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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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  • SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Main employer in the past 12 months (SL2015A_SECTOR)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 287
End: 288
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>P29. Employer</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 />Who did [the respondent] work for during the past 12 months?<br /><br />[] 01 Government<br />[] 02 Parastatal/quasi government<br />[] 03 Self employed<br />[] 04 International non-governmental organization<br />[] 05 Local non-governmental organization<br />[] 06 Family member<br />[] 07 Private enterprises<br />[] 08 Private household (paid domestic work)<br />[] 09 Embassy or International organization<br />[] 10 Others<br />[] 11 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Government
02 Parastatal, quasi-government
03 Self-employed
04 International non governmental organization
05 Local non governmental organization
06 Family member
07 Private enterprises
08 Private household (paid domestic work)
09 Embassy or international organization
10 Others
98 Unknown
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">P 29-- Employer</span>
<br />151. This question seeks to establish the person the respondent works for. Ask for whom are you doing this work for? (Use code list to record the response).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main employer 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 Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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