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National Population Housing Census 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Greece, 1971
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GRC_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Service of Greece, IPUMS
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Main source of livelihood (GR1971A_LIVEHOOD)

Data file: GRC1971_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GR71A413 GR71A414 GR71A415 GR71A416 GR71A417 GR71A418 GR71A419 GR71A420 GR71A421 GR71A422 GR71A423"><span class="em">The following questions 13-24 should only be completed for persons born in 1960 or earlier.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GR71A420"><span class="h3">21. What is his/her main source of livelihood (regardless of whether or not he/she is working)?</span><br />[] 1 Work<br />[] 2 Capital income<br />[] 3 Pension<br />[] 4 Benefits or relief<br />[] 5 Support from the household members or other persons<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Work
2 Capital income
3 Pension
4 Benefits or relief
5 From the household or other persons
8 No answer
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="GR71A420"><span class="em">Question 21 Main source of livelihood</span><br /><br />179. Main source of livelihood is the basic source that the person depends on for his livelihood during a twelve month.<br /><br />180. All persons over 10 years of age are to answer regardless of whether they are working or not.<br /><br />181. If the enumerated individual has more than one source he is to declare the main one. His income includes not only money but goods as well, e.g. a landowner instead of rent is receiving part of the crop.<br /><br />182. Source of livelihood is considered the pay for work, e.g. the salary that the enumerated is receiving for his work, a day's wages, fees, percentages on sales, tips, payment with goods etc. income that results from his economic activity.<br /><br />183. Income from fortune will be considered as main source of livelihood when it is his basic source, rents, interests, dividends, rights on mines or quarries etc.<br /><br />[184-185 omitted examples on pensions]<br /><br />186. From the household or other person live those not mentioned before. In this category are included the minors, the non working spouse, pupils and students, unable to work, divorced women that are receiving alimonies etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the persons' main financial source for living.
Universe
Greece 1971: Persons born in 1960 or before [discrepancies: none].

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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