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General Household Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2006_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Length of unemployment (NG2006A_0416)

Data file: NGA2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 170
End: 170
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Part B: Persons(s) present in household continued? (For persons age 10 years and above)
[Applies to questions 11-63]


11. Main job previous week

(If options 1-5 go to Col. 14, and if options 6 or 7 go to next person)

[] 1 Worked for pay
[] 2 Got job but did not work
[] 3 Worked for profit
[] 4 On attachment but didn't work
[] 5 Apprenticeship
[] 6 Kept home
[] 7 Went to school
[] 8 Did nothing



12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?

(If options 6-8 go to col. 42)

[] 1 Looked for job
[] 2 Sick
[] 3 Believed no job available
[] 4 Laid off 30 days or less
[] 5 Waiting to join work
[] 6 Retired
[] 7 Invalid
[] 8 Others



13. Length of unemployment

(From the last paid work)

[] 1 Less than 1 month
[] 2 Between 1 and 2 months
[] 3 Between 2 and 3 months
[] 4 Between 3 and 4 months
[] 5 More than 4 months
[] 6 Never had a paid work

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Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 1 month
2 Between 1 and 2 months
3 Between 2 and 3 months
4 Between 3 and 4 months
5 More than 4 months
6 Never had paid work
8 Unknown
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
Col. 13: Length of Unemployment:
If the person did nothing previous week and reasons for doing nothing is any of codes 1 to 6 in column 12, find out the number of months the person has been without job and enter this as the length of unemployment.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person?s length of unemployment.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who did nothing the previous week and were not retired or invalid

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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