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Seventh General Population and Housing Census, 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2004
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SUR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Class of worker (SR2004A_CLASSWK)

Data file: SUR2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p><span class="em">Working in main profession</span>
<br />[Question P18 to P20 were asked of persons working.]</p>

<p>P18. The job, odd job or for work was fulfilled by this person as:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed person<br />[] 3 Unpaid worker in family undertaking<br />[] 4 Employee<br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 7 Don't know<br />[] 9 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Own account worker
3 Unpaid family worker
4 Employee
5 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
Suriname 2004: Persons age 12+ who were employed [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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