Variables for theme Labour

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Job characteristics / Absences from work

abspay2	Pay during absence in refyear
abspay8	Received pay during absence
began2	Flag - Absence started during refyear
enddat2	End date of absence within refyear
enddat8	Date absence spell ended
ended2	Flag - This absence spell ended during refyear
ended8	Flag - Absence spell ended by end of current ref. period
endtyp8	Reason why absence was ended in processing
lookfg2	Flag - Looked for work during absence in refyear
lookfg8	Flag - Looked for work during absence
mtlook2	Vector - Months looked for work during absence, refyear
nbwks2	Number of weeks the absence lasted within refyear
nbwks8	Total number of weeks absence lasted
reaabs8	Main reason for absence
strdat2	Start date of absence within refyear
strdat8	Start date of absence spell

Variable descriptions

abspay2 - Pay during absence in refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Full, partial or no pay received during absence within reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Full pay
  • 2 Partial pay
  • 3 No pay
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

abspay8 - Received pay during absence

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Full, partial or no pay received during absence.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Full pay
  • 2 Partial pay
  • 3 No pay
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

began2 - Flag - Absence started during refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if this absence spell began during the reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year for one week or longer excl. paid vacation
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

enddat2 - End date of absence within refyear

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: End date of absence within reference year. If absence is not ended, ENDDAT2 will be December 31 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

enddat8 - Date absence spell ended

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: End date of absence spell. The absence spell may span more than one reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

ended2 - Flag - This absence spell ended during refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if this absence spell ended during the reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year for one week or longer excl. paid vacation
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

ended8 - Flag - Absence spell ended by end of current ref. period

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if this absence spell had ended by the end of the current survey reference period of the data file.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

endtyp8 - Reason why absence was ended in processing

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Reason why absence was ended in processing. This is an internal variable to be used for processing only.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Absence ended normally
  • 2 Absence ended because the job absence was denied by the respondent
  • 3 Absence ended because did not receive information about the job/absence in subsequent collections - either because no feedback, non-response or because respondent is no longer eligible for the labour interview (i.e. JOB.ENDTYP9 = '3')
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

lookfg2 - Flag - Looked for work during absence in refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if a person looked for work at any time between start and end date of absence, within reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation AND reason for absence was seasonal layoff
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

lookfg8 - Flag - Looked for work during absence

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if person looked for work at any time between start and end date of absence.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation AND reason for absence was seasonal layoff.
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

mtlook2 - Vector - Months looked for work during absence, refyear

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• Type and length: Character(12.0) Format: 1 byte per month array
• Description: Monthly flag to indicate in which months a person looked for work between start and end date of abscence, within reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year AND reason seasonal layoff AND looked for wk absence
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

nbwks2 - Number of weeks the absence lasted within refyear

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• Type and length: Numeric(2.0)
• Description: Number of weeks absence lasted within reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year AND reason seasonal layoff AND looked for wk absence
• Range and codes:
  • 01:53
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

nbwks8 - Total number of weeks absence lasted

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• Type and length: Numeric(3.0)
• Description: Total number of weeks absence lasted. The absence may span more than one reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 001:146
  • 996 Interim Processing Code
  • 997 Don't Know
  • 998 Refusal
  • 999 Not Applicable

reaabs8 - Main reason for absence

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Main reason for absence. Voluntary absences : codes 01-07, 11, 90 Involuntary absences : codes 08-10 Prior to reference year 2001, code 03 meant 'Maternity Leave'.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Own illness or disability - work related
  • 02 Own illness or disability - not worl related
  • 03 Parental leave
  • 04 Caring for own children
  • 05 Caring for elder relative(s)
  • 06 Other personal or family responsibilities
  • 07 School or educational leave
  • 08 Labour dispute (strike or lockout)
  • 09 Seasonal layoff
  • 10 Temporary layoff due to economic conditions
  • 11 Unpaid or partially paid vacation
  • 90 Other
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

strdat2 - Start date of absence within refyear

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Start date of absence within reference year. If absence began prior to reference year, STRDAT2 will be January 1 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent in reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

strdat8 - Start date of absence spell

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Start date of absence spell. The absence spell may span more than one reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey ref. period AND paid worker for that job AND not on-call schedule AND absent for 1 week or longer excl. paid vacation.
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable