Seventh General Population and Housing Census, 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2004

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Reference ID

SUR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Jul 30, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Activity status (SR2004A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: SUR2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 150

End: 151

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h1">Personal form</span></p>

<p>P16. Did this person, in the period from 26 July to 1 Aug 2004, have a job, an odd job or work?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: (unpaid work in a family business is also regarded as work)<br /><br />[] 1 Yes [Go to P18]<br />[] 2 No <br />[] 7 Don't know<br />[] 9 No response</div><p>P17. Did this person, in the period from 26 July to 1 Aug 2004, have a job or odd job/work from which they were temporarily absent?</p>
<div class="i1">e.g.: leave, illness or training abroad etc.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No [Go to P21]<br />[] 7 Don't know [Go to P21]<br />[] 9 No response [Go to P21]</div><p>P22. What is the reason why this person didn't look for work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Retired/elderly<br />[] 2 Student (regardless of level of education)<br />[] 3 Family carer<br />[] 4 Incapacitated for work<br />[] 5 Thinks they won't find work<br />[] 6 Looked for work but couldn't find<br />[] 7 Waiting for application outcome<br />[] 8 Is an unpaid worker in family business<br />[] 9 Other<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>

Value	Category
01	Employed
02	Unemployed
03	Discouraged
04	Retired
05	Student
06	Home maker
07	Unfit for work
08	Other
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's economic activity status in the previous week.

Universe

Suriname 2004: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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