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- enterprise
Main reason why did not work during past 7 days (in08)
Data file: income
Overview
Valid:
720
Invalid:
3087
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the main reason why you did not work during past 7 days?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | 92 |
12.8%
|
| 2 | Handicapped | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | Too old/retired | 38 |
5.3%
|
| 4 | Do not want more work | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Student | 391 |
54.3%
|
| 6 | Housework | 31 |
4.3%
|
| 7 | Too young | 29 |
4%
|
| 8 | On vacation | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Awaiting reply of employer/agency | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | About to start new job | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | No work exists | 33 |
4.6%
|
| 12 | Other reasons | 50 |
6.9%
|
| 98 | 47 |
6.5%
|
|
| 99 | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 3087 |
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.
Question pretext
INTERVIEWER: Ask questions 8 and 9 only if answers to questions 2, 4, and 6 are NO.
Question post text
If answer is 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 > Go to next person.
Description
Universe
All household members 8 years and older
Source of information
Primary male respondent