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Reproductive Health Survey 2008-2009

Jamaica, 2008 - 2009
Reference ID
JAM_2008_RHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Family Planning Board
Metadata
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Apr 25, 2019
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Actively Seeking/Looking for Additional Work Last Week (c23)

Data file: lfs2000Final

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Was [name] seeking additional work in the past week?
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Question post text
if 2(No), END INTERVIEW
Interviewer instructions
If the person was available for additional or alternative work (Code 1 in col. 22), ask from the respondent the question "Was ___ actively seeking/looking for additional or alternative work during the past week?". Enter code "1" if Yes and code "2" if No. Then End Interview whether the code is 1 or 2.

Description

Definition
Underemployed persons are employed persons who expressed the desire to have
additional hours of work in their present job or in an additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours.

Visibly underemployed persons are employed persons who worked less than 40
hours during the reference week and wanted additional hours of work.
Universe
persons 10 years old and over, c11=1 and c22=1