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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2008

Jordan, 2008
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JOR_EUS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Want to change the main job/get an additional job (WNTCHJ)

Data file: Jordan08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 57851
Valid (weighted): 61297.045
Invalid: 202203
Invalid (weighted): 198771.33
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 99
End: 100
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1525

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 54262 57843
94.4%
1 Yes 3342 3211
5.2%
99 Not stated 247 244
0.4%
Sysmiss 202203 198771
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
The variable indicates whether the individual wants to change his/her main job or wants to have an additional one.
Universe
Employed 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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the desire to change the main job or practice an additonal one (Q217) is not reported for those who are waiting to resume previous work or found a job and waiting to start. Thus, the generated variable for those cases is recoded "not stated".
The original variable was collected for a reference period of 4 weeks preceding the date of the interview.
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