Employment and Unemployment, July 2011- June 2012
NSS 68th Round

India, 2011 - 2012

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-68-10-2013

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National Sample Survey Office

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Employment and Unemployment

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whether sought/available for work during those months (Sought_Available_for_Work)

Data file: Block_6_Follow-up questions on availability for work, existence of union or association and nature of employment for persons working in the usual principal or subsidiary status

Overview

Valid: 32019

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 54

End: 54

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

whether sought/available for work during those months: For persons who were without work for at least one month, i.e., entry greater than or equal to 1 in column (7). The codes for column (8) are given below:
yes : on most days .….................. 1
on some days ..................…2
no .............................................… 3

Literal question

if entry ³1
in col. 7, whether sought / available for work during those months (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes: on most days	10542	32.9%
2	Yes: on some days	9374	29.3%
3	No	12103	37.8%

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

Column (8): If entry ³ 1 in column (7), whether sought/available for work during those months: Column (8) will be filled in for persons who were without work for at least one month, i.e., entry greater than or equal to 1 in column (7). The codes for column (8) are given below:
yes : on most days .….................1
on some days ..................…2
no .................................… 3

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Employment and Unemployment, July 2011- June 2012 NSS 68th Round