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Population Census 2001, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 2001
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JAM_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Activity last week (JM2001A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 287
End: 288
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM01A449 JM01A450 JM01A451 JM01A452 JM01A453 JM01A454 JM01A455 JM01A456 JM01A457 JM01A458 JM01A459 JM01A460 JM01A461 JM01A462">[Questions 4.1 - 4.8 for persons age 14 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A452"><span class="em">4.4 What were you/was [the respondent] doing for most of the time during the first week of September 2001?</span><br /><div class="i1">Read categories<br /><br />[] 1 Working in agriculture or in any other business without pay<br />[] 2 With job, but not working (go to question 4.6)<br />[] 3 Seeking first job (go to question 4.15)<br />[] 4 Seeking a job, which was not the first (go to question 4.7)<br />[] 5 Did not seek work, but wanted work and was available (go to question 4.7)<br />[] 6 Student (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 7 Did home duties (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 8 Retired, did not work (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 9 Disabled, unable to work (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 10 Not interested in work (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 11 Other (go to question 4.14)<br />[] 99 Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Working without pay
02 With job but not working
03 Seeking first job
04 Seeking a job which was not the first
05 Did not seek work but wanted work and was available
06 Student
07 Home duties
08 Retired
09 Disabled
10 Not interested in work
11 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates what type of work or activity the respondent did in the previous week.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Persons age 14+ who did not work, farm or do odd jobs/hustle in the previous week [discrepancies: type I 1.0%; type II none]

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