Population Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991

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BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Working status (BD1991A_0410)

Data file: BGD1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 127

End: 127

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

24. Work status:

[] 1. Employer
[] 2. Employee
[] 3. Self-employed
[] 4. Family worker
[] 5. Laborer

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer
2	Employee
3	Self-employed
4	Family worker
5	Laborer
8	Unknown
9	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.

Interviewer instructions

24. Work status:
Considering the propensity of works, mark any one appropriate oval of the following for economically active people.
Not applicable for answer (1) and (2) of question number 23.

1. Employer: Mainly employer,
2. Salaried: who receives monthly salary against his/her work,
3. Self-employed: who accomplish his own work by himself,
4. Family helper: who helps in family work without salary,
5. Laborer: who works on the basis of daily remuneration.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the working status.

Universe

Persons who work

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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