Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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WBG_MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Available to work (MW2008A_0443)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 238

End: 238

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P20-P24 were asked of residents aged 6 years or older]

P23. Is [the respondent] available to work?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (go to P28)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

Questions for usual residents age 6 years or older (economic activity)
[Questions P20-P27 were asked of persons age 6 years or over]

P23. Availability to work
If in P21 the response is 3, 4, or 5, or in P22 the response is either 4 or 5, ask the person if he/she is available for work. If the response is "Yes", shade 1 and proceed to P24. If the response is "No", skip to P28.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is available to work.

Universe

Non-visitors age 6+ who did not work last week and are retired, student, other, working at own house or don't do subsistence work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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