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General Census of Population and Housing 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1998
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MLI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Work status in main activity (ML1998A_CLASSWK)

Data file: MLI1998_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ML98A404 ML98A405 ML98A406 ML98A410 ML98A412 ML98A413 ML98A414 ML98A415 ML98A416 ML98A417 ML98A418 ML98A419 ML98A420 ML98A422 ML98A423 ML98A424 ML98A425 ML98A426 ML98A427 ML98A428 ML98A429 ML98A430 ML98A431 ML98A432 ML98A433 ML98A434 ML98A435"><span class="em">Section B: Individual Characteristics</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ML98A420 ML98A422 ML98A423 ML98A424 ML98A425 ML98A426 ML98A427 ML98A428 ML98A429 ML98A430 ML98A431">For persons aged 6 years and above<br />[Questions 16-26]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ML98A427 ML98A428 ML98A429 ML98A430 ML98A431"><span class="em">Activity type</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ML98A429">24. Work status in main activity<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 Not applicable<br />[] 1 Self employed<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Salaried, regular<br />[] 4 Salaried, temporary<br />[] 5 Apprentice, paid<br />[] 6 Apprentice, not paid<br />[] 7 Family help</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Self employed
2 Employer
3 Salaried, regular
4 Salaried, temporary
5 Apprentice, paid
6 Apprentice, not paid
7 Family aid
9 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 class of worker.
Universe
Mali 1998: Persons age 6+ and currently working [discrepancies: none]

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