Employment and Unemployment, July 2009 - June 2010
66th Round

India, 2009 - 2010

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-66-10-2011

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National Sample Survey Office

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Employment and Unemployment

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(Duration_Spell_of_Unemployment)

Data file: Block_6_Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the 7 days of the week

Overview

Valid: 6740

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 44

End: 44

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the 7 days of the week (i.e., code 1 in col. 23 of bl. 5.3)

and

for code 1 in col. 4 [ i.e code-1( for Yes) against Whether ever employed ( Yes-1, No-2 ) ? ] then

Particulars of last employment.

Literal question

duration of present
spell of unemp-loyment (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	NA / NR	171	2.5%
1	Only 1 week	149	2.2%
2	More than 1 week to 2 weeks	428	6.4%
3	More than 2 weeks to 1 month	443	6.6%
4	More than 1 month to 2 months	385	5.7%
5	More than 2 months to 3 months	356	5.3%
6	More than 3 months to 6 months	511	7.6%
7	More than 6 months to 12 months	841	12.5%
8	More than 12 months	3456	51.3%

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 spell of unemployment means the continuous period for which the person remains unemployed. The present spell will, therefore, refer to the period starting from the day the person became unemployed to the survey date, without any change in his/ her activity status. In the case of persons who are first entrants to the labour force, the present spell will be equal to the entire length of unemployment starting from the day such person joins the labour force, i.e., the day since when he/ she was seeking/ available for work. For those who had any previous employment, the present spell will be the period starting from the day they were seeking or available for work after loosing their last employment to the survey date. The spell will be recorded in terms of codes indicating various durations as follows:
only 1 week -1, more than 1 week to 2 weeks -2, more than 2 weeks to 1 month -3, more than 1 month to 2 months -4, more than 2 months to 3 months -5, more than 3 months to 6 months -6, more than 6 months to 12 months -7, more than 12 months -8.

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Employment and Unemployment, July 2009 - June 2010 66th Round