Census of Population of Ireland, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Class of worker (IE1981A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRL1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 217

End: 217

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="IE81A418">Q.17 Employment status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Self-employed, employing others<br />[] 2 Self-employed, without paid employees<br />[] 3 Employee<br />[] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Self-employed, employing others
2	Self-employed, without paid employees
3	Employee
4	Assisting relative
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 indicates a person's status as an employee or worker.

Universe

Ireland 1981: Persons age 15+ who are employed, experienced unemployed or retired [discrepancies: none]

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