Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1987

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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, IPUMS

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Employment status (CM1987A_CLASSWK)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 208

End: 209

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CM87A417 CM87A418 CM87A420 CM87A421">Population of 6 years and older (born before April 1981) [Questions 19-22 were asked of persons 6 years old or more.] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CM87A418 CM87A420 CM87A421">This applies only to persons who worked during the week referred to and those unemployed who had lost their job. For all other persons, put a dash. [Questions 20-22 were asked of persons in the labor force.] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CM87A420">P21. Work status________ <div class="i1">What was [the respondent's] status at this job? Put one of the abbreviations that correspond to the status on the job, according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.</div> </svar>

Value	Category
01	Self-employed
02	Employer
03	Full-time salaried
04	Temporary (part-time) salaried
05	Paid intern
06	Unpaid intern
07	Family helper
09	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates employment status of persons aged 6 or more from private households.

Universe

Cameroon 1987: Persons age 6+ from private households who are working or are unemployed [Discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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