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Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991
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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Class of worker (IE1991A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 16-24 relate to persons aged 15 years and over]</p>

<p>Q.21 Employment status</p>
<div class="i1">It at work, please check the appropriate box to indicate person's present employment status. If unemployed or retired, indicate the person's previous employment status.<br /><br />[] 1 Self-employed, with paid employees<br />[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees<br />[] 3 Employee<br />[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Self-employed, with paid employees
2 Self-employed, without paid employees
3 Employee
4 Assisting relative
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 type of employee of the person pertaining to his/her work.
Universe
Ireland 1991: Persons 15+ who are employed, retired or unemployed having worked before [discrepancies: none]

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