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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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Area of volunteer work (NG2006A_VOLUNTAR)

Data file: NGA2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
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>27. Are you engaged in voluntary or social work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>28. In which area of volunteering?</p>
<div class="i1">If yes in col. 27<br /><br />[] 1 Art and recreation<br />[] 2 Education/research<br />[] 3 Health<br />[] 4 Social services<br />[] 5 Environment<br />[] 6 Development and housing<br />[] 7 Civil advocacy<br />[] 8 Philanthropy<br />[] 9 Religion<br />[] 10 International<br />[] 11 Business/professional<br />[] 12 Other (specify)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Art and recreation
02 Education
03 Health
04 Social Services
05 Environment
06 Development and housing
07 Civil advocacy
08 Philanthropy
09 Religion
10 International
11 Business or professional
12 Other
99 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 area of volunteer work.
Universe
Nigeria 2006: Persons age 10+ who are engaged in volunteer or social work [discrepancies: type I 1.1%; type II none]

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