Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Subsistence work (MW2008A_0442)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 237

End: 237

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P20-P24 were asked of residents aged 6 years or older]

P22. Did [the respondent] do one of the following activities during the last 7 days?

[] 1 Farming / rearing animals / fishing (go to P25)
[] 2 Production / services / selling (go to P25)
[] 3 House worker at someone's house (go to P25)
[] 4 Homeworker at own house
[] 5 None

Categories

Value	Category
1	Farming/rearing
2	Production/services/selling
3	Houseworker at someone's house
4	Homeworker at own house
5	None
9	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

Questions for usual residents age 6 years or older (economic activity)
[Questions P20-P27 were asked of persons age 6 years or over]

P22. Economically active
This question will apply to household members who, in the last 7 days, did some economic activity.

If the response is either 1, 2, or 3, skip to P25.

Examples of production, services and selling;
Production - brewing of kachasu, kuphika mandasi, kusoka mphasa
Services - teaching, shoe repairing, ganyu
Selling - selling of kaunjika, firewood, groceries

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person did some subsistence work during the last seven days.

Universe

Non-visitors age 6+ who have never worked or were homeworker last week

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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