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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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Sep 03, 2025
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Main work field (BD2001A_IND)

Data file: BGD2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 136
End: 137
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BD01A409 BD01A410 BD01A411 BD01A412 BD01A413 BD01A414"> [Questions from 23 to 28 is applicable for persons aged 5 years and above]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BD01A413"><span class="h3">27. Main field of Profession/work (last one week)</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Not working<br />[] 2 Looking for work<br />[] 3 Household work<br />[] 4 Agriculture<br />[] 5 Industry<br />[] 6 Water/Electricity/Gas<br />[] 7 Construction<br />[] 8 Transport/communication<br />[] 9 Hotel/restaurant<br />[] 10 Business<br />[] 11 Service<br />[] 12 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Not working
02 Looking for work
03 Household work
04 Agriculture
05 Industry
06 Water/electricity/gas
07 Construction
08 Transport/communication
09 Hotel/restaurant
10 Business
11 Service
12 Others
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
This variable indicates the main work field.
Universe
Bangladesh 2001: Persons age 5 years and more [discrepancies: none]

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