Census of Population of Ireland, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1996

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IRL_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Class of worker (IE1996A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRL1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 211

End: 211

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 15-24 were asked of persons 15 years and over]</p>

<p>Q.20 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 />[] 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
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 worker's class.

Universe

Ireland 1996: Persons age 15+ at work, experienced unemployed or retired [discrepancies: none]

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