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1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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TTO_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Employment sector (TT1980A_SECTOR)

Data file: TTO1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4 Economic Activity -- For all persons fifteen (15) years old and over</span></p>

<p>This section deals with the economic activity of all who are 15 years old and over. It relates to the past week as well as the past 12 months. Question 16 to 18 apply to those answering from [10] to [30] in Question 15.
<br />Interviewer: Job seekers and persons wanting work must have responses to Questions 16-18.</p>

<p>16. Type of worker
<br />What type of worker status applies to (N) [the respondent]?</p>
<div class="i1">Worked for Others</div><div class="i2">[] 0 Government -- Public Service (GPS)<br />[] 1 Government -- Public Enterprise (GPE)<br />[] 2 Non--Government (NG)<br />[] 3 Unpaid (U)<br />[] 4 Learner (L)</div><div class="i1">Has own business/farm</div><div class="i2">[] 5 No paid help (NPH)<br />[] 6 With paid help (WPH)</div><div class="i1">Other</div><div class="i2">[] 7 Never worked (NW)<br />[] 9 Not stated (NS)</div><p>Interviewer: Persons responding to [] 20 in Question 15 tick [] 7, and those responding to [] 21 and [] 30 in Question 15 classify by last status held
Categories
Value Category
Government, public services
1 Government, public enterprise
2 Non-government workers
3 Unpaid
4 Learner
5 Has own business with no paid employees
6 Has own business with paid employees
7 Never worked
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 respondent's sector of employment.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1980: Persons age 15+ who had a job or are seeking work [type I none; type II trace]

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