National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2010

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Reference ID

ARG_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Feb 10, 2017

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Looked for work last 4 weeks (AR2010A_0420)

Data file: ARG2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 109

End: 109

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

From here, all persons 14 years old or more answer
[Questions 13 to 16 were asked of persons 14 years old and over]

16. In the last four weeks, were this person looking for work: answered ads, asked among friends/relatives, put up signs, did something to set up in business himself/herself?

[] Yes
[] No -- End of the interview for this person

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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.

Interviewer instructions

Looking for work: this is the person who does not have a job, who actively seeks employment and is available to work in the past 30 days before the date of reference of the Census.
The activities of looking for work imply: respond to or publish ads requesting work in newspapers or other mediums; register in labor offices; ask in the places of work, shops, ranches, factories, markets, and other gathering places; look for financial resources or materials to establish one?s own business; request permission and licenses to begin a labor activity; look for work through acquaintances, friends, family, etc.

This includes: persons who have momentarily interrupted the search in the past thirty days before the date of reference of the Census for circumstancial reasons and those who have been suspended for more than a month and who actively looked for work.
Does not include: persons who were suspended and their pay was not maintained.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person looked for work during the last 4 weeks.

Universe

Persons age 14+ who did not worked at least 1 hour last week or in an informal job or were on leave or vacations

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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