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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

South Sudan, 2008
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SSD_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Class of worker (SS2008A_CLASSWK)

Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SS08A434 SS08A435 SS08A436 SS08A437 SS08A438 SS08A534 SS08A535 SS08A536 SS08A537 SS08A538"><span class="em">Economic activity</span><br />[Questions 19 - 23: Persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SS08A438 SS08A538">23. For those who worked or have worked before, what was [the respondent's] employment status?<br /><div class="i1">[Q21 is asked of persons age 10 or older who worked, did not work but have a job to go back to, or did not work but last week but have work and seeking work and available for work, as per Q19.]<br />[] 1 Paid employee<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Own account worker<br />[] 4 Unpaid family worker<br />[] 5 Unpaid working for others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Paid employee
2 Employer
3 Own account worker
4 Unpaid family worker
5 Unpaid working for others
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's class of worker.
Universe
South Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ who worked or were seeking work not for the first time [discrepancies: none]

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