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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Employment status (MY2000A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A421 MY00A433">C21 Did you work for at least 1 hour during the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">(Work means doing a job for salary/wages or profit or family gain.)<br /><br />[] 1 Yes (Go to C25)<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="MY00A422" v="MY00A422 MY00A433">C22. Do you have any work to return to?<br /><div class="i1">[Questions C22 were asked of persons who did not work for at least one hour during the last 7 days.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes (Go to C25)<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="MY00A423" v="MY00A423 MY00A433">C23. Did you look for work during the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">[Question C23 is asked of persons who were not working and who did not have any work to return to.]<br /><br />[] 1 Yes (End interview for this person*)<br />[] 2 No<br /><br />*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="MY00A424" v="MY00A424 MY00A433">C24. What is the main reason for not seeking work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question C24 is asked of persons who were not working, had no job to return to and did not look for work during the last 7 days.]<br /><br />[] 01 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather/sick/confinement/will start new job/waiting for answers to job applications/no qualification<br />[] 02 Housewife<br />[] 03 Still schooling<br />[] 04 Going for further studies<br />[] 05 Handicapped/ disabled<br />[] 06 Not interested<br />[] 07 Retired/ too old<br />[] 08 Too young<br />[] 09 Others (Specify) ____<br /><br />(End interview for this person*)<br /><br />*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p>[Questions 25-27 were asked of persons who worked for at least one hour during the last 7 days or had a job to return to.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A432 MY00A433">C27. What is your employment status?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Employee<br />[] 3 Self-employed<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker<br />(End interview for this person*)<br /><br />*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Employed - at work
2 Employed - not at work
3 Active unemployed
4 Inactive unemployed
5 Outside labour force
9 Unknown
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 labor force status of the person.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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