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National Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1974
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HND_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Class of work (HN1974A_CLASSWK)

Data file: HND1974_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. - Economic Characteristics</span></p>

<p>(For all individuals 10 years of age and older)</p>

<p>16. Did you work on your own account, as a salaried or waged employee, or as a family worker?</p>
<div class="i1">Only for those who answered 1, 2 or 3 in question 14.]<br />Mark the appropriate box according to your manual, page 43.<br /><br />Own account</div><div class="i2">[] 1 With employees or workers<br />[] 2 Without employees or workers</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Salaried or waged employee<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Own account with employee or worker
2 Own account with no employees or workers
3 Salaried or waged employee
4 Unpaid family worker
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="h3">C. Economic Characteristics (For persons aged ten and older)</span>
<br />Do not ask persons aged less than ten any more questions from the form. Cross out questions 14-21 with a large X.</p>

<p>The answers in question set 14 are the basis for categorizing the population aged ten and older as economically active (employed and unemployed) and economically inactive (students, domestic work (unpaid), those who live from rental or investment income, retired workers and the disabled).</p>

<p>The questions in this section refer to the situation in the week immediately preceding the census date (the week of February 25-March 2).</p>

<p><span class="em">Question set 16: Did you/the person work for himself/herself, as a paid office worker, or as a family worker?</span>
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<br />Keep in mind that this question set is related to question set 15 and has the following definitions:</p>

<p>1) Self employed with employee or worker: This is any person who has his/her own company or works for himself/herself in a profession or trade and has one or more paid workers.</p>
<div class="i1">Exceptions:<br />a) People whose only employees are domestic servants do not fall into this category.<br />b) A paid employee of a company of which he/she is not the owner does not fall into this category.</div><span class="pg">[p. 44]</span><div class="i1">c) A civil-service employee who has other employees under him/her does not fall into this category.</div><p>2. Self-employed without employees or workers: This is a person who works independently, does not have any paid employees, and did not employ anyone.</p>

<p>Self-employed without employees may count on the help of family workers and may also work alone or in partnership.</p>

<p>3. Paid employee. This is any person who works in exchange for pay, commission, or payment in kind.</p>

<p>4. Unpaid family worker. This is someone who performs unpaid labor in a family business and works for at least one-third of a normal workday. Persons who perform domestic work or occasional or random work in the business are excluded from this category.</p>

<p>Mark an "X" in one of the options. Mark an "X" in box 9, "Unknown" only if the respondent does not know the job category of a household member.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the status of an economically active person concerning his or her employment in the last week.
Universe
Honduras 1974: Persons age 10+ in the labor force [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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