IV National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

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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Economic activity (DO1960A_ECONACT)

Data file: DOM1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 103

End: 104

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
11	Employed or unpaid family worker
21	Homemaker
22	Student
23	Retiree
24	Rentier
25	Disabled or prisoner
26	Other not included above

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 identifies the type of economic activity of the individual during the reference period: January 1st to August 7th, 1960. Persons who worked for pay or as an unpaid family worker for one continuous week at any time during the reference period are categorized as employed, even if they were not working at the time of enumeration.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1960: All persons [discrepancies: none]

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