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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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Activity status (SS2008A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 228
End: 228
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="SS08A434 SS08A534">19. During the week before census night, did [the respondent] work at least one hour for pay (or without pay), profit, in kind, or for family business?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked (skip to Q21)<br />[] 2 Did not work but have a job to go back to (skip to Q21)<br />[] 3 Did not work but worked before and seeking work and available for work (skip to Q21)<br />[] 4 Did not work, seeking work for the first time and available for work (skip to Q24)<br />[] 5 Did not work and not seeking work</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Worked last week
2 Temporarily away from job
3 Worked before and seeking work
4 First time job seeker
5 Not working or seeking work
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 employment status.
Universe
South Sudan 2008: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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