Home / Central Data Catalog / GRC_2011_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Greece, 2011
Get Microdata
Reference ID
GRC_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Hellenic Statistical Authority, El.STAT., IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
124

Sources of income (GR2011A_INCSRC)

Data file: GRC2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 262
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
20. Main source of livelihood</p>
<div class="i1">Choose only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Employment<br />[] 2 Property and other investments<br />[] 3 Pension<br />[] 4 Other transfers (example: allowances, scholarships etc.) <br />[] 5 Loans or reduction of savings, Realization of capital<br />[] 6 Dependent of other person(s)<br />[] 7 Other source(s) (state) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employment
2 Property and other investments
3 Pension
4 Other transfers (allowances, scholarships etc.)
5 Loans or realization of capital
6 Dependent on others
7 Other source
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">Question 20 "Main source of livelihood"</span>
<br />As main source of livelihood is considered the source of income that ensures the satisfaction of the individual's every need. Record only a single answer. For individuals having more than one sources of livelihood the main source is to be recorded.
<br /><span class="pg">[p. 28]</span>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent’s main source of livelihood or income. Only one response per person is allowed for this variable.
Universe
Greece 2011: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog