General Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983

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GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Minnesota Population Center

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Status in the profession (GN1983A_0418)

Data file: GIN1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For the population aged 10 years and above: Economic characteristics
[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons aged 10 years and above.]

18. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Family assistant
[] 5 Apprentice
[] 9 Other

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Employer
2	Independent
3	Employee
4	Family Aide
5	Apprentice
6	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.

Interviewer instructions

C. Economic characteristics for the population aged 10 and older

Column (18): Work Status
139. By "work status", it means the status or hierarchical position of an individual within the company or service with relation to his current employment in the "employed" (OCC) category, or previous [employment] for the "unemployed" (ST) category. Depending on the case, write:

-EMP for Employer: one who uses workers other than himself and pays them either in room and board (en nature) or in cash;
-IND for an Independent Worker, or one who works alone: he who is self employed in a profession or craft and who does not employ any paid workers, but who may have a family helper or helpers;
-AF for Family Helper: he who works without pay for a member of his family, a relative. The family member or relative should be the owner of a company in the broad sense (family farm, workshop, enterprise or company) and must work within the company.
-AP for Apprentice: he who completes his work with or without remuneration, with a goal of learning a trade;
-AUT for Other situations not classified in the above categories.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the work status or position of the individual with the current employer if employed or former employer if unemployed. Some responses for children under 10 are included.

Universe

Persons age 10+ who are employed or unemployed and have a listed occupation

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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