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2011 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Iran, 2011
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IRN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Center of Iran, IPUMS
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Class of worker (IR2011A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 236
End: 236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Activity and marital status - For people aged 10 and over</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Questions 26-28 for those who are working, doing unpaid work in the household business, or are temporarily absent from work </span></p>

<p>28. Job status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Own-account, wage, and salaried worker<br />[] 3 Public sector<br />[] 4 Private sector<br />[] 5 Cooperative sector<br />[] 6 Unpaid family worker</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Own-account worker
3 Paid employee in the public sector
4 Paid employee in the private sector
5 Paid employee in the cooperative sector
6 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the class of worker for an employed person.
Universe
Iran 2011: Persons age 10+ who worked, were unpaid workers or temporarily absent from work in the past 7 days [discrepancies: none]

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