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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Seeking work (RW2012A_WKSEEK)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 249
End: 249
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section P: Characteristics of population </span></p>

<p>[Questions 23- 24 were asked of residents aged 5 years or older who did not work least 1 hour during the last 7 days preceding the census night because due to being retire, old age, or being a student.]</p>

<p>24. Has the respondent been seeking work during the last 7 days (August 8-14, 2012)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 No<br />[] 1 Yes, first job<br />[] 2 yes, new job</div>
Categories
Value Category
No
1 Yes, first job
2 Yes, new job
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 whether the person is seeking work.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: Persons age 5+ unemployed and available to work [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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