Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000

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Reference ID

MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Reasons not seeking work (MY2000A_0424)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 197

End: 198

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above

C24. What is the main reason for not seeking work?

[Question C24 is asked of persons who were not working, had no job to return to and did not look for work during the last 7 days.]

[] 01 Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather/sick/confinement/will start new job/waiting for answers to job applications/no qualification
[] 02 Housewife
[] 03 Still schooling
[] 04 Going for further studies
[] 05 Handicapped/ disabled
[] 06 Not interested
[] 07 Retired/ too old
[] 08 Too young
[] 09 Others (Specify) ____

(End interview for this person*)

*In Sabah, W.P. Labuan and Sarawak, go to question C28 for ever married woman.

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Believe no suitable job available/ bad weather /sick / confinement / will start new job / waiting for answers to job application / no qualification
2	Housewife
3	Still schooling
4	Going for further studies
5	Handicapped / disabled
6	Not interested
7	Retired / too old
8	Too young
9	Others
99	Unknown

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 reasons why the person did not seek a job during the last 7 days.

Universe

Persons age 10+ who were not working and had no job to return to and did not look for work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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