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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2008

Jordan, 2008
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JOR_EUS_2008_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV (SRCHACT_08)

Data file: Jordan08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 8247
Valid (weighted): 7667.233
Invalid: 251807
Invalid (weighted): 252401.143
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 125
End: 125
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1525

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 5175 4522
59%
1 Yes 3072 3145
41%
Sysmiss 251807 252401
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.

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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