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Federal Population Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1990
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CHE_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Labour force status (CH1990A_LABFORCE)

Data file: CHE1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 156
End: 157
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CH90A419 CH90A400"><span class="em">10. Current principal occupation, source of income</span><br /><div class="i1">(More than one answer can be given here)<br /><br />[] 1 Part-time occupation with single job</div><br /><div class="i2">Number of hours per week: _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 Part-time occupation with two or more jobs</div><br /><div class="i2">Total number of hours per week: _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Fully employed</div><br /><div class="i2">Number of hours per week: _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Unemployed at present, but looking for a job<br />[] 5 Unemployed at present, but future job assured<br />[] 6 Unemployed at present and not looking for a job<br />[] 7 Housework in own household<br />[] 8 Undergoing education (school, studies, apprenticeship)<br />[] 9 None, under school age<br />[] 10 Retired, pensioner<br />[] 11 Other situation, namely ________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
11 Employed full time
12 Employed part time with one or more jobs
13 Apprentice
20 Unemployed
31 Not in labour force: in school or training
32 Not in labour force: volunteer work
33 Not in labour force: house work
34 Not in labour force: retired
35 Not in labour force: other
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 labour force status of the person.
Universe
Switzerland 1990: Persons age 15+[discrepancies: none]

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