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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Primary activity last week if not work (DO1981A_PRIACTLW)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 276
End: 276
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For individuals 10 years of age and older</span>[Applies to questions 51-64.]</p>

<p>55. If you did not work, what did you do during the majority of your time during the last week?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Studied<br />[] 2 Took care of the household <br />[] 3 Lived from income (rentier)<br />[] 4 Retired or pensioner<br />[] 9 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Studied
2 Took care of the household
3 Lived from income
4 Retired or pensioner
8 Other
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
<span class="em">For persons 10 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 55:</span> If the you did not work, what did you spend most of your time doing last week?</p>

<p>In reading the alternatives, the established order should be followed: Studying, caring for the home, and so on, successively until an answer has been given.</p>

<p>The corresponding circle is filled in.</p>

<p>If the answer does not correspond to any of the alternatives given, the circle "Other" is filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person’s primary activity last week if it was not work.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 10+ who did not work, did not receive pay, and did not perform unpaid work last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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