India - Employment and Unemployment Survey: NSS 38th Round, Schedule 10, 1983

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-38Rnd-Sch10-1983

Year

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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Seeking or available for work for the firsttime ? (B8_q5)
File: Block-8-Persons-Addl-Questions-UsualActivity-records

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 11323
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Ask this Question if activity status (Q.2) is 81 only

Literal question

Were you seeking or available for work for the first time?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	6292	55.6%
2	No	4945	43.7%
9	Invalid	86	0.8%

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

The question- 'were you seeking or available for work for the first time?' listed against item 5- will be put to only those who have been classified as 'seeking and/or available for work' according to usual status (i.e. those with usual activity status code 81). The answer obtained will be recorded in code numbers (yes-1, no-2) against this item in the relevant box space.