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Dominican Republic, 1960
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DOM_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Status in employment (DO1960A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: DOM1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 105
End: 105
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For those individuals 10 years of age and older </span>
<br />[Applies to questions 14 - 18]</p>

<p>17. Occupational category.</p>
<div class="i1">E = employer, T. P. = self-employed, A = salaried employee, T. F. = family worker<br />____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self employed
3 Salaried or waged employee
4 Unpaid family worker
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 refers to the status of an employed person with respect to his or her employment during the reference period: January 1st to August 7th, 1960. The variable indicates whether a person was an employer, was self-employed, or worked for someone else, either for pay or as an unpaid family worker.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1960: Persons age 10+ who were employed during the reference period [discrepancies: none]

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