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Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1990 - 1991
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PAK_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies [Pakistan] and IRD/Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason first started working: Personal fulfillment (B_WK1STPERS)

Data file: PAK1991-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 404
End: 404
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
723. Why did you start working initially?

FINANCIAL NEED 1
SUPPLEMENT FAMILY'S INCOME 1
PERSONAL FULFILLMENT 1
HUSBAND DIED/BECAME ILL 1
SUBSEQUENT TO DIVORCE/SEPARATION 1
OTHER (SPECIFY)___ 1
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
WK1STPERS indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported personal fulfillment as the reason for starting to work.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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