occupation of the interviewee between March 25 - 31, 1980 specifically, e.g. electric appliances sale man, teacher of P4, principal, furniture carpenter, rice carrying laborer, servant, etc.</p>
<p>Do not record government services, trading, or employee because it is not specific.</p>
<p>Those who have more than one occupation, record only one:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Occupation they spent most of their time in last 7 days.<br />2. If they spent equal time in two occupations, record the occupation they earned more income.</div><span class="pg">p. 78</span></p>
<p>In case that the interviewees have their permanent job e.g., a teacher of a public school or employee of a company:</p>
<div class="i1">1. In last 7 days (March 25-31, 1980) they did not work because of sickness or on annual leave, their occupations in last 7 days are their permanent occupations.<br />2. In last 7 days (March 25 - 31, 1980) they spent more time doing jobs other than their permanent jobs e.g. handicraft in last 7 days before the date of census, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are "handicraft maker."</div><p>For those who have no permanent job e.g., rice carrying laborer, vender, in last 7 days they have not worked, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are "jobless."</p>
<p>Those who did not work e.g., retired officers living on pension, moneylender living on interest, are regarded as "jobless" in this Column.</p>
<p>If the interviewees do not know the occupation of the persons in question, but know they have worked, record "work, do not know occupation".</p>
<p>Again, occupation in last 7 days before the date of census of a person may be the same as, or different from, permanent occupation in last year round (Column 10).</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 29 Reasons for not working</span></p>
<p>Ask only those recorded "Do not work" in Column 28.</p>
<p>Ask "Let me know why you do not work?"</p>
<p>Record the reasons. In case that the person is jobless or has no occupation, e.g.</p>
<div class="i1">- looking for a job<br />- waiting for growing season<br />- doing household chore<br />- being a student<br />- old age, disability<br />- millionaire, millionaires</div><span class="pg">p. 79</span><div class="i1">- retired officer living on pension<br />- monkhood<br />- etc.</div>
<p>A job that can fall into any following categories:</p>
<div class="i1">3.23.1 A job with a return in cash or in kind e.g., food, clothes, commodity. In cash maybe paid on monthly, weekly, daily, or per piece of products basis.<br />2.23.2 A job with a return in any dividend forms e.g., trading of industrial factory.<br />3.23.3 Family business job without salary/wages or profits. Family members work as employers or self-employed entrepreneurs.</div><span class="h3">3.24 Occupation:</span></p>
<p>A regular job that one is working e.g. statistician, journalist, rural school teacher, horticulturalist, rice farmers.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns 22 - 29 </span></p>
<p>Ask those who are 11 years old and over, or who were born before or in 1968 (Monkey year)</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 28 Occupation in last 7 days before the date of census (March 25<br />- 31, 1980)</span> </p>
<p>Ask "What have you been doing for a living in last 7 days (March 25 - 31, 1980)?"</p>
<p>Record occupation of the interviewee between March 25 - 31, 1980 specifically, e.g. electric appliances sale man, teacher of P4, principal, furniture carpenter, rice carrying laborer, servant, etc.</p>
<p>Do not record government services, trading, or employee because it is not specific.</p>
<p>Those who have more than one occupation, record only one:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Occupation they spent most of their time in last 7 days.<br />2. If they spent equal time in two occupations, record the occupation they earned more income.</div><span class="pg">p. 78</span></p>
<p>In case that the interviewees have their permanent job e.g., a teacher of a public school or employee of a company:</p>
<div class="i1">1. In last 7 days (March 25-31, 1980) they did not work because of sickness or on annual leave, their occupations in last 7 days are their permanent occupations.<br />2. In last 7 days (March 25 - 31, 1980) they spent more time doing jobs other than their permanent jobs e.g. handicraft in last 7 days before the date of census, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are "handicraft maker."</div><p>For those who have no permanent job e.g., rice carrying laborer, vender, in last 7 days they have not worked, their occupations in last 7 days before the date of census are "jobless."</p>
<p>Those who did not work e.g., retired officers living on pension, moneylender living on interest, are regarded as "jobless" in this Column.</p>
<p>If the interviewees do not know the occupation of the persons in question, but know they have worked, record "work, do not know occupation".</p>
<p>Again, occupation in last 7 days before the date of census of a person may be the same as, or different from, permanent occupation in last year round (Column 10).</p>
<p><span class="em">Column 29 Reasons for not working</span></p>
<p>Ask only those recorded "Do not work" in Column 28.</p>
<p>Ask "Let me know why you do not work?"</p>
<p>Record the reasons. In case that the person is jobless or has no occupation, e.g.</p>
<div class="i1">- looking for a job<br />- waiting for growing season<br />- doing household chore<br />- being a student<br />- old age, disability<br />- millionaire, millionaires</div><span class="pg">p. 79</span><div class="i1">- retired officer living on pension<br />- monkhood<br />- etc.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's reason for not working.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Persons age 11+ who were not working last week [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |