Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005

Bhutan, 2005

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Reference ID

BTN_2005_PHC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Office of the Census Commissioner

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Nov 14, 2011

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Main source of income (q28cb)

Data file: pop_edu_labor_fer (both files provide cases)

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 172

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Employment and Income

Literal question

Main source of income

Categories

Value	Category
1	Salary/wage
2	Own enterprise
3	Farming
4	Property
5	Pension
6	Stipend
7	Remittances
8	Livestock
9	Weaving
10	Other sources
11	No income

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

Write appropriate code for the main source of income. If a person has more than one income source either in cash in kind, write only the main source of income. While some income sources are straight forward others like “property” refer to income from rental or hire charges. Similarly, for students, trainees, individuals and institutional residents, etc. the stipend and allowances received should also be considered in this column. Likewise, remittances received should also be included in this column.

Description

Definition

Main source of income is the major or the main source of income through which the person earns a livelihood

Universe

Persons age 15 and over

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