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V National Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1970
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DOM_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Economic activity (DO1970A_ECONACT)

Data file: DOM1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 118
End: 119
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Persons 10 years of age and older </span>[Applies to questions 12-16]</p>

<p>12. Occupation condition [economic activity] of the enumerated person. What was the occupational condition of the enumerated person between the 1st and the 9th of this January, according to the options I am going to read to you?
<br />(Read the list to the right)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employed (had paid work of any kind)<br />[] 2 Unemployed<br />[] 3 Seeking first job<br />[] 4 Household duties<br />[] 5 Student<br />[] 6 Renter<br />[] 7 Retired or receiving pension<br />[] 8 Disabled or institutionalized<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Employed
02 Unemployed
03 Seeking first job
04 Household duties
05 Student
06 Rentier
07 Retired or receiving pension
08 Disabled or institutionalized
09 Other
98 Unknown
99 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 identifies the type of economic activity of the individual during the reference period: January 1st to January 9th, 1970.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 2.5%]

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