National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Main source of income (PL1978A_INCSRC)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 149

End: 149

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

16. Main source of maintenance (Encircle the relevant source).</p>
<div class="i1">For persons maintained write in the number of his (her) breadwinner (i.e. number successive in enumerating persons in dwelling)<br /><br />[] A Maintenance from work<br />[] B Maintenance not from work<br />[] C Number of breadwinner ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Economically active in the main source of maintenance
2	Economically active in the additional source of maintenance (with the non-earned main source of maintenance)
3	Having only non-earned source of maintenance
4	Being maintained by males who are economically active in the main source of maintenance
5	Being maintained by males who are economically active in the additional source of maintenance (with the non-earned main source of maintenance)
6	Being maintained by males who have only non-earned sources of maintences
7	Being maintained by females who are economically active in the main source of maintenance
8	Being maintained by females who are economically active in the additional source of maintenance (with the non-earned main source of maintenance)
9	Being maintained by females who have only non- earned sources of maintences

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 main source of income of the person enumerated.

Universe

Poland 1978: All persons

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