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2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Informal work last week (NI2005A_OTHACTIV)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 266
End: 266
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433 NI05A434 NI05A435 NI05A436 NI05A437 NI05A438 NI05A439 NI05A440 NI05A441 NI05A442 NI05A456">[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI05A433">25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did he/she perform any activity, such as:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Sell at a fixed or mobile stand<br />[] 2 Wash, iron, sew for other persons, or similar<br />[] 3 Make and sell bread, tortillas, candy, artisanal goods, or similar<br />[] 4 Helper or apprentice<br />[] 5 Field work, farming and harvesting the land, breed animals, milk cows or other similar activities<br />[] 6 Other paid activity<br />[] 7 No paid activity<br /><br />If choice 7 selected:</div><br /><div class="i2">If this is a woman who is age 13 or older, continue to question 32<br />If this is a woman who is younger than 13, continue to the next person<br />If this is a man, continue to the next person</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Sells at a fixed or mobile stand
2 Wash, iron, sew for other persons, or similar
3 Make and sell bread, tortillas, candy, artesanal goods, or similar
4 Helper or apprentice
5 Field work (planting and harvesting)
6 Other paid activity
7 No paid activity
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="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433"><span class="h3">Definitions:</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Work</span><br />This is when a person spends at least one hour a week performing any economic activity and earns profits, wages, or a salary or another type of payment in money or in kind, or as an unpaid worker.<br /><br /><span class="em">Not work</span><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Unpaid household tasks and work on a person's own dwelling.</li>
</ul><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Unpaid volunteer work for a church, fire department or other non-profit institution.</li>
</ul><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Work done by persons who are involuntarily confined to an institution such as a jail, sanitarium, asylum, penal farm, etc.</li>
</ul><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="NI05A427 NI05A428 NI05A429 NI05A430 NI05A431 NI05A432 NI05A433 NI05A434 NI05A435 NI05A436 NI05A437 NI05A438 NI05A439 NI05A440 NI05A441 NI05A442"><span class="h2">For persons age 10 or older (Questions 19-31)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="NI05A433" v="NI05A433 NI05A456"><span class="em">Question 25. Even though [the person] did not work last week, did s/he perform any economic activity such as:</span><br /><br />Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female age 13 or older, go to question 32.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a female younger than 13, go to the next person.<br /><br />If the answer is option 7, "No paid activity", and the person is a male, go to the next person.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's informal work last week, for those without a job and not looking for work.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Persons age 10+ inactive or looking for work for the first time [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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