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Census of Population of Ireland, 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Class of worker (IE2006A_CLASSWK)

Data file: IRL2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">B. Person Form</span></p>

<p>27. If you are:</p>
<div class="i1">- working for payment or profit (Q26 box 1)<br />- unemployed (Q 26 box 3)<br />- retired (Q26 box 6)</div><p>Answer the following questions about your main job or your last main job if you are not currently employed. Otherwise, skip to Q34.</p>

<p>28. Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self-employed in your main job? Your main job is the job in which you usually work(ed) the most hours.</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Employee<br /> [] 2 Self-employed, with paid employees<br /> [] 3 Self- employed, without paid employees<br /> [] 4 Assisting relative (not receiving a fixed wage or salary)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employee
2 Self-employed, with paid employees
3 Self-employed, without paid employees
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 the person's employment status.
Universe
Ireland 2006: Non-absent persons age 15 and older, working, unemployed or retired [Discrepancies: none]

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