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Census of Population of Ireland, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2002
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IRL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Employment status (IE2002A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: IRL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IE02A415 IE02A416 IE02A417 IE02A418 IE02A419 IE02A420 IE02A421 IE02A422 IE02A423 IE02A424 IE02A425 IE02A429">[Questions 20-26 apply to people aged 15 and over]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE02A418">24 How would you describe your present principal status?<br /><div class="i1">Check one box only<br /><br />[] 1 Working for payment or profit<br />[] 2 Looking for first regular job<br />[] 3 Unemployed<br />[] 4 Student or pupil<br />[] 5 Looking after home/family<br />[] 6 Retired from employment<br />[] 7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability<br />[] 8 Other, write in ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Working for payment or profit
2 Looking for first regular job
3 Unemployed
4 Student or pupil
5 Looking after home/family
6 Retired from employment
7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
8 Other
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 the employment status of the person.
Universe
Ireland 2002: Persons age 15+ who are present [discrepancies: none]

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