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General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976
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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS
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Activity situation (CM1976A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 217
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A416 CM76A417 CM76A418 CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423 CM76A424"><span class="h3">Population 4 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM76A418"><span class="em">21) Economic activity</span><br />Did you work during the period from _______ to _______? <br />Mark the abbreviation corresponding to the work based on the instructions at the bottom of the page.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 WK= Has worked<br />[] 2 UN= Without a job but has already worked<br />[] 3 LK= Looking for a job for the first time<br />[] 4 HK= Housewife<br />[] 5 ST= Student<br />[] 6 REN= Person of independent means<br />[] 7 RET= Retiree, old person<br />[] 8 HAN= Handicapped<br />[] 9 OIS= Idle</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Working
02 Unemployed, having worked in past
03 Looking for first job
04 Homemaker
05 Student
06 Pensioner
07 Retired
08 Disabled/handicapped
09 Inactive
98 Unknown
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 activity situation.
Universe
Cameroon 1976: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: type I trace, type II 5%]

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