2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Sierra Leone, 2015
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Reference ID
SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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- SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
- SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat
Number of economically active persons before and after Ebola (SL2015A_NACTIVE)
Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
274
End:
275
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
E4. For economically active members, complete the following table:</p>
<div class="i1">Main occupation before Ebola outbreak</div><div class="i2">[] 01 Legislators, senior officials and managers (members of parliament, civil servants, traditional chiefs and headmen, chief executive officers, managers, directors, etc.).<br />[] 02 Professionals (lecturers, teachers, SNR nurses, bankers, statisticians, engineers, lawyers, accountants, imams, pastors, journalists, librarians, medical doctor, building contractors)<br />[] 03 Technicians and associate professionals (technicians, plumbers, it specialists, JNR nurses, traditional healers, police officers, prison officers, traffic wardens, entertainers, tax officers)<br />[] 04 Clerks (secretaries, data processing operators, cashiers, custom service officers, other office clerks)<br />[] 05 Service workers, and shop and market sales workers (waitresses, restaurant attendants, travel attendants, house maid, soothsayers, fire force officers, models, traders, private security officers)<br />[] 06 Agricultural and fishery workers (farmers, fishermen, animal rearers, hunters, palm wine tappers, poultry workers etc.)<br />[] 07 Craft and related trade workers (stone breakers, sand miners, diamond and gold miners, other miners, wood carvers, painters, masoner, builders, structure cleaners, black smith, mechanics and fitters, electricians, printers, wood cutter, shoe makers, carpenters, welders, tailors, cookery sellers, seamstress, etc. )<br />[] 08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers (machine operators, tractor drivers, motor vehicle drivers, okada riders, printers, binders, potters, crewmen, power saw operators, boat drivers, ferry workers)<br />[] 09 Elementary workers (newspaper vendors. street sellers, hawkers, shoe cleaners, labourers, cleaners, caretakers, messengers, garbage collectors, porters)<br />[] 10 Armed forces (army, navy, OSD)</div><div class="i1">Main current occupation</div><div class="i2">[] 01 Legislators, senior officials and managers (members of parliament, civil servants, traditional chiefs and headmen, chief executive officers, managers, directors, etc.).<br />[] 02 Professionals (lecturers, teachers, SNR nurses, bankers, statisticians, engineers, lawyers, accountants, imams, pastors, journalists, librarians, medical doctor, building contractors)<br />[] 03 Technicians and associate professionals (technicians, plumbers, it specialists, JNR nurses, traditional healers, police officers, prison officers, traffic wardens, entertainers, tax officers)<br />[] 04 Clerks (secretaries, data processing operators, cashiers, custom service officers, other office clerks)<br />[] 05 Service workers, and shop and market sales workers (waitresses, restaurant attendants, travel attendants, house maid, soothsayers, fire force officers, models, traders, private security officers)<br />[] 06 Agricultural and fishery workers (farmers, fishermen, animal rearers, hunters, palm wine tappers, poultry workers etc.)<br />[] 07 Craft and related trade workers (stone breakers, sand miners, diamond and gold miners, other miners, wood carvers, painters, masoner, builders, structure cleaners, black smith, mechanics and fitters, electricians, printers, wood cutter, shoe makers, carpenters, welders, tailors, cookery sellers, seamstress, etc. )<br />[] 08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers (machine operators, tractor drivers, motor vehicle drivers, okada riders, printers, binders, potters, crewmen, power saw operators, boat drivers, ferry workers)<br />[] 09 Elementary workers (newspaper vendors. street sellers, hawkers, shoe cleaners, labourers, cleaners, caretakers, messengers, garbage collectors, porters)<br />[] 10 Armed forces (army, navy, OSD)</div><div class="i1">Ebola impact on the person's revenue</div><div class="i2">[] 1. Increased substantially<br />[] 2. Increased<br />[] 3. No change<br />[] 4. Decreased<br />[] 5. Decreased substantially</div>
<div class="i1">Main occupation before Ebola outbreak</div><div class="i2">[] 01 Legislators, senior officials and managers (members of parliament, civil servants, traditional chiefs and headmen, chief executive officers, managers, directors, etc.).<br />[] 02 Professionals (lecturers, teachers, SNR nurses, bankers, statisticians, engineers, lawyers, accountants, imams, pastors, journalists, librarians, medical doctor, building contractors)<br />[] 03 Technicians and associate professionals (technicians, plumbers, it specialists, JNR nurses, traditional healers, police officers, prison officers, traffic wardens, entertainers, tax officers)<br />[] 04 Clerks (secretaries, data processing operators, cashiers, custom service officers, other office clerks)<br />[] 05 Service workers, and shop and market sales workers (waitresses, restaurant attendants, travel attendants, house maid, soothsayers, fire force officers, models, traders, private security officers)<br />[] 06 Agricultural and fishery workers (farmers, fishermen, animal rearers, hunters, palm wine tappers, poultry workers etc.)<br />[] 07 Craft and related trade workers (stone breakers, sand miners, diamond and gold miners, other miners, wood carvers, painters, masoner, builders, structure cleaners, black smith, mechanics and fitters, electricians, printers, wood cutter, shoe makers, carpenters, welders, tailors, cookery sellers, seamstress, etc. )<br />[] 08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers (machine operators, tractor drivers, motor vehicle drivers, okada riders, printers, binders, potters, crewmen, power saw operators, boat drivers, ferry workers)<br />[] 09 Elementary workers (newspaper vendors. street sellers, hawkers, shoe cleaners, labourers, cleaners, caretakers, messengers, garbage collectors, porters)<br />[] 10 Armed forces (army, navy, OSD)</div><div class="i1">Main current occupation</div><div class="i2">[] 01 Legislators, senior officials and managers (members of parliament, civil servants, traditional chiefs and headmen, chief executive officers, managers, directors, etc.).<br />[] 02 Professionals (lecturers, teachers, SNR nurses, bankers, statisticians, engineers, lawyers, accountants, imams, pastors, journalists, librarians, medical doctor, building contractors)<br />[] 03 Technicians and associate professionals (technicians, plumbers, it specialists, JNR nurses, traditional healers, police officers, prison officers, traffic wardens, entertainers, tax officers)<br />[] 04 Clerks (secretaries, data processing operators, cashiers, custom service officers, other office clerks)<br />[] 05 Service workers, and shop and market sales workers (waitresses, restaurant attendants, travel attendants, house maid, soothsayers, fire force officers, models, traders, private security officers)<br />[] 06 Agricultural and fishery workers (farmers, fishermen, animal rearers, hunters, palm wine tappers, poultry workers etc.)<br />[] 07 Craft and related trade workers (stone breakers, sand miners, diamond and gold miners, other miners, wood carvers, painters, masoner, builders, structure cleaners, black smith, mechanics and fitters, electricians, printers, wood cutter, shoe makers, carpenters, welders, tailors, cookery sellers, seamstress, etc. )<br />[] 08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers (machine operators, tractor drivers, motor vehicle drivers, okada riders, printers, binders, potters, crewmen, power saw operators, boat drivers, ferry workers)<br />[] 09 Elementary workers (newspaper vendors. street sellers, hawkers, shoe cleaners, labourers, cleaners, caretakers, messengers, garbage collectors, porters)<br />[] 10 Armed forces (army, navy, OSD)</div><div class="i1">Ebola impact on the person's revenue</div><div class="i2">[] 1. Increased substantially<br />[] 2. Increased<br />[] 3. No change<br />[] 4. Decreased<br />[] 5. Decreased substantially</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10+ |
| 99 | 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 number of economically active persons in the household before and after Ebola.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |