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

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Jan 30, 2020

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Work searching, 2nd action (q0706s)

Data file: 2007ihses07_job_search

Overview

Valid: 7013

Invalid: 120176

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 47

End: 48

Width: 2

Range: -3 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What have you done for the sake of attaining work? (2nd procedure)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Asked friends/relatives	959	13.7%
2	Applied directly to employers	2617	37.3%
3	Registered at labour office	801	11.4%
4	Newspaper advertising	779	11.1%
5	Put an advertisement on newspapers	95	1.4%
6	Tried to find work abroad	75	1.1%
7	Contacted ngos	117	1.7%
8	Contacted the local government	1465	20.9%
9	Other	105	1.5%
Sysmiss		120176

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 all individuals who indicated answers 1, 2 and 3 in question 705 and those who answered "have already a contract and will start soon" in question 702. By what means they searched for a job? Write the answer as stated in the question, and if there is more than one means, you may write the 3 most important means in the designated column.

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Household members aged 6 and above

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