General Population Census of Cambodia 1998 - IPUMS Subset
Cambodia, 1998
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KHM_1998_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Minnesota Population Center
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Economic activity (KH1998A_0414)
Data file: KHM1998-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
189
End:
189
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
15 Main Activity (Enter Code from list below)
Main activity during last year
Codes for Column 15 Main Activity During Last Year
1 Employed (Fill in Cols. 16 to 20)
2 Unemployed (Employed any time before - Fill in Cols. 16 to 20 for last employment)
3 Unemployed (Never employed any time before)
Inactive
4 Homemaker
5 Student
6 Dependent
7 Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipient
8 ___ Other (Specify)
(For codes 3 to 8, put dash ( - ) in Cols. 16 to 20)]
Main activity during last year
Codes for Column 15 Main Activity During Last Year
1 Employed (Fill in Cols. 16 to 20)
2 Unemployed (Employed any time before - Fill in Cols. 16 to 20 for last employment)
3 Unemployed (Never employed any time before)
Inactive
4 Homemaker
5 Student
6 Dependent
7 Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipient
8 ___ Other (Specify)
(For codes 3 to 8, put dash ( - ) in Cols. 16 to 20)]
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employed |
| 2 | Unemployed |
| 3 | Never employed |
| 4 | Home maker |
| 5 | Student |
| 6 | Dependent |
| 7 | Income recipient |
| 8 | Other |
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.
Interviewer instructions
Columns 15 to 20 on Economic Characteristics of Population
97. These columns relate to the economic characteristics of population both male and female. Information proposed to be collected on economic characteristics of population includes information on economically active and economically not active population. Economically active population includes those who are employed and unemployed. Economically inactive population includes home makers; full time students; dependents; rent-receivers, retired people and other categories of income recipients; and others who are neither employed nor unemployed and also do not come under any of the inactive categories mentioned. The reference period for this is the last one year.
Column 15: Main Activity During Last Year.
98. First we want to know what has been the main activity of the person during the one year preceding the Census Night. Main Activity means the activity during 6 months (183 days) or more during the last one year (i.e. for the major part of the last year). Codes have been provided on the schedule itself which are to be used while answering this question.
Employed
98.1 The "employed" comprises all persons who were in the following categories for 6 months (183 days) or more during the last one year:-
(
a) Persons who were in paid employment (e.g. working in public or private organization etc.).
(b) Persons who during the reference period performed some work for wages, salary, profit or family gains in cash or kind.
(c) Persons who did not do any work for pay or profit during the reference period although they had a job to which they could return (e.g. off season workers like farmers or fishermen), those on sick leave or leave without pay, those who could not work due to strike or lockout in the organization they were working.
(d) Persons who were self employed (e.g. running a shop by himself or herself, selling eatables, practicing as doctors, lawyers etc.).
98.2 Work is defined as any economically productive activity that a person does for pay (in cash or kind, in any establishment, office, market, farm, private house) or for profit; or without pay on family farm or enterprise. Workers (other than those working without pay in a family farm or business) should receive pay or profit in cash or kind for their activity. Unpaid activities which are not contributing to the person's family business such as voluntary social work or voluntary community support are not classified as "work" for the purposes of this census. Work may be physical or mental in nature. Work involves not only actual work but also effective supervision and direction of work. It is important to note that it includes unpaid work on farm or family enterprise. You must ask probing questions to ascertain the existence of a job or employment or unpaid work on family farm or enterprise during the last year. Please also do not assume that women are generally home-makers. You have to specifically ask probing questions of women whether they were working. Please also remember that in rural areas where most men are engaged in cultivation, wives and daughters also participate as unpaid family workers in cultivation. Such women should be treated as working instead of treating them as home-makers or housewives since they attend to domestic duty also. You have to be very careful not to make this mistake. Similarly children who work should be regarded as employed.
98.3 What about men or women engaged in production of goods for own consumption?
Please note that the following activities for own consumption are treated as work:
(i) Production of primary products for own consumption as growing of food grains or vegetables for own consumption.
(ii) Collection of water and firewood for own consumption.
(iii) The processing of primary commodities for own consumption by the producers of these items (such as drying own vegetables for later use).
