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General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987
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MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Profession, major group (ML1987A_PROF1)

Data file: MLI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 188
End: 188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ML87A416 ML87A417 ML87A418 ML87A419 ML87A420 ML87A422 ML87A425 ML87A426">For individuals 6 years of age and older.<br />[Questions 14-22]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ML87A421 ML87A422">19. Profession<br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Scientific, technical, liberal and similar professions
2 Directors and higher managerial professions
3 Administrative personnel and similar professions
4 Commercial and sales professions
5 Specialized services professionals
6 Farming, husbandry, forestry and fishing professions
7 Non-farming and transportation professions
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 identifies the reported profession of each person.
Universe
Mali 1987: Economically active persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II 0.7%]

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