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XIII National Population and II Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1964
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Reference ID
COL_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Looked for work (CO1964A_SEEKWORK)

Data file: COL1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 143
End: 143
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CO64A415"><span class="em">16. If you do not currently have paid employment, have you looked for work in the previous month?</span> ____<br /><div class="i1">Write "yes" or "no".</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person is currently looking for work.
Universe
Colombia 1964: Persons age 12+ who were working [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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