1984 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 1984

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Reference ID

ETH_1984_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Agency, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Reason for not working (ET1984A_WHYNOWK)

Data file: ETH1984_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 205

End: 206

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

33. If did not work, reason for not working. </p>
<div class="i1">If reported as not working in column 32 (code 2), what is the reason for not working?<br />[Question 33 was asked for household members age 10+ who reported not being engaged in productive work during the last 12 months.]<br />____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Unemployed without work experience
02	Unemployed with work experience
03	Employed but did not work in the last seven days
04	Not worked because of off work season
05	Student
06	Unpaid house workers
07	Disabled
08	Beggars
09	Prostitutes
10	Child
11	Pensioners, living with family support and contribution
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 the person's reason for not working.

Universe

Ethiopia 1984: Resident household members age 10+ who were not working [discrepancies: type I 1%; type II 0.7%]

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