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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1999-June, 2000 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
IND_1999_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Status in principal activity (IN1999A_ACTIV)

Data file: IND1999_LFS--P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 191
End: 192
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IN99A419 IN99A420 IN99A421 IN99A465 IN99A466 IN99A467"><span class="h3">Principal usual activity </span><br />[Questions 3-6]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="IN99A419 IN99A465" v="IN99A419 IN99A420 IN99A421 IN99A465 IN99A478 IN99A479 IN99A480 IN99A481 IN99A482 IN99A432 IN99A433">3. Status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker<br />[] 12 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer<br />[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)<br />[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee<br />[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour: in public works<br />[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work<br />[] 81 Did not seek but was seeking and/or available for work<br />[] 91 Attended educational institution<br />[] 92 Attended domestic duties only<br />[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use<br />[] 94 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.<br />[] 95 Not able to work due to disability<br />[] 96 Beggars, prostitutes<br />[] 97 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker
12 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer
21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)
31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
41 Worked as casual wage labour: in public works
51 Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work
81 Did not work but was seeking and/or available for work
91 Attended educational institution
92 Attended domestic duties only
93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
94 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.
95 Not able to work due to disability
96 Beggars, prostitutes
97 Other
99 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 the person's principal activity. The principal activity is what the person spent the longest amount of time doing during the last 365 days prior to the survey.
Universe
India 1999: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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