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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2001
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BGD_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main source of livelihood (LIVEHOOD)

Data file: BGD2001_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 154
End: 155
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 Agricultural activities
11 Subsistence animal husbandry
12 Subsistence farming
13 Commercial farming
14 Fishing
20 Employment income
30 Business enterprise
31 Formal trading
32 Petty trading
40 Cottage industry
50 Property income
60 Family support/remittances
70 Humanitarian aid
80 Other
81 Rent or remittances
82 Religious work
83 Pension
84 Sale of assets
99 Unknown
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
LIVEHOOD describes the main source of livelihood of the household. If there were multiple sources, one had to be chosen as the most important.

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