Household Socio-Economic Survey 2006-2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

IRQ_2006_IHSES_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ebk1-rr24

Producer(s)

Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Mar 23, 2011

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Hours work past 7 days (q0701)

Data file: 2007ihses07_job_search

Overview

Valid: 104306

Invalid: 22883

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 99

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 37

End: 38

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many working hours have you worked during the last seven days?

Interviewer instructions

Put this question to all working household members. Write the number of work hours during the week preceding the interview day and write it down in the designated space. If one of the working household members is a child under 10 and in order to obtain correct information, this question should preferably be directed to the father or mother. If the number of hours is more than 0, the interviewer moves to question 703, if 0, he continues to the next question.

Question post text

If one hour or more >> 703

Description

Definition

Employment: any activity in return for wage or salary by persons who work for others, or for income by those who work for own account or for employers. It may be an unpaid work or self-employment in a household enterprise.
Employed person: Every individual aged 6 years and over who is engaged on any economic activity full time or part-time, provided that the number of working hours during the seven days preceding the interview was not less than one hour.
Occupation: denotes the type of work practiced by the individual during the seven days preceding the interview day, e.g. dentist, primary school teacher, secondary school teacher, furniture dealer, etc.
Full time work: An employment is deemed to be a full-time job if the working hours are not less that six hours per day.
Part-time work: An employment is deemed to be a part-time job if the number of hours is not less than two and half hours and less than 6 hours daily.

Universe

Household members aged 6 and above

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