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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
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Work status (LR1974A_CLASSWK)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 130
End: 130
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all persons over age 10 years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">18. Work status: </span>
<br />Was person paid employee?
<br />Was person employer?
<br />Was person self-employed?
<br />Was person unpaid family worker? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employee<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Self-employed <br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid employee
2 Employer
3 Self-employed
4 Unpaid family worker
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 work status.
Universe
Liberia 1974: Persons age 10+ who worked in the past 12 months [discrepancies: none]

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