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

Reference ID

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

Year

2011 - 2012

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Employment and Unemployment

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Feb 20, 2019

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

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 32019
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

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