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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Employment status (EG1986A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: EGY1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 190
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Individual data</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Persons six years and over</span>
<br />[Questions 8-11 asked of persons six years and over.]</p>

<p><span class="em">8. Employment status</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Under age<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Self-employed<br />[] 4 Employee<br />[] 5 Unpaid worker<br />[] 6 Seeking work (old)<br />[] 7 Seeking work (new)<br />[] 8 Student<br />[] 9 Housewife<br />[] 10 Not willing to work<br />[] 11 Retired<br />[] 12 Aged not working<br />[] 13 Unable to work</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Employer
02 Self-employed
03 Employee
04 Unpaid worker
05 Seeking work (worked previously)
06 Seeking first job
07 Student
08 Housewife
09 Not willing to work
10 Retired
11 Elderly
12 Disabled, unable to work
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
This variable indicates the person's employment status.
Universe
Egypt 1986: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II none]

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