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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Looking for work (MW2008A_0444)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 239

End: 239

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

P24. Has [the respondent] been seeking work during the last 7 days?

[] 0 No (go to P28)
[] 1 Yes, first job (go to P28)
[] 2 Yes, new job

Categories

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, first job
2	Yes, new job
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]

P24. Have been seeking work
If the response in P23 is 1 ("Yes"), ask the person if he/she has been looking for work during the last 7 days. If the response is either 0 ("No") or 1 ("Yes, first job"), skip to P28.

If the response is 2 ("Yes, but looking for a new job"), proceed to ask P25.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person has been looking for work during the last seven days.

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 and are available for work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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