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The 2011 Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Armenia - IPUMS Subset

Armenia, 2011
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ARM_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Reason for not seeking work (AM2011A_WHYNOWK)

Data file: ARM2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 251
End: 252
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Question 28 was answered by those who were not looking for work and were not available to work.</p>

<p>28. Why are you not looking for work? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Found a job and will start working within subsequent 2 weeks<br />[] Applied for a work and waits for the answer<br />[] Is going to leave the country<br />[] Is going to move to another city in RA <br />[] Householder<br />[] Has no hope of finding a job<br />[] Doesn't know where and how to look for a job<br />[] Payment of the offered job is not satisfactory<br />[] Lack of corresponding professional skills<br />[] No need /wish to work<br />[] Studies<br />[] Age/health<br />[] Other reason</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Applied for work and will start working soon
02 Applied for job and am waiting for an answer
03 Planning to leave the country
04 Planning to move to another settlement in the country
05 Householder
06 No hope to find a job
07 Do not know where or how to find a job
08 Offered job salary is insufficient
09 Lacking necessary professional skills
10 No need to work
11 Studying
12 Age or health
13 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 reason why the person was not looking for a job during the 4 weeks prior to the census.
Universe
Armenia 2011: Persons age 15-75 who did not have a job or income-producing business and were not looking for work [discrepancies: none]

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