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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Reasons for being away of the absent household member (BW1981A_ABSREAS)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 196
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">9. Reason for being away</span><div class="i1">[] 01 Working in mines<br />[] 02 Working in farms<br />[] 03 Working as domestic<br />[] 04 Other employment<br />[] 05 Student<br />[] 06 Visiting relatives<br />[] 07 Official business<br />[] 08 Other business<br />[] 09 Others<br />[] 10 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Working in mines
02 Working in farms
03 Working as domestic
04 Other employment
05 Student
06 Visiting relatives
07 Official business
08 Other business
09 Others
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reasons for being away of the absent household member.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Absent citizens [discrepancies: none]

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