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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1988
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Reference ID
IND_1987_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • IND1987_LFS--H-H.dat
  • IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat

Reason spent most of time on domestic duties (IN1987A_DOMESTY)

Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN87A437 IN87A438 IN87A439 IN87A440 IN87A441 IN87A442 IN87A443 IN87A444 IN87A445 IN87A445 IN87A446 IN87A447 IN87A448 IN87A449 IN87A450 IN87A451 IN87A452 IN87A453 IN87A454 IN87A455 IN87A456 IN87A457 IN87A458 IN87A459"><span class="h2">[8] Follow-up questions for persons with usual activity status codes 92 and 93 (reference: question 2, section 6)</span><br />[Questions 1-26 were asked of persons who attended domestic duties, per question 2 of section 6.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="IN87A438">5. For code 1 in question 4 [If you were required to spend most of your time on domestic duties almost throughout the last 365 days, per question 4.], reason thereof:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 No other member to carry out the domestic duties<br />[] 2 Cannot afford hired help<br />[] 3 For social and/or religious constraints<br />[] 9 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No other member to carry out the domestic duties
2 Cannot afford hired help
3 For social and/or religious constraints
4 Other
8 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="IN87A437 IN87A438 IN87A439">5.8.4<span class="em"> Item 4 -- 6</span>: It will be ascertained whether the relevant persons are required to spend most of their time during 365 days preceding the date of survey on domestic duties. If the answer is in the affirmative, code 1 and if the answer is in the negative, code 2 will be recorded against 4 for each of the relevant members. If the answer is 'yes' , i.e., if the entry against item 4 is code 1 for a person, the reason for his/her participation in the household duties will be ascertained and recorded in terms of the specified code numbers against item 5. The relevant codes to be used are:<br /><div class="i1">No other member to carry out the domestic duties....1<br />Cannot afford hired help........2<br />For social and/or religious constraints....3<br />Others...........9</div><br /><br />For such a person, item 6 will be left blank. On the other hand, if the entry against item 4 is code '2' for a person, (i.e., such participation was not required but still the person participated in the household chores) the reason for his/her voluntary participation in household chores will be ascertained and the code relevant to the answer obtained will be recorded against item 6. In such a case, item 5 will be left blank. The codes to be used for making entries against item 6 are:<br /><div class="i1">Non- availability of work.....1<br />By preference...2<br />Others......9</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates, for those who spent most of their time on domestic duties, the reason they spent most of time on domestic duties.
Universe
India 1987: Persons age 5+ who spent most of time on domestic duties over last 365 days [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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