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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Fishery activity (SL2015A_FISHERYACT)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 282
End: 282
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
A1. Does this household undertake any agricultural activities (e.g.: farming, fishing, animal husbandry, etc.)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No<br /><br />If no, go to Section VI</div><p>A7. Does this household perform any fishery activities?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Fish pond<br />[] 2. Artisan fishing<br />[] 3. Coastal fishing<br />[] 4. None</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3"> Section 5: Agricultural Module</span></p>

<p>210. This section asks questions of major agricultural activities undertaken by household members. Ask if any member in the household is engaged in agricultural activities like the cultivation of crops and the rearing of animals such as sheep, goats, chickens etc. If any member is engaged in Agricultural activity (ies) record '1' for "yes" in A1. If no member is engaged in agricultural activity (ties) record '2' and skip to section VI.</p>

<p>211. If there is only one member engaged in agricultural activity, the household is considered as being engaged in Agricultural activity. Always make sure that you verify that no member in the household is engaged in agricultural activity before doing you entries. Some people may think that being engaged in agricultural activity means doing large farming or only has to do with the planting of crops. Explained to the respondent what 'being engaged' in agricultural activity really means in order to get the correct response.</p>

<p><span class="em">A7-- Fishery activities</span>
<br />220. Ask if any member of the household is engaged in fishing activities. Record '1' for fish pond, '2' for artisan fishing, '3' for coastal fishing or '4' for none in the space provided.</p>

<p><span class="em">Annex 3: Agricultural module guide (section 5) major agricultural activities undertaken by the household</span></p>

<p>A11: Fishery</p>
<div class="i1">Record 1 if yes or 2 if no.<br /><br />Fishery: This refers to fish farming; fish pond, rearing of fish<br /><br />It does not include fishing activities from streams, rivers, seas and oceans</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household undertakes the fishery activity.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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