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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- SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
- SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat
Main occupation in the past 12 months (SL2015A_OCC)
Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
289
End:
290
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>
<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>
<p>Economic activity [Questions P28-P31]</p>
<p>P30. Occupation</p>
<div class="i1">Answered only by respondents who indicated that they were employed, in an apprenticeship or looking for work in question P28<br /><br />What kind of work did [the respondent] do during the past 12 months?<br /><br />[] 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>
<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>
<p>Economic activity [Questions P28-P31]</p>
<p>P30. Occupation</p>
<div class="i1">Answered only by respondents who indicated that they were employed, in an apprenticeship or looking for work in question P28<br /><br />What kind of work did [the respondent] do during the past 12 months?<br /><br />[] 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>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Legislators, senior officials and managers |
| 02 | Professionals |
| 03 | Technicians and associate professionals |
| 04 | Clerks |
| 05 | Service workers, shop and market sales workers |
| 06 | Agricultural and fishery worker (farmers, fishermen, animal rearers, hunters, palm wine tappers, poultry workers, or similar) |
| 07 | Craft and related trade workers |
| 08 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers |
| 09 | Elementary occupations |
| 10 | Armed forces |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>
<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns P28 to P31 -- Economic activity (for persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />149. Questions on economic activity relate to respondents who are aged 10 years and above. Note that the reference period is 12 months prior to the census; you must therefore concern yourself with the person's economic activities within that period and not beyond.</p>
<p><span class="em">P30-- Occupation</span>
<br />152. Occupation means the main work a person does, irrespective of what is actually produced. Ask as clearly as possible the kind of work the person is doing or did in the last 12 months to the census. Occupation refers to the type of work done in a job by the person employed (or the type of work done previously, if the person is unemployed), irrespective of the industry or the status in employment in which the person should be classified.</p>
<p>153. Ask, "What is this person's work?" If the answer is "None", ask, "What work has this person done during the last 12 months?" If the answers are vague ask further questions such as, "What does this person actually do?" Use the appropriate code in the code list. For example, a clerk is 'clerical', and would be given code '4', a teacher will be treated as 'professional' and given code '2' and so on.</p>
<p>154. Note that only a single response is required. Therefore for those with more than one occupation, ask and record the main one. If the person worked for a day in the last 12 months that person is considered employed.
<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>
<p><span class="em">Columns P28 to P31 -- Economic activity (for persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />149. Questions on economic activity relate to respondents who are aged 10 years and above. Note that the reference period is 12 months prior to the census; you must therefore concern yourself with the person's economic activities within that period and not beyond.</p>
<p><span class="em">P30-- Occupation</span>
<br />152. Occupation means the main work a person does, irrespective of what is actually produced. Ask as clearly as possible the kind of work the person is doing or did in the last 12 months to the census. Occupation refers to the type of work done in a job by the person employed (or the type of work done previously, if the person is unemployed), irrespective of the industry or the status in employment in which the person should be classified.</p>
<p>153. Ask, "What is this person's work?" If the answer is "None", ask, "What work has this person done during the last 12 months?" If the answers are vague ask further questions such as, "What does this person actually do?" Use the appropriate code in the code list. For example, a clerk is 'clerical', and would be given code '4', a teacher will be treated as 'professional' and given code '2' and so on.</p>
<p>154. Note that only a single response is required. Therefore for those with more than one occupation, ask and record the main one. If the person worked for a day in the last 12 months that person is considered employed.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's main occupation in the past 12 months.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons age 10+ who ever worked in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |