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1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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Class of worker (KE1989A_CLASSWK)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 215
End: 215
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE89A413 KE89A414 KE89A415 KE89A416"><span class="h2">C. Persons aged 10 years and over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE89A416">P32. Work status:<br /><br />What was [the respondent] working as?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Employee<br />[] 4 Family worker</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self employed
3 Employee
4 Family worker
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status during the seven days before the census night.

NOTE: These data are highly questionable. Most persons did not give a response, including the great majority of agricultural workers.
Universe
Kenya 1989: Persons age 10+ who worked for pay, worked on family holding, or were on leave 7 days before the census night [discrepancies: type I 0.4%; type II none]

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