1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 1998
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Reference ID
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
Industry, 1-digit (MW1998A_IND1)
Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
187
End:
188
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>
<p><svar v="MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420"><div class="i1">[For codes 09-12]: If female, skip to B20. Otherwise, go to the next person or to Part C.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A419 MW98A420">B19. Economic activity: industry<br /><div class="i1">What is this person's trade or business? _________<br />For example: construction, agriculture, transport, manufacturing, community services, etc.</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></p>
<p><svar v="MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420"><div class="i1">[For codes 09-12]: If female, skip to B20. Otherwise, go to the next person or to Part C.</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A419 MW98A420">B19. Economic activity: industry<br /><div class="i1">What is this person's trade or business? _________<br />For example: construction, agriculture, transport, manufacturing, community services, etc.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agricultural, fishing, hunting and forestry |
| 02 | Mining and quarrying |
| 03 | Manufacturing |
| 04 | Electricity, gas and water supply |
| 05 | Construction |
| 06 | Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels |
| 07 | Transport, storage and communications |
| 08 | Financing, insurance, real estate and business services |
| 09 | Community, social and personal services |
| 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 person's industry (1-digit) last week. For those who did not work last week, it indicates the industry the person was in when they last worked.
Universe
Malawi 1998: Persons age 10+ working or unemployed [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept