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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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Work status (UG2014A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: UGA2014_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 228
End: 229
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 1: Particulars of household members</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p>P22 What was [the respondent's] main activity status in the last 7 days? (Refer to code list P22)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 10 Working for pay<br />[] 11 Employer<br />[] 12 Own account worker<br />[] 13 Helping without pay in household business<br />[] 14 Volunteer<br />[] 15 An apprentice (not paid)<br />[] 16 Looking for work<br />[] 17 Not working and not looking for work<br />[] 18 Household chores<br />[] 19 Full time student<br />[] 20 Retired/Pensioner<br />[] 21 Too old to work<br />[] 22 Too young to work<br />[] 96 Other<br />[] 97 Not applicable</div>
Categories
Value Category
10 Working for pay
11 Employer
12 Own account worker (work alone)
13 Helping without pay in household business
14 Volunteer
15 An apprentice (not paid)
16 Looking for work
17 Not working and not looking for work
18 Household chores
19 Full time student
20 Retired or pensioner
21 Too old to work
22 Too young to work
23 Other
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 person's work status during the past 7 days.
Universe
Uganda 2014: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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