Household Socio-Economic Survey 2006-2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

IRQ_2006_IHSES_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ebk1-rr24

Producer(s)

Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Mar 23, 2011

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

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Reason for not working (q0702)

Data file: 2007ihses07_job_search

Overview

Valid: 78404

Invalid: 48785

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 39

End: 40

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 14

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why haven’t your worked during the last seven days, not even for one hour (indicate main reason)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Too young	3731	4.8%
2	Full time student	29388	37.5%
3	Social reasons	4500	5.7%
4	Has a contract, will start soon	63	0.1%
5	Disabled	1547	2%
6	Retired	1634	2.1%
7	Housewife	27840	35.5%
8	Not interested	934	1.2%
9	Temporarily absent (illness, holiday, other reason)	1439	1.8%
10	Work already finished	348	0.4%
11	Fired	77	0.1%
12	Could not get a job	4599	5.9%
13	Due to security situation	581	0.7%
14	Other	1723	2.2%
Sysmiss		48785

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

Put this question to household members aged over 6 years who did not work during last week even for one hour. If the reason was because he was too young, full time student or for social reasons, the interviewer moves to the next person. If he answers that he already has a work contract, move to question 707. If the answer given was disabled, retired, housewife or not interested, move to question 704. If for any other reasons, the interviewer moves to the next question.

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Household members aged 6 and above

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