Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica
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CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center
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- CRI2000-H-H
- CRI2000-P-H
Employment status (CR2000A_0421)
Data file: CRI2000-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
195
End:
195
Width:
1
Range:
0 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
For those 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 13-18]
14. Last week, did [was] ____
[] 1 work?
[] 2 work for or help a family member without receiving payment?
[] 3 not work, but have a job?
[] 4 look for work having worked before?
[] 5 look for work for the first time?
[] 6 retired or live from investments and not work?
[] 7 a student and did not work?
[] 8 work only on household duties?
[] 9 Other?
For responses 4 - 9, skip to 19
14. Last week, did [was] ____
[] 1 work?
[] 2 work for or help a family member without receiving payment?
[] 3 not work, but have a job?
[] 4 look for work having worked before?
[] 5 look for work for the first time?
[] 6 retired or live from investments and not work?
[] 7 a student and did not work?
[] 8 work only on household duties?
[] 9 Other?
For responses 4 - 9, skip to 19
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Employed |
| 2 | Employed, not paid |
| 3 | Did not work but was employed |
| 4 | Looked for work having worked before |
| 5 | Looked for work for the first time |
| 6 | Pensioner/rentier |
| 7 | Studying and did not work |
| 8 | Household duties |
| 9 | Other |
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
Third Block
Only for persons 12 years old or older
Question 14: Condition of Activity
The principal objective of this question is to determine the participation that persons 12 years old or older had in the economic activity of the country in the reference period.
[To the right of the text is a form.]
In accordance with the explained objective, three basic concepts should stand out:
Reference period: The Population Census has the moment of reference as 0 hours June 18, but in the case of questions about economic activity (questions 14-18), the reference period is the week previous to the census moment. The information that is compiled should refer to the week (from Sunday to Saturday) immediately before the interview.
Economic Activity: is all activity and work directed toward the production of economic goods and services meant for sale or barter.
Condition of Activity: is the participation (or not) of each person in the economic activities that are developed in the country, in any of its sectors (industrial, commercial, agricultural and livestock, service, etc.).
To determine the condition of activity of each interviewed person their situation is investigated respective to having or not a job or employment, if they looked for a job or if they were economically inactive in the reference week.
The following possible response options are defined:
1. Worked: Included in the category is a person who in the week before the day of the interview, worked for at least one hour, in any economic activity, and for it received remuneration or income in money, in kind or both, as salary or earnings. In this sense, not only working in a formal and permanent factory but also that which is done occasionally are included, if it was done during the reference week.
[Below the text are two pictures of people working.]
2. Worked or helped a family member without receiving pay: refers to a person who worked or helped for at least one hour in a relation of dependence with a member of the home or with another person, on a farm, company or family business and who did not receive remuneration nor earnings for the work, either in money or in kind.
3. Did not work, but had a job: A person who had employment but who, in the week before the interview, did not work for reasons of vacation, incapacity, strike, or any other circumstance, when a formal tie exists with the employment.
[Below the text is a picture of a person not working.]
[p. 68]
Remember that many economic activities that persons do, especially children, youths and women; frequently the enumerated person does not consider them work, because they dedicate little time to them, they are not remunerated or they are complementary to their studies or household duties. Because of this it is important to insist on the possession of a job when a person responses negatively to the first three categories.
These activities can include, for example, sewing, ironing other's clothes, making food for sale, helping the family in agricultural or livestock activities (milking cows, raising chickens, taking care of crops, among others) or also dividing time in a family business.
4. Looked for work having worked before: refers to a person of working age, who in the reference week did not have a job but was looking for one and who had worked before.
[Below the text is a picture of persons looking for work.]
Looking for work is understood as:
The act of trying to get a salaried or independent job through means of friends or relatives, answering ads in the newspaper, visiting places in search of a position or taking steps toward working on their own account such as looking for financing, materials, equipment or clients.
Also included is one who waits for a response to requests made recently or who stopped looking momentarily because of a temporary sickness.
