Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Class of worker (IE2016A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 196

End: 196

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

29. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job?</p>
<div class="i1">Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours. Mark one box only<br /><br />[] 1. Employee <br />[] 2. Self-employed, with paid employees <br />[] 3. Self-employed, without paid employees <br />[] 4. Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employee
2	Self-employed, with paid employees
3	Self-employed, without paid employees
4	Assisting relative
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 class of worker.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Present persons aged 15+ who are working, experienced unemployed, or retired [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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