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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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Type of activity if not working regularly for cash during the past month (BW1981A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 175
End: 175
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">(Questions 13 through 14 were asked of all present residents, persons aged 12 years and over)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">13. What did (the person) do?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Housewife<br />[] 2 Student<br />[] 3 Retired<br />[] 4 Activity looking for work<br />[] 5 Work at family landscape<br />[] 6 Periodic piece jobs<br />[] 7 Others (Go to 16 if applicable, else stop)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Housewife
2 Student
3 Retired
4 Actively looking for work
5 Work at family lands or cattle-post
6 Periodic piece job
7 Others
8 Unknown
9 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 type of activity the person was doing if not working regularly for cash during the past month.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Present residents age 12+ who were not working [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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