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Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985
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BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, IPUMS
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Employment status (BF1985A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: BFA1985_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 123
End: 123
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BF85A406 BF85A407 BF85A408 BF85A409 BF85A410 BF85A411 BF85A412"><span class="h3">Residents 10 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 9-15 were asked for residents age 10 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="BF85A408 BF85A409 BF85A410 BF85A411 BF85A412"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BF85A408">11. Employment status ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Looking for first job
4 Homemaker
5 Student
6 Retired/pensioner
7 Invalid
8 Other
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status.
Universe
Burkina Faso 1985: Residents age 10+ [discrepancies: type 1 none; type 2 0.3%]

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