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Population Census 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2012
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ZWE_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Agency, IPUMS
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Main economic activity (last 12 months) (ZW2012A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: ZWE2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 247
End: 248
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">D- For persons age 10 years and above </span>
<br />[Questions 20 to 22 were asked of persons age 10 years and above]</p>

<p>20. What was (the respondent's) main activity during the last 12 months? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Paid employee<br />[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Own account worker <br />[] 3 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 4 Looking for work/ unemployed <br />[] 5 Student<br />[] 6 Homemaker <br />[] 7 Retired/ Sick/ Too old <br />[] 8 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Paid employee
01 Employer
02 Own account worker
03 Unpaid family worker
04 Looking for work or unemployed
05 Student
06 Homemaker
07 Retired, sick, or too old
08 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main economic activity.
Universe
Zimbabwe 2012: Persons ages 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.6%]

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