1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 1998
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MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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- MWI1998_PHC-H-H
- MWI1998_PHC-P-H
Employment status last week (MW1998A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
181
End:
182
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="MW98A415 MW98A416 MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420"> [Questions B16-B19 are for persons age 10 and older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="MW98A416" v="MW98A416 MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420">B17. Economic activity - type of activity last week<br />What was [the respondent] doing the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">Active:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 01 <span class="lang">Mlimi</span> [subsistence farmer]<br />[] 02 Employee<br />[] 03 Family business worker<br />[] 04 Self-employed<br />[] 05 Employer</div><br /><div class="i1">Unemployed:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 06 Worked before, seeking work<br />[] 07 Worked before, non seeking work<br />[] 08 Never worked before, seeking work</div><br /><div class="i1">Inactive:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 09 Non-worker (never worked before and not seeking work)<br />[] 10 Home worker<br />[] 11 Student<br />[] 12 Other</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="MW98A416" v="MW98A416 MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420">B17. Economic activity - type of activity last week<br />What was [the respondent] doing the last 7 days?<br /><div class="i1">Active:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 01 <span class="lang">Mlimi</span> [subsistence farmer]<br />[] 02 Employee<br />[] 03 Family business worker<br />[] 04 Self-employed<br />[] 05 Employer</div><br /><div class="i1">Unemployed:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 06 Worked before, seeking work<br />[] 07 Worked before, non seeking work<br />[] 08 Never worked before, seeking work</div><br /><div class="i1">Inactive:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 09 Non-worker (never worked before and not seeking work)<br />[] 10 Home worker<br />[] 11 Student<br />[] 12 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Farmer |
| 02 | Employee |
| 03 | Family business |
| 04 | Self employed |
| 05 | Employer |
| 06 | Unemployed, seeking work |
| 07 | Unemployed, not seeking work |
| 08 | Never worked, seeking work |
| 09 | Never worked, not seeking work |
| 10 | Homeworker |
| 11 | Student |
| 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 employment status of the person last week.
Universe
Malawi 1998: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept