Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2008
Jordan, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
JOR_2008_HEIS_HD_V2.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Feb 19, 2014
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- Jordan08-IND-V2
- Jordan08-HH-V2
Main activity status in the current period [Detailed version] (PCMAS_D)
Data file: Jordan08-IND-V2
Overview
Valid:
9931
Valid (weighted):
3748456.57
Invalid:
5511
Invalid (weighted):
2048998.392
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
144
End:
146
Width:
3
Range:
100 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V2408
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Employed | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 110 | Employed during last week | 3162 | 1212813 |
32.4%
|
| 120 | Employed but temporary absent from work | 18 | 7181 |
0.2%
|
| 130 | Waiting to go back to previous job | 4 | 2049 |
0.1%
|
| 140 | Found a job and waiting for the start date | 8 | 3703 |
0.1%
|
| 150 | Employed (1-14 hours) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 160 | Employed (15 hours or more) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 170 | Employed (35 hours or more) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 200 | Unemployed | 792 | 288441 |
7.7%
|
| 210 | Unemployed ever worked (looking for a job) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 220 | Unemployed never worked (looking for a job) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 230 | Temporary unemployed (in military services) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 300 | Homemaker (Housewife) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 310 | Homemaker | 3127 | 1188412 |
31.7%
|
| 320 | Housewife | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 330 | Working housewife | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 400 | Student | 1874 | 701391 |
18.7%
|
| 410 | Working student | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 500 | Pensioners/retired/disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 510 | Pensioners | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 520 | Retired | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 530 | Disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 540 | Unable to work | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 550 | Old | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 560 | Disabled/Old/Ill | 506 | 189628 |
5.1%
|
| 600 | Others | 62 | 21192 |
0.6%
|
| 610 | Out of labor force | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 620 | Out of human force | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 630 | Have income/revenue/means | 378 | 133645 |
3.6%
|
| 640 | In prison or in hospital | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 650 | Not working and not looking for a job | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 660 | Landlord | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 670 | Child | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 5511 | 2048998 |
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
Main activity status with respect to the labor force, that distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others, the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers. This detailed variable distinguishes as well between different types of employment and unemployment.
Universe
All individuals aged 15+ years
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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To generate the main activity status variable, those who are currently working or who are reported to be temporary out of their jobs together with those who are reported waiting to be back to their previous job or found a job and waiting to start in q524 are considered employed. Those who are actively seeking a job are considered unemployed (q523). While those who are not seeking a job and currently not working represent the inactive sample (students, homemakers, has income, out of labor force, other) and were identified in q525.
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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To generate the main activity status variable, those who are currently working or who are reported to be temporary out of their jobs together with those who are reported waiting to be back to their previous job or found a job and waiting to start in q524 are considered employed. Those who are actively seeking a job are considered unemployed (q523). While those who are not seeking a job and currently not working represent the inactive sample (students, homemakers, has income, out of labor force, other) and were identified in q525.