(iv) Production of fixed assets for own use (such as building a house or rice paddy dike).
98.4 Activities for own consumption other than the above are not treated as work (e.g. cooking one's own food, washing one's own clothes etc.). If a person is employed but at the same time does also attend to household chores or attend school etc., he/she should be treated basically as employed.
98.5 If you give code 1 for a person after following the above instructions, you have to fill in Columns 16 to 20 which will be described subsequently.
Unemployed
98.6 If a person (man or woman) is not employed you should ask whether he or she was unemployed for six months (or 183 days) or over during the last year. Unemployed refers to those who were without work but were seeking work or available for work.
98.7 Please note that homemakers, students and others mainly engaged in non-economic activities during the reference period who satisfy the above criteria of unemployment should be regarded as unemployed and not as home makers, students etc., If a person returns that he / she is unemployed for the major part of the last year according these criteria, you should ask whether the person was employed any time before he / she became unemployed. If he / she says Yes, you have to record Code 2 for the person in Column 15. On the other hand, if the person says that he / she was unemployed and seeking work for the first time and was never employed any time before you should record Code 3 in Column 15. In the case of unemployed who was employed any time before (Code 2 in Column 15), you have to fill in Columns 16-20 for last employment. In case of Code 3 in Column 15, enter dash (--) in each of the Columns 16 to 20.
Inactive Population
98.8 The employed and unemployed constitute economically active population. Those who are not employed or unemployed spend most of their time as home makers, students etc. which are not considered as economically active and hence they are called Inactive population. Use the codes given in the schedule for recording the category of people inactive for six months (or 183 days) or more during the last year.
98.9 The inactive categories are explained below:-
Home Maker is a person who was solely engaged during the reference period in household duties in his or her home. Give code 4 for this category in Column 15.
Student is a person who was attending school/ educational institution(with Code 2 in Column 14a). Give Code 5 for this category in Column 15.
Dependent: This category includes all dependents like infants and children not attending school, persons permanently disabled and hence cannot do any work and persons who cannot work because of illness or old age. Dependents will include able bodied persons who cannot be categorized in any other inactive category and are dependent on others. However if such a person was seeking or available for work he or she should be categorized as unemployed and not as dependent. For people who were dependents give Code 6 in Column 15.
Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipients: A person who has retired from service and is doing no other work, i.e. not employed again in some work or not engaged in some other work such as cultivation, business, trade etc. or a person who is a rent-receiver or a person living on agricultural or non-agricultural royalty, rent or dividend who is neither employed nor unemployed, or any other person of independent means for securing which he/she does not have to work will come under this category. You should give Code 7 in Column 15 for this category of inactive person.
Other, (specify): This category will include all inactive persons who may not come under any of the above four categories of inactive persons. For such a person (e.g. beggar) you should give Code 8 and specify
(e.g. 8 Beggar) in column 15.
97. These columns relate to the economic characteristics of population both male and female. Information proposed to be collected on economic characteristics of population includes information on economically active and economically not active population. Economically active population includes those who are employed and unemployed. Economically inactive population includes home makers; full time students; dependents; rent-receivers, retired people and other categories of income recipients; and others who are neither employed nor unemployed and also do not come under any of the inactive categories mentioned. The reference period for this is the last one year.
Column 15: Main Activity During Last Year.
98. First we want to know what has been the main activity of the person during the one year preceding the Census Night. Main Activity means the activity during 6 months (183 days) or more during the last one year (i.e. for the major part of the last year). Codes have been provided on the schedule itself which are to be used while answering this question.
Employed
98.1 The "employed" comprises all persons who were in the following categories for 6 months (183 days) or more during the last one year:-
(
a) Persons who were in paid employment (e.g. working in public or private organization etc.).
(b) Persons who during the reference period performed some work for wages, salary, profit or family gains in cash or kind.
(c) Persons who did not do any work for pay or profit during the reference period although they had a job to which they could return (e.g. off season workers like farmers or fishermen), those on sick leave or leave without pay, those who could not work due to strike or lockout in the organization they were working.
(d) Persons who were self employed (e.g. running a shop by himself or herself, selling eatables, practicing as doctors, lawyers etc.).
