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General Household Survey, 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2007
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NGA_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Employment status (NG2006A_EMPSTUS)

Data file: NGA2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 191
End: 191
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Persons(s) present in household continued? (For persons age 10 years and above)</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 11-63]</p>

<p>11. Main job previous week</p>
<div class="i1">(If options 1-5 go to Col. 14, and if options 6 or 7 go to next person)<br /><br />[] 1 Worked for pay<br />[] 2 Got job but did not work<br />[] 3 Worked for profit<br />[] 4 On attachment but didn't work<br />[] 5 Apprenticeship<br />[] 6 Kept home<br />[] 7 Went to school<br />[] 8 Did nothing</div><p>18. Employment status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Employee<br />[] 3 Own account worker<br />[] 4 Members of producer coop.<br />[] 5 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 6 Others</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Employee
3 Own account worker
4 Member of producer coop
5 Unpaid family worker
6 Other
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 person’s employment status.
Universe
Nigeria 2006: Persons age 10+ who were economically active the previous week [discrepancies: type I 3.4%; type II 0.6%]

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