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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Economic activity (CM1987A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 206

End: 207

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

<p><svar a="all" v="CM87A417">P19. Economic activity ____<br /><div class="i1">During the week from ... to ... what was [the respondent] doing most of the time? Put the appropriate abbreviation according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Working
01	Unemployed, lost his/her job
02	Looking for work for the first time
03	House-keeper
04	Student
05	Annuitant
06	Retired, old person
07	Handicapped
08	Loafer
09	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 economic activity for each person aged 6 or more from private households.

Universe

Cameroon 1987: Persons age 6+ from private households [Discrepancies: none]

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