Also a person who has found a job but will begin to work after the day of the interview should be considered.
5. Looked for work for the first time: refers to a person of working age, who never has done it before but who in the week before the interview was looking for work. Looking for work is considered the same conditions mentioned in the previous category.
[Below the text is a picture of a person looking for work.]
6. Pensioned or rentier: refers to a person who did not work or look for work and who received a pension from some form of social security (régimen previsional), or who lives from the investments that renting dwellings or offices produce, or from utilities that pay deposits, bonds, stocks, etc.. They should be considered in this category even if they did household duties.
7. Student: refers to a person who is dedicated to studying, without working or looking for work during the reference week, if also they help or take charge of household duties they will always be considered students.
8. Household duties: refers to a person who is dedicated exclusively to work or domestic chores of their own house and cannot be classified in the previous categories. Keep in mind that currently this activity is done by both men and women.
9. Other: is understood to be persons not classified in the previous categories, for example: residents permanently in jails, convents, asylums, hospitals, etc; persons of advanced age or permanently disabled; in all the cases those who always do not have a job should not be classified here. Also consider bums and indigents among those not classified previously.
Once you make the reference period clear, you should complete the question with each one of the alternatives that we have defined, until getting an affirmative response.
Some additional recommendations that it is necessary to take into account are:
The categories of condition of activity are not mutually exclusive (for example, many persons work and study or work and do household duties) but, it requires a single response.
[p. 69]
Nevertheless, you should write down the condition of activity that the person has, in accordance with the order of priority in which the categories appear.
Make an effort to get information about the activity fulfilled by women that tend to call themselves "housewives", when in reality they combine the chores of the house with some other activity of an economic type within or outside of the house (sewing, making handicrafts, sale of food, raising animals, etc.).
Do not consider the following situations to be work
Having exclusively done a voluntary job like firepersons, Red Cross workers, or lady volunteers who go to hospitals.
Voluntary help of domesticated duties in another home, without receiving remuneration.
Help done by a friend or relative as a favor.
Farm work exclusively for self consumption.
Asking for alms.
The professional practice without remuneration that students must do for companies in order to graduate. [internship]
If any doubtful situations present themselves to you, write them down in observations so that the supervisor may clarify them.
The following questions, 15 to 18, are applied only to persons classified in categories 1, 2 and 3, of question 14, that is, persons who work or had employment.
In the case that a person works for many establishments (has more than one job), you should refer the following questions to the job where the most time is spent, which is considered the principal employment or job: because of this before question 15, "For the Principal Job" is indicated in the questionnaire.
Only for persons 12 years old or older
Question 14: Condition of Activity
The principal objective of this question is to determine the participation that persons 12 years old or older had in the economic activity of the country in the reference period.
[To the right of the text is a form.]
In accordance with the explained objective, three basic concepts should stand out:
Reference period: The Population Census has the moment of reference as 0 hours June 18, but in the case of questions about economic activity (questions 14-18), the reference period is the week previous to the census moment. The information that is compiled should refer to the week (from Sunday to Saturday) immediately before the interview.
Economic Activity: is all activity and work directed toward the production of economic goods and services meant for sale or barter.
Condition of Activity: is the participation (or not) of each person in the economic activities that are developed in the country, in any of its sectors (industrial, commercial, agricultural and livestock, service, etc.).
To determine the condition of activity of each interviewed person their situation is investigated respective to having or not a job or employment, if they looked for a job or if they were economically inactive in the reference week.
The following possible response options are defined:
1. Worked: Included in the category is a person who in the week before the day of the interview, worked for at least one hour, in any economic activity, and for it received remuneration or income in money, in kind or both, as salary or earnings. In this sense, not only working in a formal and permanent factory but also that which is done occasionally are included, if it was done during the reference week.
[Below the text are two pictures of people working.]
