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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 2008
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SDN_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Class of worker (SD2008A_CLASSWK)

Data file: SDN2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SD08A434 SD08A435 SD08A436 SD08A437 SD08A438 SD08A534 SD08A535 SD08A536 SD08A537 SD08A538"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br />[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SD08A438 SD08A538">23. For those who worked or have worked before, what was [the respondent's] employment status?<br /><div class="i1">[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]<br /><br />[] 1 Paid employee<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Own account worker<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 5 Unpaid working for others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid employee
2 Employer
3 Own account worker
4 Unpaid family worker
5 Unpaid working for others
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 class of worker.
Universe
Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who worked, or were temporary away from job, or were seeking work not for the first time [discrepancies: none]

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