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National Population and Housing Census 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2014
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UGA_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main source of livelihood in the last year (UG2014A_LIVEHOOD)

Data file: UGA2014_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 266
End: 267
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4: Household characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Source of livelihood</span></p>

<p>H28 What was the main source of the household's livelihood in the last 12 months?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Subsistence farming<br />[] 11 Commercial farming<br />[] 12 Employment income<br />[] 13 Business enterprise<br />[] 14 Cottage industry<br />[] 15 Property income<br />[] 16 Family/Friends/Relatives<br />[] 17 Institutional or program support (e.g. Red Cross, WFP, etc)<br />[] 18 Sale of assets<br />[] 96 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Subsistence farming
11 Commercial farming
12 Employment income
13 Business enterprise
14 Cottage industry
15 Property income
16 Family, friends, or relatives
17 Institutional or programme support (e.g. red cross, wfp, etc)
18 Sale of assets
19 Other
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 livelihood for the household during the last year.
Universe
Uganda 2014: All households

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