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XIII National Population and II Housing Census 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1964
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COL_1964_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Looked for work (CO1964A_0415)

Data file: COL1964-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 132
End: 132
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
16. If you do not currently have paid employment, have you looked for work in the previous month? ____

Write "yes" or "no".
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
Column No. 16 - This column will be employed only for persons who do not have an occupation on the census date, that is, for those for whom no was written in column 15.

If an unemployed person looked for work during the month that ended with the census date, the word yes will be written down. In the case of not having looked for work during this month, the word no will be written down.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person is currently looking for work.
Universe
Persons age 12+ who were working

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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