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2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2009
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KEN_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Economic activity in the last 7 days (KE2009A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: KEN2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 253
End: 254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE09A435 KE09A436 KE09A437"><span class="h3">E: Labour force particulars</span><br /><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br /> [Question 42 was asked of all individuals age 5+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE09A435">P-42. What was [person] mainly doing during the last 7 days preceding the census night? _ _<br /><div class="i1">The code list is provided.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worked for pay
02 On leave
03 Sick leave
04 Own - family business
05 Own - family agriculture holding
06 Intern/Apprentice
07 Volunteer
08 Seeking work (action taken)
09 Seeking work (no action taken)
10 No work available
11 Retired
12 Homemaker
13 Full time student
14 Incapacitated
15 Other
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main type of economic activity in the last 7 days.
Universe
Kenya 2009: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I 2.7%; type II none]

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