98.2 Work is defined as any economically productive activity that a person does for pay (in cash or kind, in any establishment, office, market, farm, private house) or for profit; or without pay on family farm or enterprise. Workers (other than those working without pay in a family farm or business) should receive pay or profit in cash or kind for their activity. Unpaid activities which are not contributing to the person's family business such as voluntary social work or voluntary community support are not classified as "work" for the purposes of this census. Work may be physical or mental in nature. Work involves not only actual work but also effective supervision and direction of work. It is important to note that it includes unpaid work on farm or family enterprise. You must ask probing questions to ascertain the existence of a job or employment or unpaid work on family farm or enterprise during the last year. Please also do not assume that women are generally home-makers. You have to specifically ask probing questions of women whether they were working. Please also remember that in rural areas where most men are engaged in cultivation, wives and daughters also participate as unpaid family workers in cultivation. Such women should be treated as working instead of treating them as home-makers or housewives since they attend to domestic duty also. You have to be very careful not to make this mistake. Similarly children who work should be regarded as employed.
98.3 What about men or women engaged in production of goods for own consumption?
Please note that the following activities for own consumption are treated as work:
(i) Production of primary products for own consumption as growing of food grains or vegetables for own consumption.
(ii) Collection of water and firewood for own consumption.
(iii) The processing of primary commodities for own consumption by the producers of these items (such as drying own vegetables for later use).
(iv) Production of fixed assets for own use (such as building a house or rice paddy dike).
98.4 Activities for own consumption other than the above are not treated as work (e.g. cooking one's own food, washing one's own clothes etc.). If a person is employed but at the same time does also attend to household chores or attend school etc., he/she should be treated basically as employed.
98.5 If you give code 1 for a person after following the above instructions, you have to fill in Columns 16 to 20 which will be described subsequently.
Unemployed
98.6 If a person (man or woman) is not employed you should ask whether he or she was unemployed for six months (or 183 days) or over during the last year. Unemployed refers to those who were without work but were seeking work or available for work.
98.7 Please note that homemakers, students and others mainly engaged in non-economic activities during the reference period who satisfy the above criteria of unemployment should be regarded as unemployed and not as home makers, students etc., If a person returns that he / she is unemployed for the major part of the last year according these criteria, you should ask whether the person was employed any time before he / she became unemployed. If he / she says Yes, you have to record Code 2 for the person in Column 15. On the other hand, if the person says that he / she was unemployed and seeking work for the first time and was never employed any time before you should record Code 3 in Column 15. In the case of unemployed who was employed any time before (Code 2 in Column 15), you have to fill in Columns 16-20 for last employment. In case of Code 3 in Column 15, enter dash (--) in each of the Columns 16 to 20.
Inactive Population
98.8 The employed and unemployed constitute economically active population. Those who are not employed or unemployed spend most of their time as home makers, students etc. which are not considered as economically active and hence they are called Inactive population. Use the codes given in the schedule for recording the category of people inactive for six months (or 183 days) or more during the last year.
98.9 The inactive categories are explained below:-
Home Maker is a person who was solely engaged during the reference period in household duties in his or her home. Give code 4 for this category in Column 15.
Student is a person who was attending school/ educational institution(with Code 2 in Column 14a). Give Code 5 for this category in Column 15.
Dependent: This category includes all dependents like infants and children not attending school, persons permanently disabled and hence cannot do any work and persons who cannot work because of illness or old age. Dependents will include able bodied persons who cannot be categorized in any other inactive category and are dependent on others. However if such a person was seeking or available for work he or she should be categorized as unemployed and not as dependent. For people who were dependents give Code 6 in Column 15.
Rent-receiver, retired or other income recipients: A person who has retired from service and is doing no other work, i.e. not employed again in some work or not engaged in some other work such as cultivation, business, trade etc. or a person who is a rent-receiver or a person living on agricultural or non-agricultural royalty, rent or dividend who is neither employed nor unemployed, or any other person of independent means for securing which he/she does not have to work will come under this category. You should give Code 7 in Column 15 for this category of inactive person.
Other, (specify): This category will include all inactive persons who may not come under any of the above four categories of inactive persons. For such a person (e.g. beggar) you should give Code 8 and specify
(e.g. 8 Beggar) in column 15.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the main activity during last year.
Universe
All persons
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |