The United Republic of Tanzania Population and Housing Census 2002 - IPUMS Subset
Tanzania, 2002
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TZA_2002_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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- TZA2002-H-H
- TZA2002-P-H
Economic activity in the last 12 months (TZ2002A_0417)
Data file: TZA2002-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
201
End:
202
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
D. Economic activity
For persons age 5 and older
[Questions 16-20.]
16. Economic activity
What did [respondent] do in the last 12 months?
Write the appropriate code.
_ _
For persons age 5 and older
[Questions 16-20.]
16. Economic activity
What did [respondent] do in the last 12 months?
Write the appropriate code.
_ _
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Worked paid non seasonal |
| 2 | Worked paid seasonal |
| 3 | Worked unpaid non seasonal |
| 4 | Worked unpaid seasonal |
| 5 | Worked for own benefit full time |
| 6 | Worked for own benefit seasonal |
| 7 | Not worked (available for work and actively seeking for work) |
| 8 | Not worked (available for work but not actively seeking for work) |
| 9 | Full time student |
| 10 | Home maintenance (e.g. cooking, cleaning, caring for children and elderly) |
| 11 | Unable to work, sick, too old, disabled |
| 96 | Other work not specified |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
D. Employment: For people of age five and above
This part has five questions (question 16-20) which have to be answered by people of age 5 and above. For census purposes, a job is any economic activity, either if you get paid, make profit, do barter trade, or for domestic use. Housework is not regarded as a job except looking for firewood and fetching water from a source which is far from the respondent's living place. Housework includes laundry works, cleaning, cooking, etc. The housework mentioned above will be considered as economic activities if they are paid for. A house maid doing these works should be considered as employed.
Question 16: What work were you doing for the past 12 months?
This question is to know what economic activities were done in the past 12 months. If the Census is done in August, then past 12-month [period] starts from the night before Census day and goes back 12 months.
It may happen that the person being interviewed did several jobs for short periods. Then all the works should be combined together, and the respondent should be considered as having worked the full time - as long as these are economic activities.
The respondent with permanent employment will be recognized as if he/she worked for the entire period even if he/she is on any type of leave and is expecting to go back to work after the leave.
Codes "01" and "02" is for those who work for any kind of payment, be it money or any other payment according to the work done.
The respondent who do economic activities without payment, such as gathering firewood, fetching water, building his/her own house, helping in family business, and other activities of that type, use code "03" and"04" according to the answer given.
Codes "05" and "06" are to be used for people who are self employed, such as business people, farmers, etc. The respondent that did not do any economic activities but were searching for a job or ready to work at any time will be included in codes "07" and "08" according to the answer given. Remember that, the respondents that are not doing any economic activities might be ready to do economic activities if available.
For example, a woman who does housework that is non-economic may be ready do the work of selling bans if she gets the [starting] capital.
[p. 41]
Codes "09" to "11" involve those people who did not do any economic activities and were not ready to do any or did not do any work.
Code "09" is for those who did not do any economic activity. However, not every student is kept in this code. Students who do economic activities in their household receive codes "01" to "06" according to the answers given. They shouldn't be given code "09" as full time students.
For example, a student who goes to school but sell his own groundnuts after school should be included in code "06" and not code "09". If he/she is employed to sell groundnuts after school, then he/she should be included in code "02" and not code "09", etc.
Students who are on technical training will be considered as if they worked, and the codes used are between "01" and ''06" depending on the answers given. Code "10" is for those people who are doing housework that is non-economic such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. The respondents who do these activities for payment should not be included in this code. They are included in code "01" and "02" depending on the answers given. Code "11" is for people who did not do any economic activity because of old age, sickness, disability and other reasons of that kind. For all children age 5 and older and not full-time students, but are not doing any economic activities, shade code "11". The disabled, old people, sick, etc., who are able to do economic activities should not be included in this code unless they are not doing any economic activity.
Codes used in question 16 and 17 are as follows:
Working status
01 = Full time employment for salary
02 = Part time employment for wages
03 = Full time employment without payment
04 = Part time employment without payment
05 = Full time self-employed
06 = Part time self-employed
07 = Did not work but searching for a job
08 = Not looking for employment but ready to work
09 = Full time student
10 = Did non-economic housework
11 = Did not work aged, sick or disabled
96 = Others
98 = Unknown
[Illustration for question 16 is omitted]
This part has five questions (question 16-20) which have to be answered by people of age 5 and above. For census purposes, a job is any economic activity, either if you get paid, make profit, do barter trade, or for domestic use. Housework is not regarded as a job except looking for firewood and fetching water from a source which is far from the respondent's living place. Housework includes laundry works, cleaning, cooking, etc. The housework mentioned above will be considered as economic activities if they are paid for. A house maid doing these works should be considered as employed.
Question 16: What work were you doing for the past 12 months?
This question is to know what economic activities were done in the past 12 months. If the Census is done in August, then past 12-month [period] starts from the night before Census day and goes back 12 months.
It may happen that the person being interviewed did several jobs for short periods. Then all the works should be combined together, and the respondent should be considered as having worked the full time - as long as these are economic activities.
The respondent with permanent employment will be recognized as if he/she worked for the entire period even if he/she is on any type of leave and is expecting to go back to work after the leave.
Codes "01" and "02" is for those who work for any kind of payment, be it money or any other payment according to the work done.
The respondent who do economic activities without payment, such as gathering firewood, fetching water, building his/her own house, helping in family business, and other activities of that type, use code "03" and"04" according to the answer given.
Codes "05" and "06" are to be used for people who are self employed, such as business people, farmers, etc. The respondent that did not do any economic activities but were searching for a job or ready to work at any time will be included in codes "07" and "08" according to the answer given. Remember that, the respondents that are not doing any economic activities might be ready to do economic activities if available.
For example, a woman who does housework that is non-economic may be ready do the work of selling bans if she gets the [starting] capital.
[p. 41]
Codes "09" to "11" involve those people who did not do any economic activities and were not ready to do any or did not do any work.
Code "09" is for those who did not do any economic activity. However, not every student is kept in this code. Students who do economic activities in their household receive codes "01" to "06" according to the answers given. They shouldn't be given code "09" as full time students.
For example, a student who goes to school but sell his own groundnuts after school should be included in code "06" and not code "09". If he/she is employed to sell groundnuts after school, then he/she should be included in code "02" and not code "09", etc.
Students who are on technical training will be considered as if they worked, and the codes used are between "01" and ''06" depending on the answers given. Code "10" is for those people who are doing housework that is non-economic such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. The respondents who do these activities for payment should not be included in this code. They are included in code "01" and "02" depending on the answers given. Code "11" is for people who did not do any economic activity because of old age, sickness, disability and other reasons of that kind. For all children age 5 and older and not full-time students, but are not doing any economic activities, shade code "11". The disabled, old people, sick, etc., who are able to do economic activities should not be included in this code unless they are not doing any economic activity.
Codes used in question 16 and 17 are as follows:
Working status
01 = Full time employment for salary
02 = Part time employment for wages
03 = Full time employment without payment
04 = Part time employment without payment
05 = Full time self-employed
06 = Part time self-employed
07 = Did not work but searching for a job
08 = Not looking for employment but ready to work
09 = Full time student
10 = Did non-economic housework
11 = Did not work aged, sick or disabled
96 = Others
98 = Unknown
[Illustration for question 16 is omitted]
Description
Definition
This question indicates the economic activity of the person in the last 12 months.
Universe
Persons age 5+
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |