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Population and Housing Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2001
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BGD_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Class of worker (BD2001A_0414)

Data file: BGD2001-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 130
End: 130
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions from 23 to 28 is applicable for persons aged 5 years and above]




28. Work status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Family worker
[] 3 Self-employed
[] 4 Day labor
[] 5 Servant at home
[] 6. Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Family worker
3 Self-employed
4 Day labor
5 Servant at home
6 Others
8 Unknown
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
Question 28: Working Status
Working status is divided into five categories. Fill out the most appropriate oval box for this question.



Question 28 Working Status: This question is not applicable for person who do not work or looking for work as identified in question 27 and filled oval code 1 and 2. Fill out the following oval codes for persons economically active.


1. Employer: A person who worked as an employer for the last week.
2. Family Helper: A person who worked as a family helper without remuneration.
3. Other Self Employed: Person who is self employed i.e not employed by others.
4. Day Labour: Person who works on daily wage basis.
5. House Servant: Person who is engaged as house servant/maid servant/security workers on the basis of salary.
6. Others: Person engaged in works except category 1 to 5.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the class of worker.
Universe
Persons who work

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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