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Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of months had paid work in 1985 (CO1985A_WORKMON)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 188
End: 189
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A416 CO85A417 CO85A418 CO85A419"><span class="h2">D. For persons ten years old or more.</span><br />[Applies to questions 42 - 45]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A417"><span class="em">43. How many months was he/she occupied in paid work or a family business this year (1985)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 00 Did not work<br />Months worked _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Did not work
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
98 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO85A416 CO85A417 CO85A418 CO85A419"><span class="h3">D. For persons 10 years old or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 42 - 45]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A417"><span class="em">Question No. 43 Months worked during 1985</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 00 if they did not work any months.<br /><br />If they worked, write in the open boxes the number of months worked.<br /><br />Take into account:<br /><br />That they do not necessarily have to have been continuous months; for example, they could have worked the month of January and then the month of April.<br /><br />That also the work of non remunerated family workers should be included, that is, persons who work in a family business without receiving remuneration.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months the person had paid work or was involved in the family business in 1985.
Universe
Colombia 1985: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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