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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
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Dec 27, 2015
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Sep 18, 2016
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  • Jordan08-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Jordan08-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)

Data file: Jordan08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 96973
Valid (weighted): 97600.944
Invalid: 163081
Invalid (weighted): 162467.432
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 130
End: 131
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1525

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Failed to find a suitable job 660 614
0.6%
2 Lack of experience/qualifications 481 388
0.4%
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation 0 0
0%
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages 0 0
0%
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers 0 0
0%
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination 0 0
0%
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) 0 0
0%
8 Lack of employment services 0 0
0%
9 Lack of social relationships 0 0
0%
10 Refusal by family 0 0
0%
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching 144 118
0.1%
12 Believed that no suitable job exists 0 0
0%
13 No jobs are available 954 778
0.8%
14 Tired of looking for work 414 357
0.4%
15 Full time student 28469 28619
29.3%
16 Homemaker/housewife 51026 51997
53.3%
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled 4536 4464
4.6%
18 Have income/revenue/means 8502 8429
8.6%
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons 1787 1836
1.9%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 163081 162467
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive 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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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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