Employment and Unemployment Survey, January to December, 1983
38th Round

India

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Reference ID

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

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Employment and Unemployment

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Reason for movement? (B3_q23)

Data file: Block-1-3-Household-records

Overview

Valid: 2881

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 130

End: 130

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Is Q.20 = 1? Then ask.

Literal question

Reason for movement?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	NR	320	11.1%
1	In search of work	634	22%
2	On work.	763	26.5%
9	Others.	1164	40.4%

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

For each household reporting movement, the reason for the movement will be recorded in terms of the specified codes against this item. The reason will relate to the main bread-winner of the household. If the movement is made to look for work or to take up work or to take up better work-in all these cases, code 1 will be recorded. If the movement is made in connection with the occupation pursued prior to movement, code 2 will be recorded. For all other reasons, code 9 will be entered.

Question post text

If Q.20 not =1 skip

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Employment and Unemployment Survey, January to December, 1983 38th Round