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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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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Activity status (SD2008A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: SDN2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 230
End: 230
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="SD08A434 SD08A534">19. During the week before census night, did [the respondent] work at least one hour for pay (or without pay), profit, in kind, or for family business?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked (skip to Q21)<br />[] 2 Did not work but have a job to go back to (skip to Q21)<br />[] 3 Did not work but worked before and seeking work and available for work (skip to Q21)<br />[] 4 Did not work, seeking work for the first time and available for work (skip to Q24)<br />[] 5 Did not work and not seeking work</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worked last week
2 Temporarily away from job
3 Worked before and seeking work
4 First time job seeker
5 Not working or seeking work
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 employment status.
Universe
Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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