2. Worked or helped a family member without receiving pay: refers to a person who worked or helped for at least one hour in a relation of dependence with a member of the home or with another person, on a farm, company or family business and who did not receive remuneration nor earnings for the work, either in money or in kind.
3. Did not work, but had a job: A person who had employment but who, in the week before the interview, did not work for reasons of vacation, incapacity, strike, or any other circumstance, when a formal tie exists with the employment.
[Below the text is a picture of a person not working.]
[p. 68]
Remember that many economic activities that persons do, especially children, youths and women; frequently the enumerated person does not consider them work, because they dedicate little time to them, they are not remunerated or they are complementary to their studies or household duties. Because of this it is important to insist on the possession of a job when a person responses negatively to the first three categories.
These activities can include, for example, sewing, ironing other's clothes, making food for sale, helping the family in agricultural or livestock activities (milking cows, raising chickens, taking care of crops, among others) or also dividing time in a family business.
4. Looked for work having worked before: refers to a person of working age, who in the reference week did not have a job but was looking for one and who had worked before.
[Below the text is a picture of persons looking for work.]
Looking for work is understood as:
The act of trying to get a salaried or independent job through means of friends or relatives, answering ads in the newspaper, visiting places in search of a position or taking steps toward working on their own account such as looking for financing, materials, equipment or clients.
Also included is one who waits for a response to requests made recently or who stopped looking momentarily because of a temporary sickness.
Also a person who has found a job but will begin to work after the day of the interview should be considered.
5. Looked for work for the first time: refers to a person of working age, who never has done it before but who in the week before the interview was looking for work. Looking for work is considered the same conditions mentioned in the previous category.
[Below the text is a picture of a person looking for work.]
6. Pensioned or rentier: refers to a person who did not work or look for work and who received a pension from some form of social security (régimen previsional), or who lives from the investments that renting dwellings or offices produce, or from utilities that pay deposits, bonds, stocks, etc.. They should be considered in this category even if they did household duties.
7. Student: refers to a person who is dedicated to studying, without working or looking for work during the reference week, if also they help or take charge of household duties they will always be considered students.
8. Household duties: refers to a person who is dedicated exclusively to work or domestic chores of their own house and cannot be classified in the previous categories. Keep in mind that currently this activity is done by both men and women.
9. Other: is understood to be persons not classified in the previous categories, for example: residents permanently in jails, convents, asylums, hospitals, etc; persons of advanced age or permanently disabled; in all the cases those who always do not have a job should not be classified here. Also consider bums and indigents among those not classified previously.
Once you make the reference period clear, you should complete the question with each one of the alternatives that we have defined, until getting an affirmative response.
Some additional recommendations that it is necessary to take into account are:
The categories of condition of activity are not mutually exclusive (for example, many persons work and study or work and do household duties) but, it requires a single response.
[p. 69]
Nevertheless, you should write down the condition of activity that the person has, in accordance with the order of priority in which the categories appear.
Make an effort to get information about the activity fulfilled by women that tend to call themselves "housewives", when in reality they combine the chores of the house with some other activity of an economic type within or outside of the house (sewing, making handicrafts, sale of food, raising animals, etc.).
Do not consider the following situations to be work
Having exclusively done a voluntary job like firepersons, Red Cross workers, or lady volunteers who go to hospitals.
Voluntary help of domesticated duties in another home, without receiving remuneration.
Help done by a friend or relative as a favor.
Farm work exclusively for self consumption.
Asking for alms.
The professional practice without remuneration that students must do for companies in order to graduate. [internship]
If any doubtful situations present themselves to you, write them down in observations so that the supervisor may clarify them.
The following questions, 15 to 18, are applied only to persons classified in categories 1, 2 and 3, of question 14, that is, persons who work or had employment.
In the case that a person works for many establishments (has more than one job), you should refer the following questions to the job where the most time is spent, which is considered the principal employment or job: because of this before question 15, "For the Principal Job" is indicated in the questionnaire.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's employment status in the week before the census.
Universe
Persons age 12+
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |