Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2008

Jordan, 2008

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Reference ID

JOR_EUS_2008_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Dec 27, 2015

Last modified

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Seeking a job by registering with government offices/ministries (SRCHACT_01)

Data file: Jordan08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 8247

Valid (weighted): 7667.233

Invalid: 251807

Invalid (weighted): 252401.143

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 121

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1525

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	6350	5974	77.9%
1	Yes	1897	1693	22.1%
Sysmiss		251807	252401

Description

Definition

This set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.

Universe

Unemployed individuals aged 15+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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"Searching for a private project" includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
"Online search" includes placing or updating the résumé on professional or social networking sites.
"Applying directly to the employer" includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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