Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997

Reference ID

IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center

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Status in employment (IQ1997A_0422)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 230

End: 230

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons six years old and more
[Applies to questions 46-52]

49. Employment status

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Employer
2	Own-account worker
3	Employee
4	Unpaid family worker
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

49. Employment status:
Indicated by the sign (x) in the right square according to the following:
1. Employer
Related to the employers in the private, Arab and foreign sector only and defined as the person who owns or runs a big or small establishment or practices a skill or profession on condition he has to employ one person or more to fulfill his work.
2. Own account worker
A person who works on his own account and practices a skill or work on workshop that he owns and runs and doesn't employ any person to help him or fulfill his work.
3. Employee
Every person who receives a salary or fee in return for his work in different sectors governmental, mixed, private, Arabic, foreign or work for his own household in return of wage.
4. Unpaid family worker
He is the person that works no less than third of the ordinary working hours that means working at least two unpaid hours in agricultural holding or establishment that owned or ran by one person of his household.
Note: If a person corresponds on more than one status. The status of the more working hours is taken.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the class of worker.

Universe

Persons age 6+ who are working either full or part time

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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