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Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992
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YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Main activity (H_MAINACTIVITY)

Data file: YEM1991-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 283
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

PERSONS AGED 10 YEARS AND OVER
201) What did (NAME) do most of the time during the past month? Was he/she:

WORKING 1
UNEMPLOYED 2
HOUSEWORK AND WORKING 3
STUDENT AND WORKING 4
SEEKING WORK FOR FIRST TIME 5
DOING HOUSEWORK 6
STUDENT 7
RETIRED 8
Categories
Value Category
10 Working
11 Doing work
12 Housework and work
13 School and work
14 Self-employed
20 Unemployed
21 Unemployed, worked before
22 Unemployed, never worked before
30 Not in labor force
31 Housewife
32 In school
33 Unable to work/handicapped
34 Retired
35 Other
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
MAINACTIVITY reports the main activity of household members during a specified reference period.

IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable, dividing responses into three broad categories (working, unemployed, and not in labor force), with additional detail preserved in the second digit. If working and doing some second activity (such as housework or attending school) is reported, the response is categorized under the "working" heading, with the additional activity reported in the second digit.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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