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Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census, 1970 Trinidad and Tobago - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1970
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TTO_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Pay period of income (TT1970A_PAYPER)

Data file: TTO1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 227
End: 227
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Section X. Income </span></p>

<p>[Question 46 asked of persons 10 years and over.]</p>

<p>46a. Payperiod </p>
<div class="i1">[] Week <br />[] Fortnight <br />[] Month <br />[] Quarter <br />[] Year <br />[] Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
Weekly
1 Biweekly
2 Monthly
3 Quarterly
4 Yearly
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 frequency of the pay period of income.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1970: Persons age 10+ who were economically active in the last 12 months [discrepancies: type I 1.9%; type II 1.0%]

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