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Population Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991
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BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Source of income (BD1991A_0051)

Data file: BGD1991-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 150
End: 151
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 98
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
11. Main source of income of household (last year)

[] 1. Own agricultural land
[] 2. Livestock
[] 3. Forestry
[] 4. Fisherman
[] 5. Fishery
[] 6. Agricultural labor
[] 7. Non-agricultural labor
[] 8. Handloom
[] 9. Industry
[] 10. Business
[] 11. Hawker
[] 12. Trans. Non-Mech
[] 13. Trans. Mechanical
[] 14. Construction
[] 15. Religious
[] 16. Service
[] 17. Rent/remittance
[] 18. Other service
[] 19. Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Own agricultural land
2 Livestock
3 Forestry
4 Fisherman
5 Fishery
6 Agricultural labour
7 Non-agricultural labour
8 Handloom
9 Industry
10 Business
11 Hawker
12 Non-mechanical transportation
13 Mechanical transportation
14 Construction
15 Religious
16 Service
17 Rent/remitance
18 Other service
19 Others
98 Unknown
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
11. Main source of income of the household:
There may be more than one source of income of the members of the household. Consider the following 19 sources of income and in accordance with the regular income mark for that source which yearly income is maximum. Ask the respondent "Which is the maximum income source of your household?", considering the last one year. "Which is the most among the income source?" If the respondent mentioned more than one source then ask the respondent "Which source is the maximum among those you have already mentioned?" Mark the oval cell appropriately.

1. Own agricultural land: Most of the income come from own agricultural land or share cropping.
2. Livestock rearing: Income comes from livestock rearing.
3. Forest: Collection of Forest resources such as honey, wood, bamboo, leaf, wax, etc.
4. Fisherman: Income comes from catching and selling of fish.
5. Fish culture: Income comes from commercial fish farming and breeding center.
6. Agricultural labor: Income comes from working as laborer in other's land or farm
7. Non- Agricultural labor: Income comes from working as laborer other than agriculture work.
8. Handloom: Income comes from handloom industry.
9. Industry: Income comes from other cottage industry, heavy industry and factory
10. Business: Income comes from glossary shop trade and business activities
11. Hawkers: Don't have permanent shop but Income come from hawking
12. Non-mechanized vehicle: Income from rickshaw, cart, boat, push cart etc.
13. Mechanized vehicle: Bus, minibus, motor vehicles, scooter, lanch/steemer, boat driven by engine etc.
14. Construction work: Roads, highways, house, bridge construction/contracting activities etc.
15. Religious work: Income from religious works such as Imam, Moazzin, Clergy men, Milad mehfil, puja festival
16. Employment: Income from government, semi- government, private employment
17. Rent/remittances
18. Other services: Income from providing services as Barber, carpenter, lawyers, doctors (self-employed) etc.
19. Others: Income from begging, charity, etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the source of income.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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