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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1990
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PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Worked last week (PG1990A_WORK)

Data file: PNG1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Urban Census form </span></p>

<p><span class="em">If code 01, 02, 03, or 04 is circled in Question 17, ask question 18 and 19. Otherwise, skip to question 20 for females only. <br />[Questions 18-19 were asked of persons who worked in the last 7 days, per question 17.] </span></p>

<p>18. Kind of Work (Occupation)</p>
<div class="i1">Describe the principal activity - e.g. shop attendant, nurse, taxi driver, coffee crower, crocodile hunter, etc.<br /><br />Occupation _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working
2 Not working
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 whether a person was working or not in the past week
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1990: Persons age 10+ in urban areas [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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