Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2010

Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

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MUS_2010_CMPHS_v01_M

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Statistics Mauritius

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employment status (empstat)

Data file: CMPHS2010ano

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 47

End: 47

Width: 1

Range: -

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Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is your employment status?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Own account worker
3	Employee
4	Employee (under empowerment programme)
5	Apprentice
6	Contributing family worker
7	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

This question determines the person's position in relation to his/her employment.
Employer is a person who operates his/her own business or trade and hires one or more employees.
Own account worker is a person who operates his/her own business or trade but does not hire employees. He may be working alone or with the help of unpaid family members.
Employee is a person who works for pay for someone else, even in a temporary capacity.
Employee (under empowerment programme) is a person who is employed under the empowerment programme.
Apprentice is a person being trained for a job or trade and does not receive pay or may just receive some pocket money.
Contributing family worker is a person who works without pay in an enterprise operated by a family member.

Question post text

Circle one answer

Description

Universe

work = 1

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