Census of Population of Ireland, 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971

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IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Class of worker, employment status (IE1971A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRL1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 192

End: 192

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="IE71A409 IE71A410 IE71A411 IE71A412 IE71A413 IE71A414 IE71A415 IE71A416 IE71A417">[Questions 14-18 are be completed for each person aged 14 years or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE71A414">15. Employment status_____<br /><div class="i1">If usually working for payment or profit, state whether "Employee", "Assisting relative", "Self employed", "Employs others" or "Self employed, without employees". If at present out of work, write "Out of work".</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Self-employed, with paid employees
2	Self-employed, without paid employees
3	Employee
4	Assisting relative (family worker)
5	Unemployed
6	Retired / no longer seeking work
7	Not in labor force (student, home maker, etc.)
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 class of worker.

Universe

Ireland 1971: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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