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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Work income (in Honduran Lempira) (HN1988A_INC)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 266
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Economic characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A428 HN88A429"><span class="em">22. What was your last income received for the occupation declared in the previous question?</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____ .00 Lps. [Honduran Lempiras per]:<br /><br />[] 1 Day<br />[] 2 Week<br />[] 3 Fifteen days<br />[] 4 Month</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">C. Economic characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">22. What was your last income received for the occupation declared in the previous question?</span>
<br />The last income, in Lempiras, received for the mentioned occupation, is recorded, specifying whether the income is received daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.</p>

<p>[These instructions refer to an illustration of a man receiving income]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's work income (in Honduran Lempira) during last day, week, or month.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Persons age 10+ who had a job or who were experienced unemployed [discrepancies: type I none; type II 16.2%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 5-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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