Employment and Unemployment, July 2004 - June 2005
NSS 61st Round

India, 2004 - 2005

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61-12-2011

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Employment and Unemployment

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Jan 18, 2018

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Reason for last change (Reason_for_last_change)

Data file: Block_7pt2_level_09

Overview

Valid: 2739

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 62

End: 62

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For 1 in
col. 10 or 12,
reason for last change (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Loss of earlier job due to: retrenchment/lay-off	125	4.6%
2	Closure of unit	203	7.4%
3	For better income/remuneration	1042	38%
4	No job satisfaction	164	6%
5	Lack of work in the enterprise (for self-employed)	240	8.8%
6	Lack of job security	57	2.1%
7	Work place too far	91	3.3%
8	Promotion/ transfer	32	1.2%
9	Others	785	28.7%

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 (15): Reason for last change: In this column, the reason for the last change will be recorded for those who have either changed their industry or occupation or both during the last 2 years, i.e., those with codes 1 in column (10) and/or (12) of this block. The reason codes are as follows.

loss of earlier job due to:
retrenchment/lay-off ............…... 1
closure of unit ...............….......... 2
for better income / remuneration .….. 3
no job satisfaction ....................…...... 4
lack of work in the enterprise ...…..….5
(for self-employed)

lack of job security ................…...…...6
work place too far ...................….…... 7
promotion/transfer .................…........ 8
others ......................................…...... 9
If more than one code is applicable to a person, the one, which appears first in the code list will be recorded.

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Employment and Unemployment, July 2004 - June 2005 NSS 61st Round