2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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- BWA2011_PHC-H-H.dat
- BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Class of worker in past 7 days (BW2011A_CLASSWK)
Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
279
End:
279
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span></p>
<p>22. What was [the respondent] working as during the past 7 days?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employee - paid cash<br />[] 2 Employee - paid in kind<br />[] 3 Self-employed (no employees)<br />[] 4 Self-employed (with employees)<br />[] 5 Unpaid family helper<br />[] 6 Working at own lands / cattle posts</div>
<p><span class="em">Economic activity</span></p>
<p>22. What was [the respondent] working as during the past 7 days?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employee - paid cash<br />[] 2 Employee - paid in kind<br />[] 3 Self-employed (no employees)<br />[] 4 Self-employed (with employees)<br />[] 5 Unpaid family helper<br />[] 6 Working at own lands / cattle posts</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employee paid cash |
| 2 | Employee paid in kind |
| 3 | Self-employed (no employees) |
| 4 | Self-employed (with employees) |
| 5 | Unpaid family helper |
| 6 | Working at lands or cattle posts |
| 8 | Unknown |
| 9 | NIU (not in universe) |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">All Persons Aged 12 years and over</span></p>
<p>145. Column A18-A25
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>
<p>151. Column A23: Employment status
<br />Q. What was the respondent's working as during the past 7 days?
<br />This question is meant to capture the employment status of an individual. The column relates to persons who were either self-employed or working for other persons for payment during the past 7 days before the census. Find out what they were employed as during most of the reference period and probe if necessary. Enter the appropriate two-digit code in the shaded area:
<br />
<br />01. Employee-paid cash
<br />This is a person who works and receives cash as payment. An employee who is paid in both cash and kind should fall under this category. For example, a maid who eats with the employer and at the same time is getting paid in cash.
<br />02. Employee-paid in kind only
<br />This is a person who works and receives non-monetary payment. You should note that employees who are paid in kind only fall under this category.
<br />Self-Employed
<br />Self-employed includes all types of persons working for themselves or in partnership in any type of business undertaking. This includes hawkers, car washers, carpenters, but they must get the income form the business themselves and not getting a wage or salary from a company owning the business. In some cases businesses are registered and the person who owns the business actually is an employee of the company (i.e. managing director). Because of this, this person is a paid employee, code 01 (employed by his/her own company).
<br />03. Self-employed (no employees):
<br />This is whereby the person is running his/her own business, like a taxi or a tuck shop, without the assistance of any employee. This category includes those gardeners and cleaners who are freelancing.
<br />04. Self-employed (with employees):
<br />A person operating a business of any form with the assistance of one or more employees would fall under this category. The employees could be paid in cash or in kind.
<br />05. Unpaid family helpers:
<br />A person working in an economic enterprise operated by a relative and not being paid in any form, would fall under this category. For example, a boy/girl could be helping in his/her aunt's business without any payment attached.
<br />06. Working at family lands/farms/cattle-post:
<br />This category includes farmers who plough mainly for household consumption (rather than to sell their products), and those individuals who worked at farms, lands, or cattle-posts, but who did not receive any payment. School children working on family lands/farms/cattle-posts while on vacation fall under this category.
<br />07. Other (Specify):
<br />If the person was doing something else other than the possibilities listed above then write in what the person was doing in the unshaded area in column A23. If you need more space, use the comment box.
<br />[Table omitted]
<p>145. Column A18-A25
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>
<p>151. Column A23: Employment status
<br />Q. What was the respondent's working as during the past 7 days?
<br />This question is meant to capture the employment status of an individual. The column relates to persons who were either self-employed or working for other persons for payment during the past 7 days before the census. Find out what they were employed as during most of the reference period and probe if necessary. Enter the appropriate two-digit code in the shaded area:
<br />
<br />01. Employee-paid cash
<br />This is a person who works and receives cash as payment. An employee who is paid in both cash and kind should fall under this category. For example, a maid who eats with the employer and at the same time is getting paid in cash.
<br />02. Employee-paid in kind only
<br />This is a person who works and receives non-monetary payment. You should note that employees who are paid in kind only fall under this category.
<br />Self-Employed
<br />Self-employed includes all types of persons working for themselves or in partnership in any type of business undertaking. This includes hawkers, car washers, carpenters, but they must get the income form the business themselves and not getting a wage or salary from a company owning the business. In some cases businesses are registered and the person who owns the business actually is an employee of the company (i.e. managing director). Because of this, this person is a paid employee, code 01 (employed by his/her own company).
<br />03. Self-employed (no employees):
<br />This is whereby the person is running his/her own business, like a taxi or a tuck shop, without the assistance of any employee. This category includes those gardeners and cleaners who are freelancing.
<br />04. Self-employed (with employees):
<br />A person operating a business of any form with the assistance of one or more employees would fall under this category. The employees could be paid in cash or in kind.
<br />05. Unpaid family helpers:
<br />A person working in an economic enterprise operated by a relative and not being paid in any form, would fall under this category. For example, a boy/girl could be helping in his/her aunt's business without any payment attached.
<br />06. Working at family lands/farms/cattle-post:
<br />This category includes farmers who plough mainly for household consumption (rather than to sell their products), and those individuals who worked at farms, lands, or cattle-posts, but who did not receive any payment. School children working on family lands/farms/cattle-posts while on vacation fall under this category.
<br />07. Other (Specify):
<br />If the person was doing something else other than the possibilities listed above then write in what the person was doing in the unshaded area in column A23. If you need more space, use the comment box.
<br />[Table omitted]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's class of worker in the past 7 days.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons age 12+ who worked for pay in past 7 days, except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |